R56 Cooper. What should have been done at 90k miles?

[Harleyboy]

Hello,

After a terminal failure of my daughters 2008 MINI One (no compression cylinder 1), I’ve determined it’s not worth putting anymore money into it. I like MINI’s so am thinking of a similar age Cooper as these seem to have more reliable engines than the 1.4. Cars in budget have around 80-90k miles and I’m wondering if the timing chain(?) should have been changed at this point? Is there anything else I should look for aside from obvious cosmetics, tyres etc?

The One used to get almost 50mpg driven sensibly. Will a Cooper that that much worse?

TIA

[CarsOrBikes]

they can be ripe for an engine refresh by 75, so definitely the chains, the rest is down to other symptoms, noise or smoke and leaks etc

still apparently reasonably economical, same motor, valve seats can still drop down which is possibly what yours might have done

[Harleyboy]

Thanks. The engine in ours is the 1.4.

Will check for chain replacement in anything over 70k miles. Cheers