1993 Toyota MR2 G-Ltd from UK and Ireland - Comments

Generally the whole engine went.

This is not to say that it was unreliable though.

However, I had a serious fault one day with the car. To this day, my mechanics were still unsure as to why and have since scrapped the engine.

The bottom end went (we believe) and after firstly replacing the shells, the engine blew once again.

Two weeks down the line, a full engine rebuild commenced. To my dismay, the engine blew again. We do not know why!

Everything else was fine, for example: windows, air con, etc.

Prior to this happening, no faults had occurred.

T-Bar did tend to leak when it rained. My solution was to put it in the garage. Problem solved!

The car was a lemon. The model is not. I am not MR2 mad, but do rate the car very highly because it does what it is designed to do very well and for extremely good money.

I purchased an MR2 for many a reason. It was a relatively cheap performance car, good looks, reliable (?) and semi convertible with the T-Bar.

Friends have had this version (N/A) and turbo versions and had had no major problems. The only fault that I know of was leaky T Bars.

I am off to buy the MR2 turbo now to have some real fun. They cost almost the same to buy, but from experience give a lot more pound for pound.

I will reporting back in a few months to give an update on the new one.

Erm, a Nissan 200sx? Cheaper and a lot faster! :-D.

Sounds like you were very unlucky, maybe there was an underlying problem somewhere. The 3SGE engines are generally very reliable as long as they're maintained.