R55 Walnut blasting and.......
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Walnut blasting and.......
We just recently had the walnut blasting done to clean the engine out. We were getting an average of 32-33 mpg and then we got an engine light that was for the carbon build up. Our mpg dropped to 27-28 during that time. Now after the walnut blast I was expecting to see my gas mileage go back up, but it has now dropped to 25. Has anyone else had this issue? Will it just take a while for the computer to adjust to things being clean again?
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I got it done at a Mini dealership. Only codes that it had were related to the carbon build up. Car has just under 75,000 miles
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I asked the dealer if it just needed time to adjust, but they didn't know.
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So my wife and I took the Mini for a nice long drive yesterday. I thought maybe that would help it out a little. The gas mileage went up to 31.8. I was pretty excited and thought it was getting back to normal. Went out to start it this morning and it started like it did before we had it repaired, and then the engine light came. I don't know what is going on with this thing.
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Ok, they just basically said they aren't sure what it is. Random misfire codes.....
They said it could be articles of the walnut shells in there burning off still. They wanted to keep the car, but because of my work schedule and the distance from the distance from the dealer I wouldn't be able to pick it up till late next week.
Then they said that the codes were never fully erased from before, so they may just be popping back up. They are going to erase them, and I guess we will see.
They said it could be articles of the walnut shells in there burning off still. They wanted to keep the car, but because of my work schedule and the distance from the distance from the dealer I wouldn't be able to pick it up till late next week.
Then they said that the codes were never fully erased from before, so they may just be popping back up. They are going to erase them, and I guess we will see.
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Its similar to coming on the forum here and searching for an issue. You find a thread from somebody else that has the same thing going on and what they had to do to fix said issue. You go home and do the same thing only to find out you still have the problem.
So long story short, not all cars have the same problem. So they take the time to be sure
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Reading a codes and diagnosing whats wrong are two different things. You can't diag without codes however (at least not very well or with any ease). Reading codes will direct you to the starting line of diagnosis, but it doesn't tell you exactly whats going on. You can have one or more codes come on for 2 or 3 different reasons. So while yes it is quick and easy to pull codes, knowing why that specific code came on takes some time. The idea is to fix the car the first time. While they could easily throw the most common part in your car for the code that came up, your car may not need that part, but another part that could make the same code come on. Or it could even be an issue in the wiring harness with wires chaffing causing false codes to activate and cause problems.
Its similar to coming on the forum here and searching for an issue. You find a thread from somebody else that has the same thing going on and what they had to do to fix said issue. You go home and do the same thing only to find out you still have the problem.
So long story short, not all cars have the same problem. So they take the time to be sure
Its similar to coming on the forum here and searching for an issue. You find a thread from somebody else that has the same thing going on and what they had to do to fix said issue. You go home and do the same thing only to find out you still have the problem.
So long story short, not all cars have the same problem. So they take the time to be sure
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To be honest, if they didn't even check then they are not a reputable service center. And maybe thats MINI's policy. Either way its not how a service center should conduct business. The reason to go to the dealer is so they do spend the time to diag your car! This infuriates me! I too would wonder what the hell they were doing for so long too! So for what they say they did should have only taken moments! Not over an hour! They could have told you they needed to keep your car back when they pulled the codes....
Well, *sigh*, keep us updated.
Well, *sigh*, keep us updated.
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