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Im not sure i phrased that properly, i was originally referring to the stock rev 1&2 gasket where ive seen 2 blow (the original), then saying it might be a good upgrade to put a rev 3 mls gasket on.

Had one blow on my old rev 2, mate blew his rev 1 was a few years ago mind you. Sure I've seen many more on here in past. A lot of it might be people saying it just because they heard someone mention it on here. I'm not saying it will blow, but surely it's nowhere near as strong and forgiving as a m...

Remember the MLS headgasket the original doesn't like 1.0+ bar

Im just bought my 3rd mr2 turbo pug just about to drop oil myself as its come with 0w40 in it, ive just bought that 10w40 millers cfs so if mine blows up before yours ill warn you

10w 30 is a bit on the thin side, 5w40 or 10w40 will be fine for a road car both fully synthetic, the 5w40 is more readily available in fully syn. People who use semi syn would be advised to change it every 3k, fully syn will be fine for 5-6k id have thought. Loads of threads on this and a million d...

If i remember right , i cut the corner off a 10mm allen key slapped a socket over it and did them that way if you cant be bothered to wait for the right tool.

you want BKR7E that's what most people run, 2 quid each.

Leave the leads unless you suspect they are giving you problems, Dont spend a fortune on iridium plugs as above BKR7E plugs are the ones to get and they are about 2 quid each.

Take it out and give it a good seeing to [Smile]

Oh yeah! Then go drive it after?

Well for 400 quid why spend money on it, id just run it into ground trackday or otherwise.
The belt will have been done at some point its highly unlikely it would last that long as the service interval is 5 years or 50-60k i think.

3rd shout out for YVS thats where my 3rd tubby will be going soon as i find a decent one!

Maybe the downpipe has a extra bung in it for any extra sensors and its shaken loose over time and fell out?

Sounds like a boost leak maybe, take a photo on a camera phone and post it, I'll tell you if it's right straight away.

I think your turbo fell off when you went over a speedbump! Must have been a big one.

On both tubbys ive owned, Temp guage needle sat at about 1mm below half way and only took a couple of minutes to get there. So if it takes a while or stays low then the thermostat probably needs changing. The fluttering seems odd, any smoke?, check for boost leak? Mr2's not the most comfortable car ...

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Dont pay loads for a greddy one.

I think 1800 is optimistic considering it has a slipping clutch too, plenty of tidy rev 3's struggling to get 2k at the moment. Just being honest.

I Founds the Mongoose to be ok, it wasnt too bad on short town journeys quite loud but lot quieter than a motoria, however on the motorway it drones like hell. RHDJapan sell legalis R if you have the money to get one sent in

Be careful with Adrian Flux, I took out a policy with them. I insured my car with 5 years ncb they rang my old insurance company to confirm and admiral told them i had 4 years ncb a mistake by them. Instead of telling me so i could sort it out they doubled my excess and removed protection from my nc...

You won't go far wrong all work i've had done on past mr2's was at YVS another thumbs up