Mr Pepsi
Mr Pepsi (Brent)
Ok BARF family, I have an important one to me at the moment. I drove the wife's car to work yesterday and while on the Freeway she went into limp mode, flashing the engine light. I immediately pulled off, popped the hood, and it was like she was only running on 3 out of 4 cylinders. I was just out of the 24 tunnel so I limped her to the Mini dealer in Concord near work. They hooked her up and figured it was probably a busted exhaust valve. Of course they didn't tear her apart. They quoted me $9,000 for the repair, but of course that is at a dealer. The car running is only worth about $8,000 so it's not worth it unless we are talking about a brand new engine which is more. I called around and other more reasonable garages I have used before either don't work on Mini's, or the cost wasn't worth it either.
Looking for ideas? I can't part her out very easily in front of my house. My wife loves this car, but I can't justify spending that kind of money to repair her. You can't buy heads with valves, a used engine really won't work for the money either. Any other ideas? Anyone do valve work on Mini's?
I could really use some help. We may just need to take money out of savings and buy a 500e or something.
Looking for ideas? I can't part her out very easily in front of my house. My wife loves this car, but I can't justify spending that kind of money to repair her. You can't buy heads with valves, a used engine really won't work for the money either. Any other ideas? Anyone do valve work on Mini's?
I could really use some help. We may just need to take money out of savings and buy a 500e or something.