R53 Engine Oil Check comes on only on idle.
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08-11-2018, 03:19 PM
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R53 Engine Oil Check comes on only on idle.
Hello everyone, first post here, recently i bough a R53 03' with 90k miles on it.
Everything seemed fine, for a week the car was doing great, didnt have a problem with the car at all, neither with the check engine light but i wanted to do an oil change because it needed.
So after i got it serviced from a car shop, changing oils and oil filter, the check engine red light comes on while the car stays idle, if i rev up or im moving the light goes off.
The car mechanic told me that something might broke, like an oil pump or something. I dont think that something like that happened while servicing the car, because minutes before going to the mechanic the car was fine with not red light on,
after the service this problem started.
Anyway, i want to add that the mechanic used a cheap oil filter, priced 4$ and 5w-30 Castrol Full synthetic oils. The car was running with 5w-40 if i remember correctly at what the owner told me.
so what do you think is the problem, I hope its a faulty oil filter, or like the 5w-30 wont work that good on that engine.
Everything seemed fine, for a week the car was doing great, didnt have a problem with the car at all, neither with the check engine light but i wanted to do an oil change because it needed.
So after i got it serviced from a car shop, changing oils and oil filter, the check engine red light comes on while the car stays idle, if i rev up or im moving the light goes off.
The car mechanic told me that something might broke, like an oil pump or something. I dont think that something like that happened while servicing the car, because minutes before going to the mechanic the car was fine with not red light on,
after the service this problem started.
Anyway, i want to add that the mechanic used a cheap oil filter, priced 4$ and 5w-30 Castrol Full synthetic oils. The car was running with 5w-40 if i remember correctly at what the owner told me.
so what do you think is the problem, I hope its a faulty oil filter, or like the 5w-30 wont work that good on that engine.
#2
08-11-2018, 03:33 PM
Hello everyone, first post here, recently i bough a R53 03' with 90k miles on it.
Everything seemed fine, for a week the car was doing great, didnt have a problem with the car at all, neither with the check engine light but i wanted to do an oil change because it needed.
So after i got it serviced from a car shop, changing oils and oil filter, the check engine red light comes on while the car stays idle, if i rev up or im moving the light goes off.
The car mechanic told me that something might broke, like an oil pump or something. I dont think that something like that happened while servicing the car, because minutes before going to the mechanic the car was fine with not red light on,
after the service this problem started.
Anyway, i want to add that the mechanic used a cheap oil filter, priced 4$ and 5w-30 Castrol Full synthetic oils. The car was running with 5w-40 if i remember correctly at what the owner told me.
so what do you think is the problem, I hope its a faulty oil filter, or like the 5w-30 wont work that good on that engine.
Everything seemed fine, for a week the car was doing great, didnt have a problem with the car at all, neither with the check engine light but i wanted to do an oil change because it needed.
So after i got it serviced from a car shop, changing oils and oil filter, the check engine red light comes on while the car stays idle, if i rev up or im moving the light goes off.
The car mechanic told me that something might broke, like an oil pump or something. I dont think that something like that happened while servicing the car, because minutes before going to the mechanic the car was fine with not red light on,
after the service this problem started.
Anyway, i want to add that the mechanic used a cheap oil filter, priced 4$ and 5w-30 Castrol Full synthetic oils. The car was running with 5w-40 if i remember correctly at what the owner told me.
so what do you think is the problem, I hope its a faulty oil filter, or like the 5w-30 wont work that good on that engine.
id start by removing the oil filter and looking into the housing with a flashlight to see if the little black plastic valve is still in place. When you press your finger down onto it, it should spring back up and not pop out. Search the forum and you will find lots of threads about this little valve....and I think someone even makes a replacement one now.....so if it’s broken, you don’t have to replace the entire housing.
if it’s still there and functioning, I’d replace the filter with a genuine MINI one regardless( they are also cheap to buy). See if that resolves the issue.
good luck!
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08-11-2018, 03:55 PM
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^Fastlane
Thanks for the response.
I really hope its an oil filter problem and not something big.
How hard is it to change that plastic little valve and how much its gonna cost? and, is it bad for the car to drive it around for now? Im gonna check it on the car mechanic on Monday, but i fear that i have to leave my car there for like 4-5 days to find out problem.
I actually ordered an OEM oil filter as i read its one of the best for this one.
Thanks for the response.
I really hope its an oil filter problem and not something big.
How hard is it to change that plastic little valve and how much its gonna cost? and, is it bad for the car to drive it around for now? Im gonna check it on the car mechanic on Monday, but i fear that i have to leave my car there for like 4-5 days to find out problem.
I actually ordered an OEM oil filter as i read its one of the best for this one.
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08-11-2018, 09:17 PM
As Fastlane suggested, begin the diagnosis by draining the oil, removing the oil filter cap, inspecting the filter housing interior to see if the black plastic drainback plunger button is present.
If it is, install a proper high quality filter (Mahle, Mann, Hengst) in correct orientation (black plastic ringed portion of filter facing down), replace filter cap, then oil and see what happens from there.
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Anyway tomorrow il be visiting a mechanic to see whats going on, hope its not that valve because 400$ for an oil service is a bit too much...
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08-12-2018, 05:32 PM
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08-12-2018, 07:28 PM
Well, how is it possible to break during an oil change? And, if it was broken, wouldnt the red light be on all the time?
Anyway tomorrow il be visiting a mechanic to see whats going on, hope its not that valve because 400$ for an oil service is a bit too much...
Anyway tomorrow il be visiting a mechanic to see whats going on, hope its not that valve because 400$ for an oil service is a bit too much...
Cheapest oil filter you can buy it will not cause low oil pressure unless it damage and collapse causing high differential pressure berween the inlet and the outlet, then you starving the bearing and so forth.
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08-13-2018, 02:40 AM
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Got news.
Went to a new good car mechanic near my place this morning, i told him to look there first as we said that probably its the valve, and with my bad luck, he called me and told me that that valve is broken
Then he told me that he already ordered a genuine valve and will put it up tomorrow and my car will be fixed for 60euros. Sounds strange cause i heard that you cant find that valve alone as a part and have to buy the whole house holding.
What do you think? Is this guy trying to trick me or someting? or is he gonna try another valve that fits there?
*edit: Maybe its easy to find that valve here in Europe,Greece?
Went to a new good car mechanic near my place this morning, i told him to look there first as we said that probably its the valve, and with my bad luck, he called me and told me that that valve is broken
Then he told me that he already ordered a genuine valve and will put it up tomorrow and my car will be fixed for 60euros. Sounds strange cause i heard that you cant find that valve alone as a part and have to buy the whole house holding.
What do you think? Is this guy trying to trick me or someting? or is he gonna try another valve that fits there?
*edit: Maybe its easy to find that valve here in Europe,Greece?
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08-13-2018, 03:15 AM
Got news.
Went to a new good car mechanic near my place this morning, i told him to look there first as we said that probably its the valve, and with my bad luck, he called me and told me that that valve is broken
Then he told me that he already ordered a genuine valve and will put it up tomorrow and my car will be fixed for 60euros. Sounds strange cause i heard that you cant find that valve alone as a part and have to buy the whole house holding.
What do you think? Is this guy trying to trick me or someting? or is he gonna try another valve that fits there?
*edit: Maybe its easy to find that valve here in Europe,Greece?
Went to a new good car mechanic near my place this morning, i told him to look there first as we said that probably its the valve, and with my bad luck, he called me and told me that that valve is broken
Then he told me that he already ordered a genuine valve and will put it up tomorrow and my car will be fixed for 60euros. Sounds strange cause i heard that you cant find that valve alone as a part and have to buy the whole house holding.
What do you think? Is this guy trying to trick me or someting? or is he gonna try another valve that fits there?
*edit: Maybe its easy to find that valve here in Europe,Greece?
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08-13-2018, 06:11 AM
Sounds strange cause i heard that you cant find that valve alone as a part and have to buy the whole house holding.
What do you think? Is this guy trying to trick me or someting? or is he gonna try another valve that fits there? *edit: Maybe its easy to find that valve here in Europe,Greece?
What do you think? Is this guy trying to trick me or someting? or is he gonna try another valve that fits there? *edit: Maybe its easy to find that valve here in Europe,Greece?
If not, please do for your benefit. I'm not sure where he's going with this for the 60€.
The drainback plunger is not listed as a separate part.
Unless he has a used oil filter housing that he's going to pick apart?
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Anyways, im gonna find out tomorrow, as he said its gonna be ready.
The mechanic told me that he checked inside the house thingie and found out that a valve is in pieces so it needs replacing.
Edit. Also he told me that he tried to put it back inside but couldt fit perfectly and still had red light at idle and until 2.000rpm. So he told me that this thing is broken and needs replacing
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Anyways, i will have my car back maybe Wednesday or Friday because the replacement didnt came and tomorrow is day off for all Greece cause of national holidays.
Its ok i learned to live with my bad luck.
Also the car mechanic told me that he ordered it from BMW carshop, and its genuine, Cant believe him cause as far as i know theres no a genuine part that sales seperate than the whole housing
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08-14-2018, 09:32 AM
for $10.99 on amazon has been discussed in some Mini forum that can be used, but I will have to see and test it for myself to be sure. The $64,000 euro question is what part your mechanic use. The colour of the part will give us some idea as one is white, and the other is black.
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So i guess, replacing the whole housing is an "old method" now ? we saw atleast 2 replacements for the valve so i guess that fix costs a lot lower now than used to be
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Bad news. they found out that they cant buy the valve alone and told me the whole housing needs replacment, 250euros, he also showed me my current one and yeah the black valve is missing, tried to replace it with another one he had from another mini s but it had a different valves inside the housing.
Anyways, will see tomorrow...
Anyways, will see tomorrow...
