Hey guys, picked up a 2012 JCW with the N14, supposed bad motor. Nice replacement for my old 2013 that was totaled a few months ago.

Noticed all of the valves were at the same height, so retimed it. It runs, but has 0 oil pressure. Not low, just none at all.

Put a new engine oil filter in and it was dry, before and after. I've run it for a solid 30 seconds which is all I'm comfortable with. It's obviously making quite a racket.

Thoughts? Going to try sticking in a new oil pump tomorrow, I have a couple used units with low miles.

 

Drop the oil pan, check the oil pump, chain and pickup for junk from a broken timing chain guide

 

Dropped the pan today

No debris in the pickup, chain is still connected to the pump and spins it, removed pump and spun it with a drill, it will pump water which is obviously quite a bit less viscous. There was a HUGE piece of timing guide in the pan, looks like around 3/4 of the upper guide.

I'm lost.

Does the oil filter housing have a bypass that could cause this? I have a few random ones.

 

How were you reading the oil pressure? MINI's don't have a gauge.

That's a 2012 with an N18 engine right? I think the last year for the N14 was 2010.

 

2012 JCWs had N14s still, whereas the S or JCW Tuning package cars had N18s.

Reading oil pressure by sound and the fact there isn't oil getting to the oil filter, or top end, or bottom end.

BUT!

I spun the oil pump over again today and it barely moved anything. Stuck a used low mileage pump in and it was off to the races. Still have a thermostat code, and a few other random issues but it's looking and sounding very nice. Really nice running car even with its original 76,000 mile old sparkplugs.

I put in a parts order today for $300, see how far that gets us.

 

This is what happened to my oil pump.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...pump-woes.html