The MINI Club of Ireland

Hello everyone,
I bought my 2003 MINI Cooper second hand from a car dealer. When I saw the car I fell in love and thought everything seemed fine. I went to see it with my mother and her partner. We looked under the bonnet and saw the engine which turned out to be a Bosch engine but we thought it may have been normal. After taking my car home, I thought that the original MINI engine could have possibly been replaced with the Bosch engine and sold off. We brought my car to our local MINI dealer to have a check up. They told us it was a death trap..... So we brought my car back to the car dealer I bought it from and he said he would repair the things the MINI dealership listed which he did. I'm not sure if it's normal for a 16 year old car but my car struggles at 100kmph in 6th gear. It also has a high pitched noise when I drive but that doesn't bother me that much. It just kind of seems off and I'm wondering if it's worth replacing with an original MINI engine or something else. I don't know that much about mechanics at all so I would appreciate your advice on the situation.
Thank you,
Béibhinn.

Hi Béibhinn,

Very Sorry to hear you having issues with your lovely MINI.
O'Leary's garage in Ballincollig in Cork is an independent MINI specialist and knows these inside out.
Worth a phone call to them tomorrow.
0214877158 or 0868663828

Hi Beibhinn ,
I assume you have a Cooper S as its 6 speed ( or a MINI One D ) they are normally pretty 'bulletproof' mechanically . send me a photo of the car and the engine and I can ID what you have . I doubt anyone has fitted another non MINI engine as the process is very difficult and there is really no economical benefit to a change like that , Bosch make electrical components like starter motors and alternators etc etc and not engines , where is the reference to Bosch on the engine photo as well please .the high pitched whine is a characteristic of the Cooper S supercharger and depending on how 'whiny' it is it may be normal or suffering with worn bearings in the supercharger , no problem doing these , we repair them all the time . as Fergal said give me a call and if it helps we can have a look over the car and advise best course of action , Gerard

EDIT , Just reread your 1 st post and realise its a MINI D you have , this has a Toyota 1.4 turbo Diesel engine and a 6 speed gearbox , as above give Me a call and We will advise if it helps . G