take a drive out to Link in Mitcham

http://www.linkautomotive.com.au/

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3400 rpm is a much easier issue to sort than being speed related. It'll be an electrical gremlin or vacuum line problem.

Here's the DIY ones:

-Check the hoses from the trottle body running into the metal pipe behind the rocker cover, and the two hoses off that into engine breathers. Replace hoses that have split or have holes.

-Theres a vacuum line running from the back of the throttle body to a small black box, then another vacuum line to the engine computer. The plastic plugs on these commonly crack / split / fall off. Check all of these.

If it isn't any of those it may be time to replace some sensors. Air temperature inlet and water temperature are the cheapest sensors and easiest to replace. The crank one is working, and the car barely runs if the TPS has gone, so shouldn't be them.

I second Simons recommendation for Link Automotive. What Brian doesn't know about minis isn't worth knowing. Brian won't waste your time or your money, heck I drive from Frankston South if I want something done that I couldn't do myself.

ill take the car to link this weekend, get them to check it out. Might as well get a full service while im there. Will let you guys know how it goes.

Oh crap! Might have a real problem!

And that would be what?

Dropped car into link. Possible big end bearing problem requiring engine out! Def didnt want to hear that. Just sold our second car this weekend also. Now gotta crawl car home and tell the wife.

Well that's a royal PITA.
Good luck getting it all sorted!

Yup, thrown into the deep end
They are fully booked out for next couple weeks so need to decide where to go from here. I only wanna do this once so any thoughts on what to do from here, and has anyone had similar exeriances with this prob? Link say it maybe anywhere up to $4000 and only a semi recon motor

Should I be purchasing necessary parts from the uk that will bring the cost down? Gaskets, water pump, bearings, etc etc?

Mine did something similar and I had the whole lot rebuilt - no point doing half the job.
If I remember tonight I'll put together a list of stuff for you that was done / bought.

Thanks Harley. Thats very kind of you mate. I brought a mini knowing I might have problems at some point, but nothing so soon or severe
Lucky my wife and I are both within walking/biking distance from work. Just sucks its coming up to winter which makes biking a lil more fun.

Each to their own - personally I'd ride to work before I get the mini wet!

could plonk this in
http://www.minimakeovers1275.com/mini-p ... id=4610819

you get what you pay for...Thats all i'll say (from experience )