They are money pits, even when you can work on it yourself. It becomes a whole different story when you cant. And TBH it never ends.
I nearly abandonned mine twice ... but then it finally was able to drive again, and after maybe 200meters driving, i was thinking "i am soooo not stopping playing with that thing, no way" .
Yet i do have a CA18DET in it (that is oem in europe), so it may not feel the same with a KA24.
Maybe you have been ripped off when you bought it too ... time to buy a working one and keep that one for spares
