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- Ok, so long story short. I bought an 85 Mr2 and within 3 weeks of owning it, it started spewing oil everywhere.
I decided to rebuild the car. I already got the car tore down. Got the head pulled, and replaced the water pump, going to replace distributor(or atleast rebuild it) replacing timing belt and tensioner as well. Replacing every gasket I can get to with the head pulled(rear main isnt getting done, but its not leaking, and I will do that when I need to replace the clutch) I