JUNK Mini Cooper S (BMW/Peugeot) N14 Turbo Engine Teardown. Why Do People Buy These?

Check out our website at www.Importapart.com or email us at importapartsales@gmail.com for parts and part inquiries. I've been tearing down engines on camera for 2 and a half years! Search my channel to see what I've torn down. Today's teardown is another engine many of you have asked for! A Mini Cooper S Turbo N14B16 from a 2010 Cooper S. This is a BMW engine, and boy does it show it. These engines rank amongst some of my least favorite. They suffer many different failure modes from timing guide failure, fuel system problems causing lean conditions, intake carbon issues, oil consumption, the list is lengthy. I do not attempt to buy these cars at the auction for parts. I would not sell a used engine with a warranty and its not an engine I'd recommend for someone who isn't well versed in working on their own car. That's my opinion based on the years of experiences in the auto salvage industry. This particular engine is a core return from a local yard that was stored inside. I do not know miles, or the story but in this video we tear this engine down and try to figure out which of the many possible failure modes occurred. Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business in the Saint Louis Missouri area. Part of our model includes dismantling "Bad" engines to salvage good parts from them. We do not rebuild engines, merely sell parts to those that do! I really hope you enjoyed this teardown, as always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. You can catch these teardowns every Saturday night! I've torn down well over 120 engines on this channel so if there's an engine you want to see torn down I may have already done it! -Eric

Added 23 Aug 2026