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Oh cool, thanks. I just figured it was a file size or something! : )

I am the original owner of a 2004 R53 and over the years have accumulated a lot of used parts in good condition. Wheels, superchargers, suspension parts, complete clutch assembly, etc. Let me know if you might be interested.

Videos should be able to upload now. Missed a permission. They can be uploaded by any paid club member.

I will check with our webmaster about videos

Glad you were able to get it sorted, and are back on the road again!

I added a couple pics, but I couldn't add videos. Can't wait to see what pictures the guys with real camera's got!

Album is created so feel free to add your photos!

Hello, Haven't posted in a long time. I originally had a 2011 Mini Cooper S but had to get rid of it. My father recently passed away and left me some money, so I bought a 2006 S. I wanted a fun car again. I took it to P-tuning to see what they would say the condition is, and they said it wasn't bad, had a valve cover leak, and a cracked coolant housing. So, I thought it would be fun to do those things myself, and I bought some other upgrades as well, and I was going to change the supercharger oil and etc. Got just about everything off the front of the car, and was going to take the valve cover off, and the valve cover bolts have rusted and are impossible for me to get them off. If there is anyone that could come out to New Market and help get those pesky things off, and maybe also helping with other stuff while I put the car back together, I would of course compensate the person for there time. It has been a bit overwhelming at times and I don't have a lot of time to work on it, so an extra set of hands, that knows what they are doing would be fantastic.

So it did turn out to be the high pressure fuel pump. Got everything taken care of and she is running great now. Still have to do a carbon cleaning on the valves but that will be next after my wallet recovers from this last one lol. Look forward to the next run. Thank you for all your advice

HPFP is a common fail item on Gen2, very good chance that is the issue.

So as of right now it is looking like the high pressure fuel pump we are getting low readings from the fuel rail on the high pressure side going to check and see if there is a leaking fuel injector but because it's a misfire in a single cylinder it is not likely. I am going to do my best to make the run on Saturday but chances are that might not be possible.

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Event Title: Backporch Vineyard's Kite Day Event Date: 03/29/2025 12:00 AM Event Address: Join us for some early spring twisties on our way from the Dumphries Park and Ride down to Backporch Vineyard. It's Kite Day, so bring them if you got'em. Or call ahead and buy tickets to the Scouts and Sip event, wine pairings for Girl Scout Cookies: 8 cookies and wine pairings for $15. They offer a dozen wines, four ciders and two sangrias and host a variety of food trucks. It was Cousins Maine Lobster truck when we visited. Dog and kid friendly. Approximately 1.5 hours. Driver's meeting 10:30AM Lights out and away we go 10:45AM RSVP on the event here:

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DanP, Sorry, late to the game. When I did my rear brakes on my F54, I actually removed the electric motor (3 bolts) and turn in the piston manually. Easy peasy......

added a little aero to the coupe today, with the addition of the full rear diffuser set up tying into the under panels. Adding trackcross to the schedule this year made the coupe definitely show it would benefit from some rear down force.

I have really starting to think that myself to be honest, with 81,000 miles on the clock I am fairly certain there is a good amount of carbon buildup on those valves. Now the plugs were just replaced about 200 miles ago or so and I used NTK plugs, coil pack was done 11,000 miles ago and installed Delphi coils. I have also heard the knock sensor can cause a lot of issues also if it is indeed bad. Thank you for all your help

Good news that is cylinder 1 and 4, so not adjacent cylinder that could be a cracked cylinder wall or head gasket. Could be a few things with that: could be it you just replaced the o2 sensor it could have been ready incorrect for a while and created a rich condition resulting in fowled plugs. A common issue on gen2's is coking on the backside of the valves, of time this buildup will effect the seating of the valves resulting in misfires. Luckily that is easily corrected with a walnut blasting of the valves. usually around $350 or so. Keep us in the loop on what they say

Count me in!

@evantyler, I got a three bedroom cabin and the boyfriend and I will only be using one of the bedrooms. So let me know if you need a room.

That's great Corey, thank you!