Mini Cooper NEEDS a Headgasket!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- So its confirmed.. The Mini cooper needs a headgasket and in this video i show you why..
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You contaminated the tester with your first attempt. You should have washed out the device with clean water before redoing the test.
You live and learn James and no harm done in this learning curve , you’ve nothing to be apologising for, keep up the good work.
Stick an egg in the coolant bottle, if cylinder 1 has scrambled eggs in 20 mins u know its gone. 😂
Jason Poole 🤣
Jason Poole is that your RS because, it’s looks mint
@@Joe-qs9fw Yes mate, Cheers
Jason Poole also a tasty breakfast once you get the head off.
@@Cjrelectrical HaHa agreed.
Hello Mate. The test kit goes on the header tank. The engine needs to be running while doing the test. Any products of combustion are pushed up through the header tank. The Gasses are pushed up through the sniffer kit and mix with the test fluid.
If your looking for a donor car I’m selling my 2001 mini one for £280 it’s had £1000 spent on the engine including new timing chain and head gasket
What on?
Can you please turn the music volume down when it comes on? I struggle to hear your voice, so I turn the volume up. Then blow my ears out when your background music plays. Thanks
Every youtuber does it. I hate it as well.
Can you take the expansion tank off and give it a clean. I need help with my OCD
If you had listened to other people saying gasket had gone and done sniff test in first video it might have saved you some embarrassment? Get a new timing kit onto it when you do head.
Nothing embarrasing to see here 🤗 he is not a mechanic, all is self taught and he is good at what he does! 😊
Yeah don’t see why he would be embarrassed. Relax!
I thought the tester was supposed to be used on the header tank, because it's only supposed to "sniff" the air when you pump (rather than suck up coolant as it did in the video). That's how I've always used them (usually successfully), but I may be wrong.
Why didn't you just do a compesssion test?
That's exactly what i was thinking
I'd check for a cracked head to, I would of thought that it would run down the bore side rather than dripping on the piston?
See Eric The Car Guy channel for all the fun he had working on his mini.
To be fair, BMW especially hates the USA market
Uluç Özcan U.S. is the second largest BMW market after China. The Mini is BMW’s troublesome little brother.
The miss-fire at startup is probably the coolant in the cylinder causing the fuel to not ignite properly
i knew the head gasket had gone aswell from the first video ,with the bubbling from the header tank when running..which would cause the system to presurise and throw water out......also the miss fire at the begining is the water in cylinder 1
take that stupid cap off and listen to us experts in the chat 🤣🏍
could have told you that first video haha they're renowned for it!
Aaron's Videos doesn’t hurt to confirm
can you make a video where you install a turbo in your Opel Astra g , I would be Happy, because i would do it in my on car
(Opel Astra G)
James re-do the test.It starts off blue run the engine and re-do test with engine running. if it goes pale green or yellow that means you have exhaust gasses running through the coolant.
I would of done it with the engine running and from the expansion tank i would change the head gasket any way your doing a great good james so dont worry how you doing things keep up the good work looking forward to see you doing the head gasket 🙂👍
It was interesting to see the water leaking into the cylinder like it was it was coming in quite a bit nice
You are about to enter the world of cheap rejected BMW parts used in the Mini.. While their doing head check the timing gear famous for guides taking a dump, chain stretch,,, You might need a special tool or two to pull these junky motors down,, Good luck & kiss good bye lots of money,,,
Mini door if u bang the door above the speaker 99% of the time it fixes the fault
Bin it.. pile of ... 💩💩🤮🤮🤮
Thought the ST was the main car now..🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️👀
You’ve hardly started on it..
makes a joke of your last vid..🤘🤘🤘
Use that yellow pump thingy on the Astra and the Mondeo then compare the results.
Dead giveaway is the muck inside the coolant expansion tank. Oil has made its way in there.
exactly what I thought !
exactly!
Why did you not compresson test the car ?
Try putting a tube between the radiator filler (an old toilet roll maybe)and the sniffer test and allow it to take in any potential combustion gases, you can also test the tester by sniffing the exhaust gases into the tester this should turn it yellow very quickly you can even then sniff fresh air and the fluid will turn back to blue and can be reused😉.
Sounds like a canal boat 🤣can't stick them minis crap. But I want to see fix up 👆
Compression test, if it holds pressure, along all 4 cylinders, head gasket, casting, piston rings and valves are fine
Which it didn't, so needs a head gasket
@@ethanmccrory1727 He didn't do a compression test though, if he had, it would have revealed an issue in minutes. One of the best diagnostics tools is a compression tester 👍
@@GTStGambit coolant pressure tester?
Those minis have engine problems anyway, clearly you didn't really look up the car properly enough on the GERMAN BUILT mini
Did you see my previous message I found a green Mini Cooper in Norwich that the seller is dismantling
Mat Booker yep got some bits
Mini's suffer from Head Gasket failure and Radiator failure. Head Gasket change you are looking at £650 min by someone who really knows what he's doing as the valves need hydraulic adjustment. For the radiator the whole front end of the car needs to come off. In summary the common faults (after about 8yrs) with modern mini's are , Steering Pump (£500), Air Con Compressor (£900), Head Gaskets (£650), Radiators (£150). Labour by skilled mechanic about £2000 for this lot. Just aren't worth the bother!
Check the head is not warped with metal straight edge before fitting gasket the head might need to be skimmed
Mike N it’s not my first rodeo lol
@@TheSavageGarage Honestly i have 4 minis in my family and have made all the i should have done that mistakes whilst trying to fix them even though being a Trained Motor Mechanic ,Main problems on R50 mini are Rubbish midland gearbox except for Cooper s and diesel model which had Getrag boxes, Head gasket issues, Timing chain failures, Power steering pumps, Plastic Thermostat housing failure ,Front wishbone rear rubbers ,Engine mounts ,Seat belt pretensioner cable connection under seat ,Central lock motors behind door handle and the list goes on but they are still a nice car to drive when Wife and Daughters let me borrow them. Also not as reliable as Ford Mondeo "forget rodeo and think Grand National with minis" thump with fist just above speaker cover will fix electric window sticky motors never fails to work
get some steal seal h gasket repair pour it in water fixed my head gasket for 30 quid on my mini you can tell h gaSKET GONE ON ERLIER VID BROWN SHITE IN OVERFLOW BOTTLE
It should be blue
Blue means oxygen
Green or yellow means exhaust gasses
I always learned to keep the car running during the test
We have one but its different. you place the liquid inside and then it screws to your coolant tank. as the car is running exhaust gases go up and change the fluid to a light blue/green colour. Another way to see what colour it should change to, is stick it in the end of your exhaust. should have the same effect
Normally if ur headgasket goes if ur exhaust is blowing white smoke check ur oil stick & it's a goowey white &water threw it as ur oil cap is white&black & sludgy,I did a few in xr3s,xr2s back in the day,don't no if newer cars AR the same,as not a boy racer now,keep chin up bro
You're supposed to empty the coolant so it can't suck up coolant & have the car running to test. It cannot sniff out exhaust vapours with the engine off. Search on TH-cam "Scotty Kilmer How to Tell if Your Head Gasket is Blown"
Oh no, i thought it was grand for a moment. Unfortunately a nasty shock was in store for you, luckily let's hope a second hand engine will be cheap enough.
he will repair it .
Minis are just shite. The r56 shape were just as shit aswell. Worst engines ever. Good for 70k.. chain tensioner, hpfp.. just crap
Hope thinks shows the brain washed public of Vorsprung durch technik
happy and not to hear that , but as you say this channel is all about that , so do this head gasket james and let us learn from you bro and thank you, please do i step by step like the corsa i have to change a head gasket too in a same mini and thanks again, also for the timing chain there is not a lot information for the timing so you will be the one to teach us that
Fair play for persevering, be great content anyway. Have you got a link to the exact camera you bought?
You needed to be 100% certain and now there is absolutely no doubt. Changing the head gasket will be a walk in the park compared to the Astra's engine rebuild.
Great work love your vlogs I have no clue about engines but love cars and think your Mondeo is sweet.Keep us up to speed with the wheels on the Mondeo and Dyno day.
I know it has been a while since you published this but I have to say pretty Damn good vídeo enjoyed watching it again 👍👍👍
water pumped changed in my one & its still overheating grabbed a bottle of steel seal out of Halfords hoping she works.
Yeah clean the tool and try again good vids keep up the work thanks
Do a compression test!!!!
🤣🤣🤣 did you tryed retightening the headblock bolts before you oppened the engine?
James get a bottle of Steel Seal will fix the head gasket,trust me on this one .
Me 1.2 Corsa was worst then yr mini and Steel Seal done a grate job.
My Lexus has a blown headgasket it is very common on the is220d my fault as i was racing a Porsche but the steel seal didnt work at all it was a waste i did it twice and neither worked
Worked on my corsa too but sold it not long after so I don't know if it worked long term.
Well is dependents man.but on 2l engine u need 2 bottles of steel Seal.
I kept my Corsa another year after using Steel Seal. Whitout any problem.
Coolant was leaking when coolan was hot ' when testing cold, you will often miss leaks.....
So the mini has water injection but only on one cylinder :P
Great work James. Not a fan of the new minis in all honesty but still watching as it’s all educational and never know of il end up under bonnet of one, keep up the great work anyway 👍
I had one of those head doctor gasket testers, and it had been sat round for a while.. I assumed the liquid had expired, because it was green!.... expected it to turn green or yellow.
After watching further, yes! when i purchased it, was definitely blue! I have pictures on my phone of me testing an Alfa with a blown Head a few years ago.
When you start up and go to the back, you can see a damp patch under the exhaust pipe, doesn't this indicate it pushing water out? sure it shouldn't do that, yes you'll get a little condensation, but that puddle is more than condensation, also I'm seeing a faint hint of blue smoke. can you smell burnt oil (sadly youtube isn't smell-o-vision) :)
I got more knowledge from reading the comments.. 📱👀
i know this comment is late but you could of used a liquid called blue devil seal it
Headgasket was blown before you just haven't a clue about a pressurised system try to pretend that you had the cap on HAHAHAHAHAHAAH
KevinJames Breslin SHUT UP YOU FUCKING MONG
Did you have smoke of any kind out of the exhaust? White smoke?
There’s some product called K-Seal try that before taking the engine to bits, it’s worked a treat for me when I’ve had gasket problems.
Other people scrap why do you continue buying old shite
U have not lost 1 bar
U lost 0.1 bar
1 bar is equal to 14.5 psi
Tip to know easily if coolant is being cooked off. Have a quick smell of the exhaust gas, if it smells sweet (exactly like coolant) then you have coolant in the exhaust stream. Would have been my first test... try it before you pull the engine apart James, then compare with a properly running engine. Once you've smelt it once, you'll easily recognise the smell in future. Keep it up. Good investigative work, rely upon testing rather than guess work ftw. 👍
I hope you got that car for a very good price James.
alan bartlett of course
If it's dripping in wouldn't that be a cracked head?
Having had this exact issue on my first car, this defo looks like a cracked cylinder head rather than the head gasket itself.
The camera footage makes me think the cylinder head is cracked and this isn't the head gasket. I had this exact issue with my very first car (old MK3 ford escort), that had the same issues on starting until it warmed up. I guess we'll all see when you pull the head off. The footage clearly showing dripping down onto the crown of the piston definitely makes me think you have a cylinder head problem. Looking forward to the next video! 👍🏻
Get rid of it mate. Bloody horrible cars and not worth your time. I know you need the content but I would steer well clear of this one.
The parts won't cost loads of money so it's just his time,then it will be resaleable when it's done.
15:04 yes, it is coolant. But any symptoms? like misfiring morning from water? and then work ok?
Next video, mini front end service mode. You don’t need a timing tool for an r50, but you will need a few bits to take the drive belt off, I made do with a 16mm socket, a bit of foam a long crow bar and a 5 mm Allen key, but I have an r53 so yours might be slightly different. You will need a harmonic balancer puller, take off the timing chain cover with the oil pump. You will see some bronze coloured links on the chain. Two on the crank sprocket and one on the cam sprocket. Check the cam and followers too as they tend to wear quite badly as these engines suffer from top end oil starvation.
Just do the head gasket regardless. Might as well for the content it creates
Agree
What’s the deal with all the negativity? I’m guessing you are all trained mechanics and have never made a mistake? Give the guy a break. Keep up with the good work - I’ve just bought a car with a duff head gasket so I’m looking forward to see your next videos :)
My tester has blue fluid...it should change to green or yellow to indicate exhaust gases in the coolant....The instructions mention that it should be stored carefully and once opened it is normal to discard the remainder...it goes off quite quickly IIRC. One other thing is that you would be safer and better to sample the gases from the overflow/header tank...same result if the engine is at operating temperature. but without the 13 odd PSI and hot coolant to worry about.
The Dr Headgasket fluid is blue in all of the online adverts for it that I've seen. Maybe it was used and could change back to blue!? If the tube/container that you put it in was contaminated with coolant that could have reacted with the fluid too. The dripping liquid is enough though isn't it, to decide what you need to do. ....
Notoriously hard to diagnose a blown head gasket that isn't obvious.
Had a vauxhall Astra that was losing coolant , was only slightly overheating in traffic and was still driving okay .
Took it to a garage I trust and they used the emissions machine they use for MOT testing to do a sniff test , no carbon monoxide in the expansion tank .
A few weeks later I decided to use the test similar to the one you used and the liquid turned blue .
Head gasket was gone , as I said it's not always an easy diagnosis to make.
Great attitude ! These cars drive me crazy I’m constantly is looking and smelling it’s insane I can’t even determine if it’s gas oil or coolant anymore follow your nose you’re always know ha ha!
Not one to say we told you so... but we told you so ..lol nice job mate we live and learn I'm happy to see you go through the learning curve. Just watched to the end I would check for a cracked head mate. Nothing to apologise for we all have to learn.
My car sounds the same on a cold start up then after 20seconds or so and a little rev it goes fine. Everything is ok with my car but in not sure if mine makes that noise becuase its only a 3cylinder or what but my car makes a similar noise on cold starts
The sniff tester has to be used with the engine running. The fluid should start off blue and will change to green/yellow if combustion gasses are present. If you hold the tube up to the exhaust tailpipe you'll see the colour change. You won't get any result if the engine isn't running as no combustion gasses will be pushed into the coolant.
Do you have a retest again with the expansion cap Removed to bleed the system of air and keep the engine at operating temperature and put over the Combustion Leak Detector tool or sniff test tool hover over expansion tank and pump to see if the liquid definitely turn yellow or green to confirm diagnosis of fault but the camera has already done it for you
Life is made of mistakes mate. You run the sniff test when the car is running. Also do give you an idea of what colour it should change to start the car and take the sniffer test to the exhaust. It should change colour. If you he the same colour change from the header bottle you got the HG gone.
The tester should be on the header tank, engine running. The liquid should be blue to start. Then turn to green or yellow depending on how bad the leak is. Maybe that liquid is duff, or give it a shake up first.
Sniffer is to be used on the header tank m8. It sucks air only..Plus you need toclean it out from contaminants before testing again. Good luck
I've had gaskets that were not leaking into the cylinder and one of those testers was the only way to diagnose it. Mine started blue and turns green/yellow after a few minutes of engine running. In each case I've also seen a continuous stream of bubbles through the tester.
If the head gasket has gone the water would run down the side of the cylinder wall and pool on the top of the piston.
Think you might have a crack in the head if its dripping in. Great channel good luck with the head 👍👍👍👍oh btw why dont you change the timing chain too at the same time it comes as kit we call it a cassette kit you slide the hole thing inn in one go you only have to remove a couple of bolts and the bottom crank pulley.
All the best mate 👍👍👍
I would have chucked some steal seal in that. Kit wise start the engine with the kit installed after removing header tank cap. Thats the best way to do it.
Glad you have managed to confirm it - always good to be 110% sure about something rather than guessing. Though i must admit i guessed it was the headgasket in the first video where you were bleeding the system. For one, whee did all the coolant go if it was not escaping externally?, then once you had bled it you were still getting a pretty consistent stream of bubbles escaping through the filler neck whilst the engine was running, in my experience that is a very good pointer to gas being forced into the system. The final nail for me was in this video when you showed how badly it ran when you first start it up, add that to the other evidence i was convinced it was the gasket. But its always preferable to see conclusive proof - and you can't argue with actually seeing the water dripping into the cylinder. Always good to get rid of any doubt when a lot of work is involved. But should be a fun job, like you i love doing jobs like this.
With the window problem it's a problem with all minis and if you hit around the speaker a couple of times whilst holding up the window switch it should release it and the window should then be able to go down
Great video, I’ve just learned the head gasket has also gone on my mini!
Would you know how much it would cost roughly to get done? I’m hopeless with cars!
I have one of those endoscopes that just plugs into your phone usb. Been quite useful for 8 quid.
On iPhones you need the wifi ones.
I,d agree with some of the other comments possible airline cracked head when its warm metal expands and closes it when car cooled opens slightly and weeps in.
jammed window might just need you holding the switch down and banging on the door card just below the speaker. that might un jam the window. common fault on minis that are left standing
Its a sniff test man , goes in the header tank
bmw dont actually make these engines they are actually peugeot cc engines
the newer ones are, the 2001-2006 is a chrsyler tritec engine
Bash the inside of the door where the motor is while holding down the switch. Bang it hard! Mine goes on the blink from time to time. A good old banging does the job for me. Also pushing the window down while holding the switch has also worked once
To test the fluid colour start the car and do a sniff test from the exhaust tip. If it turns blue you know it's exhaust gas turning it blue.
That start misfire kind of noise is normal on a 1.4 tsi (2015) vw engine so might be normal but not too sure about mini engines?
dont forget to get the head properly checked to see if its warped after running that hot and also get the head milled otherwise you will get this problem again
Can't say i'm surprised after the first video, unexplained coolant loss and headgasket is nearly always the problem lol. Ah well at least its more content for the channel! Think I need to buy one of those endoscope things though could be useful!
the fluid for the tester it suppose to be blue if the gasket is bad turns to Green or yellow..
done this test 3-4 times if the gasket is bad u can see in a minute
ps don't need a timing tool kit for these engines the chain is got mockers on it and you have to keep turning over and till markings on the chain and markings on the sprockets lineup