cerbera 4.5 apj

[Steviescon]

can someone offer some advice please on price for cerbera 4.5 apj with suspect faulty oil pump.
moonraker black with cream leather interior just over 10,000miles.
body & interior in very good condition
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[jamieduff1981]

What's the symptom? Crap oil pressure? Anything else?

[Gazzab]

What year is it? Will need a few quid to fix. So £7k - £13k depending on yr and condition

[B19LAM]

What on earth do you base your 7 to 13k quote on?? when you have no idea what so ever what the problem is ??

Gazzab said:

What year is it? Will need a few quid to fix. So £7k - £13k depending on yr and condition

[scotty_d]

Very hard to base a price on it with a issue like that. When you say faulty oil pump the potential for catastrophic engine failure is high. It could need a full re-build And that could cost 8-10k to do it right????

[bionicjim]

If the pump is at fault like mine was the chances are that it's spun crank Bering
Number 1
If that is the case then really it's an engine rebiiuld
Or it could be a blocked oil strainer wich you need to get the engine out to sort out

[Gazzab]

B19LAM said:

What on earth do you base your 7 to 13k quote on?? when you have no idea what so ever what the problem is ??

Gazzab said:

What year is it? Will need a few quid to fix. So £7k - £13k depending on yr and condition

On earth because he describes the oil pump as failing.

[B19LAM]

ok lets be "Optimistic". insted of negative for a pistonheads tvr forum minute.
(1) oil press gage could be at fault £200
(2) oil pick up could be blocked £100
(3) oil pipe could be kinked
there could be as many cheap possible problems at expensive ones

scotty_d said:

Very hard to base a price on it with a issue like that. When you say faulty oil pump the potential for catastrophic engine failure is high. It could need a full re-build And that could cost 8-10k to do it right????

[Gazzab]

The question was whats it worth with suspected oil pump failure though....

[B19LAM]

yes but my point is it could have a positive connotation why always negative ??

[richtvr]

B19LAM said:

yes but my point is it could have a positive connotation why always negative ??

You have to prepare yourself for the worst out come when buying a car with a fault or else you could end up a lot worse off.

If you buy it on the presumption it needs a engine rebuild but it's just a sensor then your quids in. If you buy it £100 under the going rate and its the engine then you f£@ked

[scotty_d]

B19LAM said:

ok lets be "Optimistic". insted of negative for a pistonheads tvr forum minute.
(1) oil press gage could be at fault £200
(2) oil pick up could be blocked £100
(3) oil pipe could be kinked
there could be as many cheap possible problems at expensive ones

scotty_d said:

Very hard to base a price on it with a issue like that. When you say faulty oil pump the potential for catastrophic engine failure is high. It could need a full re-build And that could cost 8-10k to do it right????

There is no in depth diagnoses and if it was me personally buying the car i would always plan for the worst case. Not a pessimist at all just realistic. would rather be pleasantly surprised if it was any of the above issues

[B19LAM]

stevie from some one who buys tvr cerbera,s every day the best thing you can do is spend a little money on getting some one who knows what there doing to have a look, or bid on the car with the worst possible out come in mind, like an engine rebuild, always bid very low if your not dead sure , and always best to walk away and fight another day than buy some thing you can not aford to fix.

Steviescon said:

can someone offer some advice please on price for cerbera 4.5 apj with suspect faulty oil pump.
moonraker black with cream leather interior just over 10,000miles.
body & interior in very good condition
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[Gazzab]

B19LAM said:

yes but my point is it could have a positive connotation why always negative ??

Because that wasnt the questioned asked. I dont disagree but I assume the OP is looking to pay the right money for a car needing work. Optimism will just drive up the price and could end badly.

[B19LAM]

but you have no idea what age the car is so still so how can you give a quote of 7 to 13

Gazzab said:

Because that wasnt the questioned asked. I dont disagree but I assume the OP is looking to pay the right money for a car needing work. Optimism will just drive up the price and could end badly.

[Gazzab]

B19LAM said:

but you have no idea what age the car is so still so how can you give a quote of 7 to 13

Gazzab said:

Because that wasnt the questioned asked. I dont disagree but I assume the OP is looking to pay the right money for a car needing work. Optimism will just drive up the price and could end badly.

Exactly. Thats why I quoted that range and why I asked what age it is. So assuming it might be somewhere between 1998 and 2003 and it is in otherwise good condition but needs an engine rebuild. Whats it worth. I still say £7K to £13K but thats just my opinion.

[B19LAM]

so you would give 7k for a 98 that you think has a possible engine rebuild comming up ??

Gazzab said:

Exactly. Thats why I quoted that range and why I asked what age it is. So assuming it might be somewhere between 1998 and 2003 and it is in otherwise good condition but needs an engine rebuild. Whats it worth. I still say £7K to £13K but thats just my opinion.

[Gazzab]

As a way of a compare- this S6 is in fine fettle but just needs £900 spent on it plus some paint. The paints expensive but the car is priced accordingly....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-Cerbera-4-0-SPEED-SI...

[Gazzab]

B19LAM said:

so you would give 7k for a 98 that you think has a possible engine rebuild comming up ??

Gazzab said:

Exactly. Thats why I quoted that range and why I asked what age it is. So assuming it might be somewhere between 1998 and 2003 and it is in otherwise good condition but needs an engine rebuild. Whats it worth. I still say £7K to £13K but thats just my opinion.

Good point. I was optimstic there!

[B19LAM]

i think the best advice for this lad would be to get some one to have a proper look at the car who knows there stuff, and he could end up with a cracking car cheap that needed next to nothing doing to sort it, or he could end up with a lemmon that needs 10k spent on it

Gazzab said:

Good point. I was optimstic there!