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Just thought everyone could do with a laugh. My Griff has been getting more and more rattly recently so I decided to go for broke and replace the camshaft. As expected the rest of the top end is knackered as well. Total bill £1600. Bummer. Still it should sound a whole lot better when I get it back. This is worth nearly 2 grand ... isn't it?
45K! It's 10 years old though and I have come across a few other people who have had camshafts fail at very low mileages. Something to do with poor lubrication for short journeys or something.
The price also includes replacing the ventilation fan (which is bizarrely located behind the headlight!)
The price also includes replacing the ventilation fan (which is bizarrely located behind the headlight!)
I expect I meant to say rattly. You could hear the tappets rattling away when driving along on a constant throttle opening. With the bonnet open it all sounded very mechanical (Most other V8's e.g. Range Rovers and other TVR's are pretty quiet). It was more obvious with the roof up than down and had got worse after a few miles on the track. The garage have taken it apart and it's all pretty worn. The hardening on the camshaft and followers had gone, the timing gears and cam chain were also badly worn. The rockers and shafts were pretty bad but could have gone back on. The oil pressure was checked and is fine and everything is clean ... just knackered.
I found a bit about this on the V8 developments site. They reckoned it's quite a common problem with low mileage TVR's, not necessarily related to how much it's been hammered. The car came with all the receipts and has been through very few tyres for one that's had a hard life. Perhaps they prefer a good seeing to rather than chugging around. That's my theory anyway so it's in for a good thrashing when I get it back.
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