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Old May 6, 2020 | 06:34 AM
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2010 R56 - New to Mini

I just bought a 2010 Mini Cooper S a couple of weeks ago and so far I love it! It is definitely a fun little car to drive. Prior to me getting it, it had a new timing chain and guides put on it and about 10k miles prior it had a new clutch pack put in. Is there anything I should be looking at to change or maintain so I don't have any problems? I did notice my fuel guage was working now not at all accurate. Thanks in advance!
 
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Old May 8, 2020 | 05:33 AM
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Welcome to the family. Keep up on your maintenance, it looks like you had some of the PITA stuff done. There is so much info here, that you can go down a rabbit hole and wonder how you got there.
 
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Old May 8, 2020 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by harkine
I just bought a 2010 Mini Cooper S a couple of weeks ago and so far I love it! It is definitely a fun little car to drive. Prior to me getting it, it had a new timing chain and guides put on it and about 10k miles prior it had a new clutch pack put in. Is there anything I should be looking at to change or maintain so I don't have any problems? I did notice my fuel guage was working now not at all accurate. Thanks in advance!
welcome to the forum and mini life. My mini is a base not an S but my fuel gauge or what the wife and I call the circle of cones is a little strange also. After fill up you can drive a lot of miles to the halfway point and then it seems to kind of go fast after that. But it is decently accurate in the last 2 or 3 cones and what it says how many more miles you have till empty.
 
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Old May 8, 2020 | 02:52 PM
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Key thing is oil change interval no more than 4500 miles. the less, the better.
 
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