Never come across this before.....

[Dodge318]

1997 1.3 mpi mini, 13,000 miles. After maybe 10 / 20 minutes or 1 hour of driving there is suddenly no power / revs and the engine cuts out. Happens randomly, traditionly when in the fast lane of the M1. Turning the engine on again & everything is fine. Whats that all about! I've no idea - anyone had this before?

Steve

[stevesingo]

A friend had an e type with a similar problem. Turned out the a ign coil intended for a ballast resistor ign system had been fitted and when supplied with constant 12v it was overheating. Worth checking.

Steve

[annodomini2]

Might wanna ask this in the Classic mini forum, not personally familiar with MPi's but i'm sure someone on there will be.

[munroman]

Carb icing up, missing/broken heat tube from exhaust?

Ice forms then melts when the heat from the exhaust gets to it, can be a fun thing to track down.

Or blocked fuel cap, when it happens open the petrol cap and see if there is a vacuum.

Good Luck!

[annodomini2]

munroman said:

Carb icing up, missing/broken heat tube from exhaust?

Ice forms then melts when the heat from the exhaust gets to it, can be a fun thing to track down.

Or blocked fuel cap, when it happens open the petrol cap and see if there is a vacuum.

Good Luck!

MPI is an abreviation of Multi Point Injection

[bertelli_1]

I'd vote for a faulty ignition module.

[Dodge318]

Thanks for all thoughts. There is always a "hiss" of a vacuum when I open the fuel cap.

Steve