engine temp and fan.. HELP NEEDED!!!

[c4c23]

ive had my mini cooper S off the road now for about 3 months, since ive upgraded it a little the engine temp is higher on the dash dial indicator and the noise from the engine bay seems to be a blowing/ steam leak sort of sound? i have put a bigger intercooler on and a MSD ignition thats it? the fan either was on constant or not on at all? it was hard to tell weather it was on or not? it was also revving just under 2000rpm on tic over? normally its just above 1000rpm? the fan also stayed on for about 6-7minutes after i turned the car off? the manifold was also glowing red, it was only started for about 15minutes, not drove just stood! i checked the water and was all fine and up to level.

please can someone give me some help/info

Many thanks

[Sideways Rich]

Experiencing something similar although not as severe, I've had the yellow engine temp light come on twice on the motorway when the car has been doing 85/90 for 25 mins..

[AndyM31]

I had that issue with my R56. It was so bad that it prompted the engine management light to come on on amber.

Considering the solution the that the garage did, they changed the high pressure fuel pump and the coolant pump. This sorted the problem all together. Thankfully the car was under warranty so the cost to me was no issue. The milage at the time was about the 50k mark.

Hope this helps.

[Sideways Rich]

AndyM31 said:

I had that issue with my R56. It was so bad that it prompted the engine management light to come on on amber.

Considering the solution the that the garage did, they changed the high pressure fuel pump and the coolant pump. This sorted the problem all together. Thankfully the car was under warranty so the cost to me was no issue. The milage at the time was about the 50k mark.

Hope this helps.

Sounds like exactly the same issue, the car is at a similar mileage and the amber warning light has come on, you mentioned yours was done under warranty, but do you know what it cost?

[AndyM31]

Sorry, the cost I do not know exactly but I was hinted that it would have been about 400 - 500. Still you might be better off going to an independant or the age of yours.

There are a few places that supply parts at a reasonable cost as well.

[Sideways Rich]

AndyM31 said:

Sorry, the cost I do not know exactly but I was hinted that it would have been about 400 - 500. Still you might be better off going to an independant or the age of yours.

There are a few places that supply parts at a reasonable cost as well.

Thanks Andy

[AndyM31]

Sorry for the delay, it was a MCS R56. The fault was erratic idling and high temperature. The Fan was going for a long while after switching off and subsequent draining of the battery.

After about a minute of the car running the engine management fault light came on and the idling got worse.

[adsvx220]

I had similar on my clubman last week. I lost boost and the fan stayed on, no lights on the dash thou. It ended up being the thermostat.

Is your heater working?

Adam

[Sideways Rich]

adsvx220 said:

I had similar on my clubman last week. I lost boost and the fan stayed on, no lights on the dash thou. It ended up being the thermostat.

Is your heater working?

Adam

The car is using a lot of coolant and the heater isn't working, any ideas what the issue is?

[adsvx220]

Sideways Rich said:

adsvx220 said:

I had similar on my clubman last week. I lost boost and the fan stayed on, no lights on the dash thou. It ended up being the thermostat.

Is your heater working?

Adam

The car is using a lot of coolant and the heater isn't working, any ideas what the issue is?

Mine didn't use coolant but the heater did stop working due to thermostat being dodgy. Can't see why coolant would be lost. Is it leaking?

Adam