Help needed!!!

[Call the midlife!]

Whereabouts in South Yorkshire are you?

[Joesson]

@Halls
Coincidentally, I saw a fellow 2 owner today who I have not seen for a while. I asked how his car was running and he said that he didn't keep a check of the oil level and took it on the M way with unfortunate results. He told me he sold it and the new owner rebuilt the engine and sold the car on for £1k more than he paid for it.

[Halls]

Whereabouts in South Yorkshire are you?

Im in Barnsley.

[Halls]

@Halls
Coincidentally, I saw a fellow 2 owner today who I have not seen for a while. I asked how his car was running and he said that he didn't keep a check of the oil level and took it on the M way with unfortunate results. He told me he sold it and the new owner rebuilt the engine and sold the car on for £1k more than he paid for it.

ive toyed with the idea of rebuild or engine swap. Just not sure i have the time or patience for it.

[Call the midlife!]

Aaah, I was hoping you were a bit nearer so I could nip over and see if we could get to the bottom of what might be causing your problems.

[Halls]

Aaah, I was hoping you were a bit nearer so I could nip over and see if we could get to the bottom of what might be causing your problems.

ah right. Yeah bit of a trek for you, but thanks for that.

[Call the midlife!]

Aaah, I was hoping you were a bit nearer so I could nip over and see if we could get to the bottom of what might be causing your problems.

ah right. Yeah bit of a trek for you, but thanks for that.

It's not so much the distance at the moment, it's having the time to travel the distance.

[Joesson]

@Halls
Coincidentally, I saw a fellow 2 owner today who I have not seen for a while. I asked how his car was running and he said that he didn't keep a check of the oil level and took it on the M way with unfortunate results. He told me he sold it and the new owner rebuilt the engine and sold the car on for £1k more than he paid for it.

ive toyed with the idea of rebuild or engine swap. Just not sure i have the time or patience for it.

I can understand that but sometimes Members and others I'm sure are looking for a project and if your car is otherwise reasonable you may do better financially than selling to Steptoe or his son.
PS
My story was true, the guy is an E European and he had a black, he really liked the car he said (but perhaps not quite enough to check the oil level).

[jim_jiminy]

If worse comes to worst (like it did for me after I bought an oil burner) Dean at Rutland MR2 on here, could sort you out with a decent 1ZZ and someone to swap it over for a very reasonable cost. Think I ended up paying about £550 all in a few years back, and got the clutch changed too.

[Carolyn]

Unfortunately, Dean is no longer doing MR2s. 

Also, it's worth bearing in mind that the 1zzfe also went in the Celica, Avensis and Rav4...  A few ancillaries will have to be swapped over, but the basic engine is identical - so just look for a decent 1zz.

[jim_jiminy]

Unfortunately, Dean is no longer doing MR2s. 

Ah, I didn't know that - what a shame.

[jim_jiminy]

This isn't too bad price wise, from a MR2 MK3, and has a 6 month warranty : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274761419097?epid=1116805810&hash=item3ff90e8959:g:YxIAAOSwNqRgeY9G

[Joesson]

This isn't too bad price wise, from a MR2 MK3, and has a 6 month warranty : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274761419097?epid=1116805810&hash=item3ff90e8959:g:YxIAAOSwNqRgeY9G

I would not buy that just because of the warranty which does not amount to very much imo.