MINI Cooper Service Manual: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006: MINI Cooper, MINI Cooper S, Convertible Author: Bentley Publishers | Language: English | ISBN:
0837616395 | Format: EPUB
MINI Cooper Service Manual: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006: MINI Cooper, MINI Cooper S, Convertible Description
The MINI Cooper Service Manual: 2002-2006is a comprehensive source of service information and specifications for MINI Cooper models from 2002 to 2006. The manual also includes coverage of the Cooper S models. The aim throughout this manual has been simplicity, clarity and completeness, with practical explanations, step-by-step procedures and accurate specifications. Whether you're a professional or a do-it-yourself MINI owner, this manual will help you understand, care for and repair your car.
Though the do-it-yourself MINI owner will find this manual indispensable as a source of detailed maintenance and repair information, the owner who has no intention of working on his or her car will find that reading and owning this manual will make it possible to discuss repairs more intelligently with a professional technician.
Models and engines covered:
- Cooper: 1.6 liter normally aspirated engine
- Cooper S: 1.6 liter supercharged engine
Transmissions covered:
- Cooper: Manual 5-speed transmission (Midlands, Getrag)
- Cooper: Automatic continuously variable transmission (CVT)
- Cooper S: Manual 6-speed transmission (Getrag)
- Cooper S: Automatic with Agitronic (Aisin)
Technical highlights:
- Includes 16 page full color MINI Familiarization section
- Procedures for everything from basic oil change service to interpreting the malfunction indicator light (MIL). This manual tells you what to do and how and when to do it.
- Engine and cylinder head service, including camshaft timing chain setup and adjustment.
- Information for specific driveability problems, including explanation of the engine management system and OBD II diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs)
- Theory of operation and repair information for the EMS2000 engine management system.
- Supercharger and intercooler information, including component removal and replacement (Cooper S)
- Drivetrain maintenance, including troubleshooting, adjustment and repair of clutch, gearshift linkage and drive axles.
- Manual and automatic transmission removal, installation, seal replacement and external service.
- System description and repair information for Antilock Brakes (ABS), Automatic Stability Control (ASC) and Dynamic Stability Control (DSC).
- Heating and air conditioning repair (IHKS / IHKA), including component replacement.
- Body adjustments and repairs, including sunroof and convertible.
- Wiring schematics and extensive electrical component section specifying relay, control module and ground locations with detailed illustrations and photos.
- Includes bonus Diagnosis Without Guesswork manual. Written for the professional technician as well as the MINI enthusiast, this advanced DTC-based diagnostic troubleshooting manual is your comprehensive source of engine management and on-board system diagnosis.
- Hardcover: 1424 pages
- Publisher: Bentley Publishers (August 20, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0837616395
- ISBN-13: 978-0837616391
- Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.4 x 3.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I have had Bentley manuals for VW's for years. All manufacturers have "special tools" for doing many jobs. In the older Bentleys, they consistently tell you which tools you don't need, and how to make the ones that are helpful. This manual give no such hints. Maybe it is particularly true of the MINI, but several pieces, like A-pillar trim, we are told to destroy to remove, while I have heard of many people successfully removing them undamaged. Then it tells you to take the car to the dealer for several things. If this keeps up, the next car I buy will have a manual full of pictures and descriptions of the car, one paragraph on changing the oil, then tell you to take the car to the dealer for anything else.
Seriously, there is a lot of valuable info here, including many details about how the car is built. It also tells you how to do many, many things for your car. I just feel they didn't go to the trouble they used to in telling us how to do the trickier stuff. Honestly, I could do without the 50-100 page list of fault codes if they would just post that info on their website. The wiring diagrams seemed less intuitive than before, but not bad.
I'd like to see the real factory manuals for this car, or at least price them. I have those for my Passat and they are not written on such a simple level, but are more comprehensive than Bentley is or should be. Still, you will save way more than the price of this book if you have the information in it, so buy it.
Also, I know this manual clearly states it covers to 2006, but info on changes after 2004 seems tacked on and glazed over. My 2008 Convertible is even more different, but this is still the closest manual as yet.
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