A few nights ago i went out to buy some food for the family and when i pulled into the parking spot i noticed my MCS was sounding funny. It sounded like it was struggling to keep at idle and every second it would rev itself up from 900 to about 1200 RPMs. I turned off the car and restarted it and opened up the hood to hear a strange hissing noise coming from the left horn of the supercharger, to the left of the intercooler. I drove my car right over to my shop and started to look through it. I took off the intercooler and lo' and behold the gasket on the horn was sucked in a little. So i fixed the issue and turned the car.. it would start, rev up and shut right off. I think my Mini when it got its head gasket repaired was left with a messed up gasket and it tought itself how to run on with a simple vacuum leak. Also, when i pulled the front apart i saw some oil in the intercooler, could that be a bad bearing?

 

Oil in the intercooler is just the nature of the beast http://www.lonestarminiclub.com/foru...=3805#post3805

 

just do a search on the 10.00 dollar catch can . from walmart and lowes . you'll have fun doing it and save a ton of money . my intercooler (aftercooler) is super clean now ; even after a whole year .

 

alright thanks for that, but whats the deal with my MCS sputtering at idle and the messed up gasket issue