[M156]

Hi all,

Thank for accepting me into this forum! I have a Volcanic Orange Cooper 3 door and its only 3 weeks old. I am most concerned that its only hit 2000ks and I noticed this afternoon when the wife started it up that there was smoke coming from the back! It was a noticeable puff but seem to have gone away quickly. I've seen it twice now. I wasn't too sure of the colour, but it was like blue black? It was definately a darker colour. The car had been sitting for about 2 hours prior.

The problem is I live 400kms away from the nearest Mini dealer and my wife is freaking out because she doesn't want to damage the engine.

I was thinking because its a new car, maybe there is something inside motor that gets burnt off eventually but I'm not so sure. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[jeremybingham]

I think there's one thread here like that but not right .Get it checked!

 

[M156]

I think there's one thread here like that but not right .Get it checked!

Oops.. Should have checked it out first. Will do now.

 

[jeremybingham]

Sorry I mean get the car checked. It shouldn't smoke at all. Perhaps white steam ie condensation but no other colour!

 

[Blat7Chris]

Hi M156

It was my Cooper that had this problem, which only got worse over time.

Our car would only do it intermittently, but it was discovered that a valve seat had failed in the cylinder head. I needed a new head, plus undisclosed other parts.

Our car was exchanged given that the problem happened with such a low mileage.

Chris.

 

[jeremybingham]

Thanks Chris that's what i was looking for!

 

[Blat7Chris]

Send me a message with your email address, and I will let you have access to a video showing how are car started, and how it got worse in a matter of weeks.

here is our original thread http://www.minif56.com/forum/289-mini-f56-general-discussion/34121-f55-cooper-too-young-smoke.html

We also lost power, but couldn't tell that until we drove another Cooper we got as a loan car.

 

[mrp3sky76]

We have a 2014 F56 which left a huge cloud of blue smoke after being sat for 2 weeks and it smokes on start up now occasionally whether sat overnight or a couple of hours

 

[jeremybingham]

That sounds very much like a valve stem oil seal issue! Dealer needs to sort this for you!