I bought my new mini this spring. I checked the oil it was pink.
I asked the sales woman Beth; Why is the oil pink? She did not know but got the chief mechanic. He looked at said, "They probably color the original factory oil pink. That way they can tell if you changed it!" I showed my brother and law Frank; He did not know. I showed my friend Bob. He said "Transmission fluid could be leaking into the oil". I asked Charlie over the phone, "Never saw pink oil." It was time to change the oil. I asked the lubrication expert at Jiffey Lub to look at it. He said "I don't know, our oil is brown. I never saw pink oil before." I had the oil changed and checked it today. It was still pink. I went back to jiffy lub and asked again. He sent some young "stupid" kid to check it. The kid said as he wiped off the dip stick, "The oil is not pink, the bottom of the dip stick is pink." Daah. Frank Znidarsic
