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No, never an issue. It's the only filter that works for me.

Cool bike 😀

I'm sorry to hear that :-(

Yes! Such a pleasing engine sound!

Good to hear. This one is off a 1975 Honda C50, but I'd say the engines were exactly the same.

Okay, thanks for that info, I've never had the old cage that was supposed to be in these filter bodies, so I didn't know that it doesn't work with the MANN filters. It seems odd that MANN would sell a R50 filter that doesn't fit if the original cage is present, but I'll have to take your word for it. All I know is that if your MINI has lost its cage and spring the MANN filter works perfectly. The black tube is the drain back plunger. See: www.minimania.com/MINI__02_04__Oil_Filter_Confusion___Problem___Hints. If this has broken, then you're probably looking at a replacement oil filter body. I would go for one of the newer ones from the facelifted Gen 1 R50s, as they work without the cage and spring.

@@banjaxedcars Turns out while it worked without that part for 2 years (but with the spring & cage), now with the MANN filter and without the spring & cage, I have the low oil pressure warning light at idle. I'll try to find that black tube and thread it back in the housing (it's not broken, it just unthreaded itself during last oil change and I didn't know where it went). I'll also revert to a filter that allows me to refit the cage as I stil have it. Thanks for the help! Your video was definitely crucial to me figuring out where this black tube went and why this low oil pressure happened.

@@MecanoDeLaCave Sorry to hear that the MANN filter didn't work for you, but if you have the cage and spring then use those. If I had the original cage and spring then I wouldn't have gone off trying to find a filter that worked without them. As for the MANN filter not working for you, that's a pain. It works for me and I can only report back my own findings. I also know that upgrading to the newer filter housing (on facelifted Gen1 R50s) also works - with any filter. Good luck rethreading the drain back plunger. There's always something to keep us busy with theses cars. 😀

@@banjaxedcars Yeah, I just wanted to point it out in case someone else wanders here looking for answers as well :) Informations are not easy to find on those. Again, it's probably not the MANN filter but the combination of missing spring+cage and missing drain back plunger. Also yeah I know about the newer filter housing, I'm just trying to avoid to pay for one if possible. Perhaps a project for the future, when either the cage or the drain back plunger will inevitably break due to plastic aging. Thanks! I'm waiting on a new filter that I know I can fit the cage in (it'll be double-caged since that filter also has a cage) so I can fit all parts were they rightly belong.

@@MecanoDeLaCave You're right, the information could be helpful to someone. Good luck with yours.

My car has never had the cage and spring in the filter housing that it should have had, it was obviously lost long before my ownership. I've changed the oil in this a good few times now and only the Mann filter works perfectly - with it the oil pressure light never flickers. The Mann filter has a cage built in and it just seems to fit better and be of higher quality than the other filters. I changed the oil on Saturday and went for another Mann filter - it's the only one I trust. Use the exact filter i use in the video and you'll be grand 🙂

It's a while back now, so it's hard to remember. The car had covered 165,000 miles or thereabouts. I think that there were lots of puffs of thick white smoke leading up to the injector failing and I think it ran like a tractor, i.e. it was rough and slow. It was obvious something was very wrong. It threw up faults that I could read with my code reader too. I took out all of the injectors so as that I could inspect their condition. But only one was faulty, so at €600 an injector(!) I only replaced the one. I had to get it coded into the car and this cost me another €50 at the local diesel engine specialist. But it has been running well ever since. I am aware that another injector failure is just around the corner though.

All the time, or just at idle? This video explains the 'idle' issue, If it stays on solidly, then that could be a lot more serious. I'd get that looked at professionally.

@banjaxedcars it comes on then goes, noticed its spitting oil out the exhaust

@@paulkinder5099 Oh dear, my red oil light only ever came on at idle. This was because I was using the wrong oil filter. The video explains how, by using the correct MANN filter (or by replacing the cage inside the filter assembly), you stop this light flickering. If it's on all the time and if you are spitting oil out of the exhaust, then that would suggest that oil is escaping past the piston rings. Not a good sign. I'm no expert, but it has the sound of a worn engine. I'm afraid that I can only recommend that you get that seen by a professional.

@banjaxedcars It's only got 77k on clock as well! Bloody minis! Cost you a fortune! Why do they have to be such fun cars haha!

Thanks for the suggestion. I have never used the Wix one before.

You're welcome. Glad it helped 🙂

Thanks, I'm sure this will be of help to some people.

Glad to hear it was of help.

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Man, I'll have some of whatever you're having!

Sorry, I haven't done that job yet.

Fair play. I couldn't see a way of doing it that way myself, but I'm glad you figured it out. Taking the driveshaft out wasn't too bad - as the video shows. But, I'm glad there are different solutions to the same problem. Thanks for letting me know.

Don't know. Sorry.

It's a bit tight, but it can be done.

I'm afraid I can't, as my spring is long gone, sorry.

Mine was a 2011 model. Go for it anyway!

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Do. :-)

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Thank you!

Hi, Thanks for your kind comments. I'd love to post videos, but life's busy. Where do people get the time? 🙂

Glad you're sorted. Thanks for the helpful comment.

I don't think so, only the early Minis, i.e. 2001 and 2002. I'm no expert, so I stand to be corrected.

They were all 'bubble flares'. The tool shown in the video makes the correct flare effortlessly. The tool can be bought very easily, see: www.amazon.co.uk/Trident-413701-Brake-Pipe-Flaring/dp/B0105V0DDW/ref=asc_df_B0105V0DDW/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=218092154549&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17577242322696595389&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=20476&hvtargid=pla-435430783669&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

Mine has just stopped squirting water too. I'd imagine that it's clogged with dirt and a pin will clear it. I will video me fixing it and post it here.

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Yes, that's right.

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Great, I'm delighted to hear that. Thanks for the feedback.

The reason it flickers is because the internal cage and spring that were once inside the oil filter housing have probably been lost years ago by a careless previous owner. In my experience it is only the Mann filter described in the video that does the job that the cage used to do. When I used other brands they flickered. When I used the Mann one it doesn't. Your experience may differ, but it definitely worked and still works for me.

@@banjaxedcars thanks man I still have the spring that's loose in the filter housing. I guess I'll go get the man filter tomorrow and do it again 🤦

Thanks, but no, I don't think so. This oil light flickered all the time with the Mahle Filter. I changed to Mann about 3 years and 25,000 miles ago and no issues since. But thanks for the suggestion.

I didn't design it. I'm just trying to help people do the job! 🙂

If you think this is bad, then try doing an earlier 2 bolt one.

Are you blind lol

Yep, getting there.

You're very welcome :-)

Good to hear. Thanks for your input.

Ah, give it a go, save yourself some money.

@@banjaxedcars mechanic replaced it and charged a bit more than he said initially would. Anyway sold the car couple weeks ago.