Rage. Just subtle, silent rage.
Well it's been a few weeks now and after getting all this stuff done and the amount of cash poured into this vampiric money pit I've been having a few bouts of overheating. But it's just so inconsistent. Car has an attitude, big time.
First started with cranking the engine from cold, temp gauge went half way, then back down. So I decided to bleed/fill it but here's the strange thing: there's air bubbles coming from the filler cap but the level does not drop! Put the cap back on, went for a spin and goes to max. This time I bled it with cap turned to one click, let it idle for a few minutes for 2 sessions just to make sure all the air is pushed out. Although this is a step in the proper bleeding procedure, it shouldn't be necessary to be this extreme. Anyways it's good for a while so I decide to have my fun.
At the beginning of my "hard run" there was one episode of temp reaching max. I hoped it would pass and after a few seconds it did. The rest of the night I went hard for at least 1-2 hours and it was all good.
I still couldn't figure out why last time I bled the car with open cap air bubbles came out (began to suspect HG) so I tried bleeding again with open cap. No bubbles. System is full as it's always been since I got it back. Even gave it a few revs and no bubbles. Drove to my mates house and it reached max 3 times. The needle wouldn't go down unless I opened up the cap (carefully) each time to let some gas/air out (presumably). And this happened during light load dafaq...
I don't have caramel oil cap, the car doesn't smoke at all, the coolant system is always full when I check in the morning, the engine goes hard, I even got a decay test with positive result. But everything seems to be pointing at very early signs of head gasket issues. Somewhere air/gas is leaking into the water system, me thinks. I've already paid and registered for the Big MR2 Trackday and I'm reluctant to pull out since I might get into deeper excrement. The only thing that hasn't been changed in the water system is the temp sensor, but I highly doubt it the culprit. There's no shortcut to a HG job but I think this might be worth a shot in the short term:
http://liquidintelligence...own-head-gasket-repair
I'm still in the early stages so it's meant to last me several years or so but track days will probably cut it down to 2-3 months, at least until I become a millionaire. Yep I'm pretty ticked off but just not ready to sell her just yet. Gonna use this rage to fuel my drive for millionaire.
Has MR2 ownership actually made me dumber? If we treated our partners the same way we treat our cars there would be no conflict (on the contrary we would be at their mercy lol)
 

Mate not a day goes by that I wish I had done everything correctly, taken it to a better place while it was under warranty. But it can't be helped now, it's all in the past (experience) now.
That wire is the O2 sensor, auto elec says it should be okay but I will re-locate it for insurance. Fans are working just fine when I turn it to the ON position. Thermostat changed twice, it's genuine now.
Trust me the system is fully bled properly. There is a line between perseverance and stubbornness, sometimes you have to give up. There's only so much you can do for bleeding, then you have to look at other areas, says mech.
Is it still not OEM? I thought I got the right parts from them :/
 
Mandalay I think you were right (unfortunately in my case) in your post on the MR2 Beams forum about my car slowly overheating due to too many incidents. I think a pressure test is in order. Even then this stupid car only acts up when she wants to, such as the decay (combustion gas) test. It really varies when the gauge goes to max.
I'll check the spark plugs tomorrow.

Here you can see my engine.
 

 
The OEM plug for the water is the left one 3 wire and should have the shape of a triangle. So i dont know what you have ? The other one isnt OEM its for my MoTec
 
Also the 2 nipples for the TB can be seen. There are some that just connect the 2 well that is wrong . This is not the way to do it if you dont want to join in the TB. You must block each pipe individually