We just got the MR on Saturday. :) Still learning about it.

My apologies to all MR2 owners. Can I use the excuse it was Fathers Day and I had my "whiskey goggles" on ?!

Go to jnztuning.com for oem parts they have really good prices. DO NOT get a goodyear belt

I'll skip on the Goodyear belt and look for an OEM one. Here's my gameplan for this weekend:

1. Replace the oil pan gasket (link)
2. Replace the valve cover gasket (link)
3. Clean, maybe repaint, the valve cover
4. Replace spark plugs (link)
5. Seafoam the engine
6. Replace the oil

I just changed the oil and filter less than 10 miles before the oil pan started leaking, so I'm not going to change the filter. Also I'm going to run the Seafoam after I change the plugs. Cheers, here's to hoping that the Seafoam doesn't blow up my motor. :rolleyes:

Speaking of which, is there a vacuum hose that's ideal to use when running Seafoam into the intake?

This place has a better price on the spark plugs, i dont know about the other stuff
http://www.rockauto.com/

At $2.09/plug I'm not worried about saving an extra $3 to have it show up in 5 days. :) I forgot to add fuel filter to the list. We built our own ram air intake for 'er, I just gotta get a new filter for that.

Run the seafoam first then change the plugs.

I forgot that I had already checked the spark plugs, but hadn't changed them yet. They were completely caked with white and gray carbon. Frickin' nastey. Once I get the valve cover gasket replaced I'm definately running Seafoam, changing the oil AGAIN, and doing the sparks. I can't even comprehend how much smoke is going to pour out of this poor girl. My Volvo only puffed small, hardly visable vapors when I Seafoamed her, and she's 2.3L with over 200,000 on 'er.

I scooted under the car today to get the oil pan out. Because I don't have an engine hoist I left the crossmember in place and started unbolting the oil pan. I got all the nuts and bolts out, then noticed something when I tried to get the pan off. Rather than a metal/foam/plastic/whatever gasket it looks like someone took some kind of a glue around the pan before putting it back in. I think I've heard these called a "universal gasket kit"? How the eff am I supposed to get this thing off?

all it is, is silicone. Its actually what alot of people do. You have to peel it off with a flat head or something. It will come off just takes a bit of prying.