Project MR2: Update

So I've had the Project MR2 for about a month now, and so far it hasn't died on me yet, which makes me think that the engine might not be completely on the way out just yet.

The time has been pretty fun learning to drive the MR2. It is without a doubt the best handling car I have owned which is amazing considering how much effort I put into sorting out my previous 2 cars, both Subarus. However it still isn't perfect, it shudders while driving at 110kph and shudders while making right turns at over 90kph so a trip to my local Beaurepairs is in order for a wheel alignment and balance.

Now when I took ownership I was told that it burns a bit of oil, so I put some oil thickener in the engine to hopefully stop this, amazingly it worked and I had no oil burning in the last month/300km, but since I haven't serviced it yet and it was sitting for a while I took advantage of the local Repco having a sale and scored some engine oil and a filter for a great price, along with a bottle of engine flush.

So now the car has fresh oil and a new oil filter on it and it already feels a lot better to drive. Quicker to higher revolutions and generally sounds more healthy than it did. This is probably because the oil that came out of the engine was so thick and black it would have been struggling to make its way around the block!

Stay tuned for a later post on the basics of performing an oil change service yourself sometime in the future.

Next plan for the 2 is a thorough wash, claybar treatment, wax and polish to see how shiny I can make it's 20 year old paint.

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