Brilliant, nice to see women who are not afraid to get their hands dirty. this is what im doing to mine next, mine started after I done my SC service everything was covered in crap and grease so cleaned it all. about a week after I got this noise, but the funny thing is it don't change with the revs thanks for sharing and good luck on track
I find it great when women repair and fix their own cars. The video is very well structured, massive thumb up from me! Especially because you have also given the part number and the torque, saves the viewer the research. Thank you very much, best regards from ugly Germany!
This is exactly what I have in my R53....it sounds like a whistle vibration.....same area...at least I have a clue now. Also have another whine which could be the same part...the joys of mini ownership. Great videos....you are a natural behind the camera
Darren Lucas it’s a very distinctive noise, if you drive past a wall it’s very loud. Definitely worth giving all of your pulleys a spin whilst the belts off to check for any abnormal sounds (the crank pulley doesn’t spin of course) or grinding ect 👍🏼 thanks really appreciate it! 😁
@@carsandbras2202 thankyou....I,ll do that. Think I may have an alternator whine too.....it started same time but could be the same problem, add that too a nearside wheel bearing and my car sounds like a barrel of stray cats all inside of a month! I hate to think how many thousands I've spent on it so far just trying to make the ultimate machine.....seems the more I modify the more it complains 🙈. Hope it's ok to ask advice from time to time.keep up the blogs and the great content🏆
@@carsandbras2202 I came here looking for thoughts as I've the posssible same noise (a high pitched ting ting ting) on my 06 jcw, but as soon as you said "if you drive past a wall it’s very loud" that nailed it. Cheers!
Same here, watching these videos pushed me over the lock down boredom of browsing forums to buying an R53 for weekend and track use! Keep up the great work
In this time of lockdown see if you can get yourself on a podcast like Car Chat / Behind the Glass / ITH / JWW etc etc via skype or whatever. I genuinely think you bring something unique to the RUclips car party. I’m sure you can get enough subs to help with mods / racing costs and beyond 👍
I changed the belt tensioner pulley on my sisters mini.. that one you can loosen with the thumb tab and clip it off to where it stays loose. Then i turned the car on and no noise, pressed the pulley against the band and got the noise again. Thats how i figured it wasnt thenwater pump ir any other pulley.. took me about an hourto do it and changed the belt out also because it was worn..
Just changed the idler pulley on my R53, the noise was horrible! Did it while I had the front off to change the Supercharger oil, water pump and thermostat. While I was in there I also swapped out the serpentine belt tensioner as well.
I thought my rattle was the idler pulley as well but mine came out just like this. The spacer in the back threads onto the 13mm bolt and wasn't actually loose. My issue (and later confirmed by Cleo's other video) was the tensioner pulley was blown (with only 52k miles). So if you hear a rattle, check your tensioner first, and might as well replace the idler while you're in there.
My R50 squeal turned into a death rattle. I eliminated the a/c unit and the squeal & DEATH RATTLE went away! The Gates belt number to eliminate the a/c unit is K060305.
I'm Always learning Cleo.. TOP Video Thumbs Up... I've a Mk1 Audi S3 that I will never sell but for my second car will be The R53 late 05 plate 55 plate and will take my time and set it up to around 220bhp will keep watching yr vids and I'm on the look out 4 my 1st R53 Mini Cooper S Bless You Cleo.. xx ps do I go 17% pulley? or 19%?? any tips?? I know i will need an intercooler up grade and other bitz...
WOW such an amazing video I feel inspired to do this myself on my R60... on Idle, I can hear the idle pulley pitch... and my shop asked me for 900 pounds to solve it ahaha... day ou know if that idle pulley piece number fits the Mini R60 ?
Cleo how are the Nitrac discs like? I saw your post on MOG (or was it one of Olis posts, dunno) about them, so wondering if you could give some sort of feedback? Currently running "normal" temp threated TRW discs with Hel HP666 pads on the R56 JCW brakes. But at one point the pads are going to eat the discs, and I've wanted Nitrac before so.
Qwerrrz hey! So far so good! I’ve got Carbotech XP10 front pads with R56 callipers. They’ve had a lot of use and no cracks or anything so far and still a decent bit of life left in them. I’d happily use them again 👍🏼 I had EBC drilled and grooved disks with Mintex 1144 pads before my current set up, the brake fade was worrying and there wasn’t enough bite for trackdays but for road use they were fine
@@carsandbras2202 cheers, sounds like a plan to get them then! Also pop a message when you're at the Ring again. Can go for some laps, it's good to be local here :)
Great and very helpful as I suspect my 2005 Cooper (non-S) has the same issue, but it only rattles between 1900 and 2000 rmp - was your noise constant through the rev range? :-)
saftevand the R50 non S models don’t have these idler pulleys, the R50 has a pulley for the water pump, alternator, AC compressor, crankshaft pulley and tensioner but unless it’s one of those pulleys that has failed I’d assume it’s a similar noise ect. Yes the rattle was constant, strangely there was no change in the noise through the Rev range! But I hope you find the issue, usually it’s something pretty simple once you find it 😅
Hi I changed the tensión pulley the crank pulley and the accessories belt, to my mini cooper s 2006, but now the car has a squeak noise, I got back to the workshop and the mechanic told me the pulley are aligned, and he said that the noise will disappear in a few days….I don't think this is normal, do you have an idea what my problem could be?
Great video and great technician! Now I have a question. I hear a very slight noise inside the cabin of my car (Peugeot 406) which I think is coming from idlers and bearings but when I listen to the engine idling, I don't notice anything special. It is not annoying and not load at all just a very slight noise which is not noticed by others. Now, what do you recommend me to do? Should I wait until it gets louder? Is it important?
I’ve just purchased an r53 and I’m already having oil issues, looks like it’s near the bell housing. 😭 Why couldn’t it just be a sump gasket?! Oh well, might as well get a new clutch at the same time.
Hi there, a near by garage who work on mini and BMW quoted me £270 (136 for the part 90 Labour then vat) more if I want a genuine bmw part. After researching and watching this I can't help but think I'm being mugged off. Temped to buy the part myself and get brother to do it.
I always drive the wheel onto a thick lump of wood to raise the body enough to put my trolley jack under it. Those factory jacks are lethal. I had an Octavia Vrs slip off one once. Not great!
Because I wasn’t going to do a video on it, and I’d already made a start on removing stuff. Then the nosey neighbours kept asking me why I was driving my car during lockdown when everyone is supposed to be sat at home. So I didn’t take the car out again afterwards to get the noise
Nelson Quintans da Silva yes you can use a metal bar or something that will rest on the bolt and under the tensioner, but there’s not much room for leverage and it’ll easily slip off. Just have to be careful 👍🏼
@@carsandbras2202 There are a lot of wrenchs on ebay but now ill take a long time to get here to Portugal...my R53 sometimes makes noise, sometimes it doesnt, so ill replace the belt and the idler just to be sure...just hope everything else is ok...great video btw...thanks!
you sure theres not a man there supervising? he he ouch. damn girl you know im joking. hope so. Im a mobile mechanic by the way. This shit daily. if you want a job, come see me.
If that is a torque wrench you are using as a breaker bar then please stop doing that it’s the wrong tool, wearing out a tool and could possibly damage it. Breakers are less than 12 pounds on eBay.. no tool company warranties the joints so I’m not sure of the point of buying a snap or teng as your probably going to be pissed if a £60+ breaker snaps on you and the cheap ones usually do the job anyway. You can get a £5 joint rebuild kit if the bolt snaps for an emergency. Thank you very much.
George Galpin thank you for the heads up, I’ll definitely look into getting some breakers and your right on the Snapon and Teng tools, others should do the job just as well for less
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Brilliant, nice to see women who are not afraid to get their hands dirty. this is what im doing to mine next, mine started after I done my SC service everything was covered in crap and grease so cleaned it all. about a week after I got this noise, but the funny thing is it don't change with the revs
thanks for sharing and good luck on track
I find it great when women repair and fix their own cars.
The video is very well structured, massive thumb up from me! Especially because you have also given the part number and the torque, saves the viewer the research.
Thank you very much, best regards from ugly Germany!
You saved my life! I replaced the idle pulley and finally that tedious noise disappeared magically ❤️
Great work! It would be better and helpful if you posted rattling noise that you suffered before the work done. 😀
This!
I was somewhat expecting that also, because I do have an high pitch small rattling noise coming from that side too.
Well done with your noise diagnosis and repair, the idler was replaced on my R53 and noise gone 😊
Good vid. Great to see ladies working so well on their cars
This is exactly what I have in my R53....it sounds like a whistle vibration.....same area...at least I have a clue now.
Also have another whine which could be the same part...the joys of mini ownership.
Great videos....you are a natural behind the camera
Darren Lucas it’s a very distinctive noise, if you drive past a wall it’s very loud. Definitely worth giving all of your pulleys a spin whilst the belts off to check for any abnormal sounds (the crank pulley doesn’t spin of course) or grinding ect 👍🏼 thanks really appreciate it! 😁
@@carsandbras2202 thankyou....I,ll do that.
Think I may have an alternator whine too.....it started same time but could be the same problem, add that too a nearside wheel bearing and my car sounds like a barrel of stray cats all inside of a month! I hate to think how many thousands I've spent on it so far just trying to make the ultimate machine.....seems the more I modify the more it complains 🙈.
Hope it's ok to ask advice from time to time.keep up the blogs and the great content🏆
@@carsandbras2202 I came here looking for thoughts as I've the posssible same noise (a high pitched ting ting ting) on my 06 jcw, but as soon as you said "if you drive past a wall it’s very loud" that nailed it. Cheers!
Its nice to see other women working on their own cars. People tell me that im weird all the time for working on cars
Great job 🧰 👏👏
My daughter has her heart set on a Mini for her first car. 😃
Keep up these vids, you've brought me dangerously closer to R53 ownership & will be held fully responsible! 😁🏁
5thgearouttahere thanks! And I will accept all liability 😉 these cars are like Lego, you can change all sorts on them
Same here, watching these videos pushed me over the lock down boredom of browsing forums to buying an R53 for weekend and track use! Keep up the great work
Love your accent! I have an '06 R53 that is mainly for the track.
Good video. I modded an old 3/8 ratchet to hold the belt tension off works well
Where did you learn your skills,you made it look easier than it realy is
Thank you, finally! someone who actually puts the idler pully torque spec!!! 45nm / 33 lb ft for mini cooper idler pully bolt torque
mr_roboto_ 45mm? My wrench go only to 25... 😅😅
Looks like your "fuel tank vent valve", minute 4:58, maybe upside down. Re-installed mine incorrectly and was constantly getting P0442 code.
Great natural presentation style. Stick at it. 👍
In this time of lockdown see if you can get yourself on a podcast like Car Chat / Behind the Glass / ITH / JWW etc etc via skype or whatever. I genuinely think you bring something unique to the RUclips car party. I’m sure you can get enough subs to help with mods / racing costs and beyond 👍
I changed the belt tensioner pulley on my sisters mini.. that one you can loosen with the thumb tab and clip it off to where it stays loose. Then i turned the car on and no noise, pressed the pulley against the band and got the noise again. Thats how i figured it wasnt thenwater pump ir any other pulley.. took me about an hourto do it and changed the belt out also because it was worn..
Just changed the idler pulley on my R53, the noise was horrible! Did it while I had the front off to change the Supercharger oil, water pump and thermostat. While I was in there I also swapped out the serpentine belt tensioner as well.
I thought my rattle was the idler pulley as well but mine came out just like this. The spacer in the back threads onto the 13mm bolt and wasn't actually loose. My issue (and later confirmed by Cleo's other video) was the tensioner pulley was blown (with only 52k miles). So if you hear a rattle, check your tensioner first, and might as well replace the idler while you're in there.
was it squeaking as well or only whistling? i can’t figure out if i need to change my idler pulley, the belt, or the tensioner
My R50 squeal turned into a death rattle. I eliminated the a/c unit and the squeal & DEATH RATTLE went away! The Gates belt number to eliminate the a/c unit is K060305.
I'm Always learning Cleo.. TOP Video Thumbs Up...
I've a Mk1 Audi S3 that I will never sell but for my
second car will be The R53 late 05 plate 55 plate
and will take my time and set it up to around 220bhp
will keep watching yr vids and I'm on the look out 4
my 1st R53 Mini Cooper S Bless You Cleo.. xx
ps do I go 17% pulley? or 19%?? any tips?? I know
i will need an intercooler up grade and other bitz...
WOW such an amazing video I feel inspired to do this myself on my R60... on Idle, I can hear the idle pulley pitch... and my shop asked me for 900 pounds to solve it ahaha... day ou know if that idle pulley piece number fits the Mini R60 ?
Would of like to here it before and after
Excuse me, is it possible to share the measurements of the tensioner tool wrench? thanks
I have the same color one
Cleo how are the Nitrac discs like? I saw your post on MOG (or was it one of Olis posts, dunno) about them, so wondering if you could give some sort of feedback?
Currently running "normal" temp threated TRW discs with Hel HP666 pads on the R56 JCW brakes. But at one point the pads are going to eat the discs, and I've wanted Nitrac before so.
Qwerrrz hey! So far so good! I’ve got Carbotech XP10 front pads with R56 callipers. They’ve had a lot of use and no cracks or anything so far and still a decent bit of life left in them. I’d happily use them again 👍🏼 I had EBC drilled and grooved disks with Mintex 1144 pads before my current set up, the brake fade was worrying and there wasn’t enough bite for trackdays but for road use they were fine
@@carsandbras2202 cheers, sounds like a plan to get them then! Also pop a message when you're at the Ring again. Can go for some laps, it's good to be local here :)
Great and very helpful as I suspect my 2005 Cooper (non-S) has the same issue, but it only rattles between 1900 and 2000 rmp - was your noise constant through the rev range? :-)
saftevand the R50 non S models don’t have these idler pulleys, the R50 has a pulley for the water pump, alternator, AC compressor, crankshaft pulley and tensioner but unless it’s one of those pulleys that has failed I’d assume it’s a similar noise ect. Yes the rattle was constant, strangely there was no change in the noise through the Rev range! But I hope you find the issue, usually it’s something pretty simple once you find it 😅
Next Job - could that be break line, looks like its been in contact
Hi I changed the tensión pulley the crank pulley and the accessories belt, to my mini cooper s 2006, but now the car has a squeak noise, I got back to the workshop and the mechanic told me the pulley are aligned, and he said that the noise will disappear in a few days….I don't think this is normal, do you have an idea what my problem could be?
handbrake? and chocks?
Can you drive it??
How comes you never done the jobs yourself? Hi BTW, new subscriber here love the videos and good luck 🤞
Great video and great technician! Now I have a question. I hear a very slight noise inside the cabin of my car (Peugeot 406) which I think is coming from idlers and bearings but when I listen to the engine idling, I don't notice anything special. It is not annoying and not load at all just a very slight noise which is not noticed by others. Now, what do you recommend me to do? Should I wait until it gets louder? Is it important?
I’ve just purchased an r53 and I’m already having oil issues, looks like it’s near the bell housing. 😭 Why couldn’t it just be a sump gasket?! Oh well, might as well get a new clutch at the same time.
Why did u not run éngin so we could here noise b4 work.
How strange I had to do the one on my civic this week... Love a car woman! 👌🏻 braided lines next job 😉.
Nürburgring Obsessed eagle eye! Yes replacing the braided lines next, glad I checked it all over before it totally wore through! 😟
Hi there, a near by garage who work on mini and BMW quoted me £270 (136 for the part 90 Labour then vat) more if I want a genuine bmw part. After researching and watching this I can't help but think I'm being mugged off. Temped to buy the part myself and get brother to do it.
I was wondering if you also might have a link to the parts needed? Surely it can't be 136 in parts 🤔
I always drive the wheel onto a thick lump of wood to raise the body enough to put my trolley jack under it. Those factory jacks are lethal. I had an Octavia Vrs slip off one once. Not great!
How hard would it have been to share the noise so others can compare 🤨
Because I wasn’t going to do a video on it, and I’d already made a start on removing stuff. Then the nosey neighbours kept asking me why I was driving my car during lockdown when everyone is supposed to be sat at home. So I didn’t take the car out again afterwards to get the noise
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Oh hey I wonder if this is the noise my mini is maki- HOLY HELL WHAT IS THAT A K&N INTERCOOLER?!
Its possible to remove the belt without that wrench?
Nelson Quintans da Silva yes you can use a metal bar or something that will rest on the bolt and under the tensioner, but there’s not much room for leverage and it’ll easily slip off. Just have to be careful 👍🏼
@@carsandbras2202 There are a lot of wrenchs on ebay but now ill take a long time to get here to Portugal...my R53 sometimes makes noise, sometimes it doesnt, so ill replace the belt and the idler just to be sure...just hope everything else is ok...great video btw...thanks!
Cars and Bras just brought myself a wrench tensioner so I won’t damaged nothing in the car... 😅😅😅
Actually hearing the noise would have been helpful!
great work!!! :)
Good Job !!!
🍺🤯👍🏽👊🏽😎👍🏽💯
Cleo would you marry me ? JK Nice work out there
#53gang
you sure theres not a man there supervising? he he ouch. damn girl you know im joking. hope so. Im a mobile mechanic by the way. This shit daily. if you want a job, come see me.
If that is a torque wrench you are using as a breaker bar then please stop doing that it’s the wrong tool, wearing out a tool and could possibly damage it. Breakers are less than 12 pounds on eBay.. no tool company warranties the joints so I’m not sure of the point of buying a snap or teng as your probably going to be pissed if a £60+ breaker snaps on you and the cheap ones usually do the job anyway. You can get a £5 joint rebuild kit if the bolt snaps for an emergency. Thank you very much.
George Galpin thank you for the heads up, I’ll definitely look into getting some breakers and your right on the Snapon and Teng tools, others should do the job just as well for less
This is US Pro by Bergen. Another youtuber The Savage Garage uses the brand and he has managed all sorts with them. That’s how I found them.
women, just due your job, this lets will remain for men... fuu