Hey all,

Recent mini owner. I bought a used 2013 base, auto clubman with 24k it's now at 40k (way too much in one year :/ ).

Unfortunately they dealership didn't give us any maintenance info and coming from japanese imports I didn't really know about the oil consumption deal. It was a while before I read about that (maybe 3k miles?) and added oil it needed. I also followed the oil light not knowing everyone suggests sooner.

Now that the background is out of the way, I started having some hesitancy and jerking while driving didnt seem bad and just kind of assumed it was a quirk of the car. When the weather got cold it all of a sudden would have issues starting. I would push the ignition and it would turn over 5-6 times before it finally started. It doesn't seem to be the typical "death rattle" and "cold start" issues I have read about. The hesitancy had also gotten worse.

The other day it went limp briefly and the half yellow engine light came on. I checked the codes and got p0300, p0301, and p0303. A couple days later I got a CEL and p0300, p0301, p0303, and added p0304. Google led me to either carbon, or hpfp. More google led to those only being issues with S models? I'm a little confused. Any input? Thanks...

 

So, I was able to dig a little bit last night when I was changing the oil. I wanted to check the plugs and noticed the first plug soaked in oil. I went ahead and changed the gasket and cleaned the plug. It is running much better, but I am still having some very minor hesitancy issues occasionally and it still takes a few turnovers to start when it's been sittong overnight. Should I go ahead and change all of the plugs? Any other ideas?