R56 Engine and Cabin Filter - Before / After
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Capt BJ, do you use the same handle over at MiniMania?
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I use the same name on most boards I frequent .... I'm not sure I've ever made a post over on MiniMania altho I buy from them, mostly for my 79.
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don't smoke - no one ever smoked in the car .... and the area wasn't 'heavy' industrial but Norfolk being a port city there were a lot of trucks on the roads . . . I changed once a year from then on and never saw another like this . . .
I use the same name on most boards I frequent .... I'm not sure I've ever made a post over on MiniMania altho I buy from them, mostly for my 79.
I use the same name on most boards I frequent .... I'm not sure I've ever made a post over on MiniMania altho I buy from them, mostly for my 79.
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Brought my 2008 S in for service today,
I almost always do everything myself, yet I hadn't taken it in for at least 3 or 4 years and the service light was on ...so figured id just bring it in and have Mini check it out.
All is well,
BUT They wanted $697 to change oil, replace air filter, rotate tires, flush brake fluid and replace cabin filter. I was like $700!!!! are they insane!! (granted I do live in SF, CA ..everything is ridiculously expensive here ...but still).
So I told him to forget it i'll do it all myself for a fraction of the cost. But looking at what they spec'd out , the in cabin filter was $150 for the part and $50 for labor!!! I have changed my in cabin filter myself many times, ..it takes 4 minutes and cost about $35 for the part. They wanted $200 for that!!!!!
all maintenance will continue to be done myself!
I almost always do everything myself, yet I hadn't taken it in for at least 3 or 4 years and the service light was on ...so figured id just bring it in and have Mini check it out.
All is well,
BUT They wanted $697 to change oil, replace air filter, rotate tires, flush brake fluid and replace cabin filter. I was like $700!!!! are they insane!! (granted I do live in SF, CA ..everything is ridiculously expensive here ...but still).
So I told him to forget it i'll do it all myself for a fraction of the cost. But looking at what they spec'd out , the in cabin filter was $150 for the part and $50 for labor!!! I have changed my in cabin filter myself many times, ..it takes 4 minutes and cost about $35 for the part. They wanted $200 for that!!!!!
all maintenance will continue to be done myself!
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Brought my 2008 S in for service today,
I almost always do everything myself, yet I hadn't taken it in for at least 3 or 4 years and the service light was on ...so figured id just bring it in and have Mini check it out.
All is well,
BUT They wanted $697 to change oil, replace air filter, rotate tires, flush brake fluid and replace cabin filter. I was like $700!!!! are they insane!! (granted I do live in SF, CA ..everything is ridiculously expensive here ...but still).
So I told him to forget it i'll do it all myself for a fraction of the cost. But looking at what they spec'd out , the in cabin filter was $150 for the part and $50 for labor!!! I have changed my in cabin filter myself many times, ..it takes 4 minutes and cost about $35 for the part. They wanted $200 for that!!!!!
all maintenance will continue to be done myself!
I almost always do everything myself, yet I hadn't taken it in for at least 3 or 4 years and the service light was on ...so figured id just bring it in and have Mini check it out.
All is well,
BUT They wanted $697 to change oil, replace air filter, rotate tires, flush brake fluid and replace cabin filter. I was like $700!!!! are they insane!! (granted I do live in SF, CA ..everything is ridiculously expensive here ...but still).
So I told him to forget it i'll do it all myself for a fraction of the cost. But looking at what they spec'd out , the in cabin filter was $150 for the part and $50 for labor!!! I have changed my in cabin filter myself many times, ..it takes 4 minutes and cost about $35 for the part. They wanted $200 for that!!!!!
all maintenance will continue to be done myself!
Their bill should have included a jar of Vaseline.
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Mine was pretty dirty :
R56 cabin filter : https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...bad-smell.html
Have you seen a cabin filter like this ? Gen 1
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ter-gross.html
or
Gen 1
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...c-problem.html
R56 cabin filter : https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...bad-smell.html
Have you seen a cabin filter like this ? Gen 1
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ter-gross.html
or
Gen 1
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...c-problem.html
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