![]() ![]() remove all the hoses that are connected to the thermostat (5 total.)ģ. To remove the thermostat you have to remove the 1.air box and the all intake duct work.Ģ. I like this car but with these issues and the fact it sounds like a bag of nails sometimes on start up, I don't trust it to use everyday on my motorway journey to work! Is there anything else that can be done to improve oil consumption? I read once about a possible cam cover design update is this true? if so how much is a new one? I've also read today about blanking off the breather pipe on the over end of the cam cover, does this work and save on oil consumption as well as reducing carbon build up. ![]() On the valve/cam cover is the any filters that can be cleaned? Is there any fixes for the oil consumption issue yet? I cant find any diagrams of how the breather system or the air filter/turbo charger air system works but am I right in assuming the breather is dumping oil into the turbo feed pipe and being burnt off? I read ages ago oil consumption is bad on these cooper S's but today when I removed the Turbo inlet pipe there was a small puddle of oil in the turbo, oil residue in the pipe and on the cam cover under the breather pipe a small puddle of oil! Also around the camcover some wetness which tells me the gasket needs changing. Since we,ve owned this car(nearly 2 years) it drinks oil about 1/2L a month, 400 miles! which wouldn't be so bad if Castrol Edge wasn't so damn expensive. This brings me to my next topic - Oil consumption. ![]() Is there a step by step instructions someone could post a link of on how to change this, I had a price from Mini of £81 for a new one (looks like a plastic heart with all its connections!) Today I took off the turbo inlet pipe to try and look at the thermostat housing which does look like where the problem lies, not lots of coolant leaking but some evident. Theres no signs of any leaks but read it could be the thermostat housing. Our Mini Cooper S (2007, 60,000 miles) has started to use coolant, it used to drop 1CM in the reservoir every 3 months, now 1.5cm a week! I've searched the forums but decided to write a fresh post, ![]()
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