Totally lost all power this morning, i was able to drive 3mph back to my house and that was it, almost like i was in 5th gear but wasnt, the check engine light was on, but according to the guy i bought the mini from this was normal due to the mods he had installed, than i turned it off and started back up and the car seemed to run normal, tranny??? somethin had to be wrong for this to happen

 

well what mods would cause that? and what codes did it leave in the dme??
Need more info to try and diagnose...

 

Thats a new one.


As Healey stated. need more info to help with the concern. i gather you were in limp mode the way you state the car was acting. could be a lot of different things causing that.

 

He said somethin about the boost gauge i think

 

even if the boost gauge line came off causing a small vacuum leak it wouldnt make the car act the way your stating.

Scan the car and let us know the codes. If you dont have a scanner stop by autozone as they will do it for free.

 

check and see if the belt is on the accessories. Might have thrown it off? If your supercharger aint spinnin....you get zero power.

 

last time i lost a belt my gauges lite up like a christmas tree. i was still able to go faster than 3mph though.

 

maybe it overboosted.

 

It sounds like you tripped the "limp home mode" on the computer.

From the web:

"Whenever the vehicle computer gets a reading from a sensor that is obviously wrong, it will "assume" a value that it "knows will work".

It is designed to not allow the driver to damage the engine by severely limiting the ability of the car to operate. Sometimes just shutting off the engine will result in the cars computer reacquiring data from the various sensors and since it the computer finds no faults it will operate normally.

If you want more information about it then just google "auto limp home mode" and surf the info.

 

It sounds like it may be an issue with the bypass valve, are there any faults stored?