hi there fellow mini lovers im in need of some desprete help at this point in time.my beloved mini is spewing oil every where and cant really tell where its coming from.the bad part is my mini is ment to be 1 of the cars in a wedding THIS saturday morring.so i went and brought my slef a complete rebuild kit minus the pistons and rings mainly all seals and really wanted to know if anyone has or have put togethere a step by step guide on the quickest way to remove the engine from my mini.like what to undo first and so forth if anyone can help me i will forever be in debt to u.the mini is a 72 with a 1100 engine.cheers for any help or advice given.

Run and hide

probably not the advice you were looking for but if you have that much work to do...

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t get the engine out easiest way is to disconnect all hoses and pipes and wiring
take the carby off and the radiator nad brackets and the grille out.

now stick the subframe on blocks or axle stands and with a engine crane or some tuff friends lift the car off the subframe

easy as pie



people feel free to change this

cheers jamie

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-jamie-
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1994 rover racecar

Okay - lets start thinking sensibly. I can help you but spewing oil everyhere is not a help description.

It may not necessarily an engine rebuild problem but we have to know exactly where the oil is "spewing" from. Put the car up on jack stands with the front wheels off the ground. Do it so the car cannot fall off one or more of the stands.

If you do not have this basic safe working equipment then you are not going to be able to proceed should it need an engine removal.

Now, start the engine and watch exactly where the oil is coming from. It will be coming from either the axle seals, the clutch oil seal (thats the split pin thing under the round thing at the drivers side) the timing case seal or the gear change mechanism. If its coming from anywhere else then we approach it differently.

Now give me accurate information and I will help further - I will be online for a while coz channel nine is putting cricket above all else and cricket is not my thing.

Not the way I'd take out the motor if you're trying to hurry things along... as you'll have to re-bleed your brakes (plus all the other hassles that can come with rusty brake lines and connectors)...

I remove as much as I can from the motor, eg. radiator, alternator, carby, exhaust manifold, clutch slave cylinder, starter motor, etc... dont forget the important things like the earth strap, engine steadies and the speedo cable. Draining the oil (whatever's left) will save a few kilo's too (it's also easier doing it while the motor is still in the car)...

Now you've gotta jack the car up and get underneath... undo your gear change (whichever type you may have) from the back of the gearbox, the bottom exhaust mount (it's bolted to one of the diff side covers), undo both of your lower engine mounts (off the subframe).

Then it depends what style of output coupling you've got... but basically whichever it is you'll have to seperate it both sides.

Then if you've got a strong friend or two... you can just lift the motor out... but it's nicer and less painful to use and engine crane/block and tackle...

If you're switched on and you've got all the right tools (or there abouts) it should only take a couple of hours.

Have fun

cheers for all the advice fellas i im putting my money on the timing cover seal has gone i wanted to pull the engine out and just change as many seals and gaskits i can while i have it out.i got every tool u can think of because my father in law is a motor machinic but away on hoildays which doesnt help me i had the car on stands today and run the engine for a good while going through all of the gears and diddnt spit oil everywhere.it wasnt untill i took the mini for a strap arround town and then pulled up and noticed oil everywhere again.its like when its driving along or under load its leaking everywhere.thats y id rather try and get it out then back in asap.but thanks to everyone who is helpng me along the way.

Sounds like diff output shaft gasket/seals...if your Dad is a Mech he should have told you by now that to find the source of a leak....well...first you have to clean up the crime scene and then take it for a spin to see where that pesky oil is coming from..right???

Get the truck wash out, the Karcher or go to the nearest Car Lovers and get that engine clean-as

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to be honest with u mate ive cleaned the engine so many times now and even taking the car for a 2min spin the oil is leaking either onto the fan belt or the fan is throwing the oil everywhere.but i'll be up bright and early pulling her out and when i fin the prob i will le u all know.i should start running a tab who ever get the cloect or guese where its coming from thewn i should send ya a beer or 2.thanks everyone

Hmmmmm Timing cover gasket/seal???

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All seal leaks can be fixed without removing the engine, but I guess if they were ALL leaking I might pull it out....
But not if it's just a timing cover seal or diff seals.

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