Belt or chain

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Belt or chain

I am going to look at a MINI Cooper Diesel 08-plate this afternoon, I was just wondering if this engine has a cambelt or is it a chain? If it is a cambelt what mileage would it need changing?

Asked on 26 April 2011 by KG64

Answered by Honest John

Belt. It's a Peugeot/Ford engine. About 60k miles. BMW switched to its own chain cam diesel engines for the MINI in autumn last year.

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