I am planning on buying a 2012 Mini Cooper S and I have some concerns about past models carbon build up issues in the air intake. I called the service dept. from a local mini dealer and they claim that the 2012 1.6T engine has address this issue but I can not find and other supporting information that this is true.

Was this service rep. giving me the run around or has mini addressed this issue with their 2012 Cooper S models?

 

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2012 Cooper S's have the N18 engine, not the N14, with different PCV routing and other changes that are believed to address the issue.

I did a lot of research into catch cans and carbon cleaning tactics before I bought mine.

Others may chime in...no one has 40,000 miles or xx years on these, of course, and are going on what changes MINI made to the PCV system.

 

Thanks for that info!

I have a co worker that has been bitten by the DI carbon build up issue with another brand of car. I don't want to have my air intakes cleaned every 50,000 miles like he does.

 

I'm sure that i've read that the N18 still has the same PCV system as the older N14, only instead of being internal it is now routed through the head. This may still lead to coking issues.