TVR chimaera 4.0 Question
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Good evening, I’m looking to get in to TVR ownership and I’ve seen a nice model for sale, around the 20k mark. Mileage is low 20’s and externally the car looks good . Under the bonnet is clean and underneath looks sealed a nice. I contacted the seller and received this as part of the response. As someone who doesn’t know the marque, it a little concerning and I wondered what the group thought and in particular current TVR owners and those work on them...
Not sure how familiar you are with the Rover V8? They are a little leaky on the old fluids, being a 1959 based Buick pushrod design.
This one is no different. They leak from the sump, the rear main, oil filter housing, PAS Union pipe, and the external Landrover slave unit. The worst leaks are from the sump and I’ll be getting ***** to take that off during the service and reseal. He’ll tighten up the PAS pipe and that will deal with the majority of the drips. But not all.
As they say, "if it’s not leaking…check there’s still oil in it!”
Many thanks....
Not sure how familiar you are with the Rover V8? They are a little leaky on the old fluids, being a 1959 based Buick pushrod design.
This one is no different. They leak from the sump, the rear main, oil filter housing, PAS Union pipe, and the external Landrover slave unit. The worst leaks are from the sump and I’ll be getting ***** to take that off during the service and reseal. He’ll tighten up the PAS pipe and that will deal with the majority of the drips. But not all.
As they say, "if it’s not leaking…check there’s still oil in it!”
Many thanks....
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