Managed to pick up the RRC that I got on eBay for £350 today.
Now bearing in mind I only wanted it for the gearbox (auto with the BW transfer box with viscous coupling) for burrt, the fact it had a 3.9 efi was by the by.
Started it up at the bloke's house, where it hadn't moved since May, and the tappets were a bit noisy, but soon quietened down. Normal for a V8 that has stood for a while, as the oil has drained from the top of the engine. It drove home well enough, although the shocks are shagged, and some of the suspension bushes are best described as "worn".
Anyway, get home today, and notice the oil light is flickering when in idling gear (1,2,3, D or R) but extinguished when idling in P or N...... When driving, no oil light...... Tappets a little bit rattley.
Had checked all levels before we left and was satisfied all levels ok, in fact new oil was in the engine.
Left the engine to cool down for a couple of hours. Rechecked the levels, still bang on where it was when I picked it up. Restarted it, shifted through the gears with it stood still, no oil light
Found an oil container under the seat for......10w40 fully synthetic oil......
I thought the oil didn't seem quite right, and was a touch thin. There is no other noise when cold other than the tappets, ie no grumble from the mains or big ends.
Gonna drop the oil tomorrow and replace it with some nice old fashioned 20w50 and see if the same occurs, else I'm looking at a rebuild of the engine :-( Will probabably drop the sump pan too to check for sludging. After all, don't want to put a knackered enigne in to have to have to take it to rebuild later......
On a positive note,the gearbox seems good, and it also has what can be described as the best top and bottom tailgates I have seen on a RRC in a long long time.
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