Hi guys, my mini is lecking oil, omg, only 11 month old car, my gf realized the day before yesterday, I call Mini up right away. I was going to drive there, but when I talk to my sales, she advice me to tow it instead. My car is tow to the dealership I brought the car, but I still have no idea what happen.

Any of you experment a start up noice? It will only happen if the temp. is low, when I put my car to R and then to D, the car shake and there is a very loud screening noice come from the right side of the engine. Any reply is welcome. Thanks

 

... from a loose belt to a scored crankshaft. If you suspected you were losing oil you should always check your oil level before starting up. Oil starvation would probably make it squeal all the time. But a loose belt could just make it squeal on startup. The shaking when shifting from P to D sounds the most serious, but again, could be just a loose belt. If it's at the dealer the only thing to do is wait for the verdict...

 

i got my car back in 2 days, they say it was the belt tensioner that cause the noice, they replace the belt and the tensioner. for the oil leak, is just the "o" shape pastic sealer is loose, everything seems to be normal now