R56 High-Pressure Fuel Pump AGAIN?
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High-Pressure Fuel Pump AGAIN?
At around 8,500 miles, the HPFP in my '13 MCS Hardtop died a few miles from home. I barely made it back and the car had to be flat-bedded to the nearest MINI dealer, an hour away.
Yesterday, at just under 34k miles, at almost the same location on the same road, there was a sudden loss of power, lots of vibration, and an engine warning light: same symptoms! Once again, I managed to limp the short distance home by keeping the RPMs low, called the dealership and waited for the flatbed.
I thought the HPFP had been redesigned so that this was no longer a problem! In 45 years of driving -- and I've had a few real clunkers -- no other car of mine has suffered a mechanical breakdown on the road, let alone two. OK, there was the time that the '51 Ford overheated, but it was an antique.
At least the car waited until after I got home from about 1,500 miles of vacation driving. Maybe the NJ Turnpike was just too much for it.
Yesterday, at just under 34k miles, at almost the same location on the same road, there was a sudden loss of power, lots of vibration, and an engine warning light: same symptoms! Once again, I managed to limp the short distance home by keeping the RPMs low, called the dealership and waited for the flatbed.
I thought the HPFP had been redesigned so that this was no longer a problem! In 45 years of driving -- and I've had a few real clunkers -- no other car of mine has suffered a mechanical breakdown on the road, let alone two. OK, there was the time that the '51 Ford overheated, but it was an antique.
At least the car waited until after I got home from about 1,500 miles of vacation driving. Maybe the NJ Turnpike was just too much for it.
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