2005 Mini Cooper Timing Belt/Chain Replacement

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Excuse my ignorance, but I seem to have read somewhere that ALL Mini's need to replace the above around 60k mileage ? My wife's 2005 Petrol Mini Cooper has just clocked up that figure so was wondering if indeed this would be the case & if so how much - we live in the East Midlands area for pricing.

Any thoughts or assistance would be much appreciated.

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RiccardoG said:

Dave, is that for an R50 with a Tritec engine or a R56 model MINI with a Prince engine?

We have a 2005 Cooper (Tritec) and not aware that it needs any belts/chain guides replacing nor that they can rattle.

Just checked and it says its an R50 - whatever that means !!!