quote{The cars worth about £3500 if it was working.. and I've thought it over and if I could sell it for £1500 i'd be happy.. i just know if they pull the engine apart and IF it is bad news then there gonna want £3500 for a new block and i'd lose so much.. at least if i sell it for £1500 i'd only be losing 2k instead of 3.5k
Do you think someone out there would buy it for £1500 as it stands? I've seen worse go for a grand on ebay.. }quote
hi gary, i have been in a similar situation to you, and the part where your relationship is mentioned, was dear to my problems too. we bought one of these beautiful cars, only to be beset with a few problems to start with, but after fixing them, there were so many other 'qualities' with owning this marque that drove me mad, all though i was able to see through them, but it kept letting it self down in front of the missus, and with kids onboard with caravan on tow etc. there were so many battery faults, keycoding problems, beeps on the dash warnings, that the towel was thrown in after being towed home for the third time. i had water loss problems too, i was topping it up. i knew it was dreaded cracked block scenario. the problem is, all the p38 v8's have the inherent fault, that cause them to crack and start to loose water. if you get away with it today, it will come back, as the block made by land rover is a bad design. the ONLY way to remedy it is, to buy a remanufactured block, from a specialist, and build it up. some have different ways of addressing it, for instance, RPI and turner enginneering, know what they are doing. but it will cost you about £1500 for a block, and then some rebuild parts,and your labour. you have to think as i did, after you have fixed it, and with its bad design, that it will happen again, with the old block. if you take some real nice pics of it, and describe it well, and list it on ebay, buy it now or start it, at £1500, i'm sure you will get it. mine went for £2500 though it was an autobiography, but was 2yrs older. (last year) if its all together it looks better than it all being in the boot. but dont pay to reassemble it. trust me Gary, you DO get over owning the king of cars, but you do watch them go past and let your tongue hang out just a little. we used our money towards a disco 2 Td5 ES7. diesel. its slow, and small, but it never lets us down in a year! not one thing yet! i wanted a newer range rover td6, but needed to know more about them, so this is our inbetween car. if you have to have another, buy one with a replaced or relined block, with invoices to prove, and with lpg multipoint system on, a much better car.