...black plastic top air filter cover. For some reason I thought I could get the screw removed from the cover and forced it so hard I broke the upper right hand corner of the top air filter cover.

I imagine to pay for my sins this black cover will be a very expensive piece of plastic to replace! Would have posted a picture but have lost my digital camera and have yet to replace it!


BTW....my Mini is a 2005 Convertible with a manual tranny if that helps!


Any ideas?


P.S.- First time to try and replace air filter which is why I was futzing with the air filter housing at all! Arrgggghhhh!




Glenn

 

Did some checking online and found ECS Tuning has replacement intake boxes. So guess I'll be getting one of those. Lesson learned about over-muscling plastic parts!

Glenn

 

Can you get some JB Weld and repair?

 

Is this the part you're talking about:





If so ECS has it for $29: https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/13721491742/ES35383/

 

Doesn't look like mine. Mine is not a JCW or S model, but a base. I think the top cover is different.

Glenn

 

Its here, you have to buy the whole box. You will need the manual version one, it looks like a triangular top. 13727529258

https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2005-Cooper-R52-Base-Convertible-L4_1.6L_W10B16A/Engine/Intake/

 

Already have my sights sorta looking your way. Need to work a bit more overtime to afford it.


Glenn

 

Ok, welcome. Yea cant get the lid alone, been down that road with my R52 Cooper.

 

Voice of experience huh?

Glenn

 

Yes, stripped out the bottom box also.

 

I would fill it with JB Weld and tap threads into the JBWeld.

 

Yea, thinking about that, but guess what also snaps over time , the loop connection / tab on the lid side for the clam shell when you close it and then it falls into the engine bay or off the car when you drive down the road. Then nothing to JB to. So you need a new box. The lid to the JCW Sound kits are NLA which have an extra tube so I have to take and OEM box and mod it to fit the tube sometime here in the future.