Hi All, I posted about this in another forum, but I desperately need answers. In the past couple days I started to realize that after starting my car in the cold, the engine initially idles like a tractor, then after driving it, the sounds return to normal. I own a 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman S, that is All 4

 

A little bit of searching here on this site might help but if i recall correctly, that bag of hammers sound is somewhat normal on cold starts.

Here are 5 recent threads on this subject to get you started;

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...when-cold.html

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...art-fixed.html

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...lp-please.html

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...old-start.html

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d-weather.html

 

I’ve been trying to attach the video: but couldn’t figure out how to do that on this site. Sorry, I’m new here