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Written off by a mini!!! I take it the mini came of worse!!!

Had exact same problem with corsa ive got wife brought it home saying it was making a funny noise. Took it for a test drive and it exploded. Gear bearing had jammed and started spinning in Bell housing. It blew the casing apart and shredded the gears. When i stripped it down gear oil had...

The " bottle thingy " looks like one on my freelander seems hooked into vacuum system. Dont know what its purpose is though some kind of vacuum chamber

Cool im assuming that window thinks its up so does that mean I need to wind cable in or leave out. Again im assuming that its either both ends of cable in or out and not one in one out, if u get what I mean.

Upgraded crankcase blower filter and found it to have original filter still fitted (cars done 150000 miles!)Had a poke about and found its never had any filters except oil one done. Turbo vent filter melted onto back of engine. Nice getting to know a new car !

Sounds better, only took 5mins to dismantle it so was a bit confused why people are talking of a full days work to re fit. Cable had snapped and wrapped up inside actuator, will I need to reset or calibrate when I fit new cable? Not sure what position it thinks it's in as was knackered when I...

Was going to get wire kit as actuator is in good nick but ive heard they are a bit of a nightmare to fit (quotes of up to a day to fit seem to be average). Is it worth taking off door and taking it into a nice warm house to do? Cheers (fare weather mechanic)

Cheers freelance worth asking, seeing as bmw came up with such a simple fix for crankcase blower, I'd hoped it might be a common enough problem for someone to have redisgned it. Cheers gsworks

Hi new owner and member, Firstly thanks for solving crankcase breather issue, thought I'd blown something expensive What a relief to find £10 fix. Could somebody tell me if there's a replacement system for tailgate window actuator. Cable system seems a bit 18th century. Was hoping some genius...