Should I just give up on my car?, 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo Options

[jojobombiest]

EDIT: Wrong screen name. This is YellowTwo's post.

Since the day I bought my car almost a year ago, it has never worked right. Since day one, it has ran rich and still continues to run rich. When I first bought it, it would not even go over 4k RPMs. I finally fixed that after a few months, and am slowly putting everything back to stock as it should be, but then new problems just keep popping up. Right now it has a huge boost leak which I still haven't found, a missing bolt head on the exhaust manifold causing an exhaust leak, it's running rich, and has just an overall messy engine bay with missing screws, bolts, brackets, etc.; and today I found out: a dead battery.

I can positively say that almost every single problem I've had with it is because of the previous owner having no idea what he was doing with the car. I could go on about him but I won't. I just want to give up because, lately, it has done nothing but piss me off. There have been a couple times where it ran to my satisfaction, but those are rare.

I'm just wondering what other people think I should do. I really don't want to sell it, after all the time and money I've spent on it... but is it worth it? I would appreciate any advice.

This post has been edited by jojobombiest: Jun 13, 2005 - 6:28 PM

[bufferdan]

Stock BPV is the best... did you have the recirculation hose back on? Start it back up a couple times and let the ecu "relearn" if it keeps dying. Maybe that will help.

That cracked intake house isnt causing boost leak...its causing dirty air to get into your turbo and engine.

Mr2's are great cars...probably one of the lesser reliable toyota's but they are still MUCH MUCH more reliable than any other domestic performance car. I have only 91k miles on my turbo mr2...the only things replaced is the timing belt/ water pump and valve cover gasket...everything else is original and it runs and drives like a brand new toyota still.