Hey guys I'm new to this forum. I was originally from e90post.com and now I'm trying to make my way to NAM.

I am in the process of getting my BMW E92 335i Coupe lemoned because of high pressure fuel pump issues and look to make a transition into a Mini.

Here are various pics of my E92 over time as I changed the look many times. So I hope to do the same to my Mini when I lemon the BMW and buy a new Mini.

By the way...Should I wait for the announcement in March about the 1.4 being replaced with the new 1.6? I read about that on Autoblog a little while back.

 

That is one great looking BMW. Thats too bad that it is a lemon. I would suggest a JCW for you. Good luck with your BMW and keep us informed.

 

I've been considering a JCW, but might end up with a MCS. We shall see!

 

Welcome. I've spent some time in the past on e90post myself.. used to have an '06 330i.

I have a bit of bad news - the HPFP in the Mini fails about as often as it does on the N54, unfortunately. Scour the forum and you'll see plenty of chatter on the topic, including a fair number of sad stories of stealership pushback due to alleged "bad gas" causing the pump to fail.. utter BS in the absence of some sort of clear proof, IMHO.

 

Ah no!!!! That utterly makes me reconsider what I'll be getting then...

 

I don't think worrying about the hpfp is worth scrapping the MINI idea. Yes there have been some comments but I think that the number of complaints is less than 1%.

 

Oh...well thats promising. I thought I got lucky with my BMW. My first fuel pump went out around 27k miles and things were fine...but then everything just snowballed around 34k miles.

The last thing I need to worry about is taking the car into the dealership to get work on it after getting out of work!

 

1st Gen MINIs dont have a HPFP. Just found that out this morning