Hi all, not been around for a while due to other projects taking my time! Anyway hope you are all well and still driving bm's ?!

Basicly story is ive been offered an l322 range rover 4.4 v8 which is the m60 i believe as fitted to e53 x5 e60 545. However it makes a noise at idle it sounds like tappets apparently.

I havent heard it myself yet as cant get there until weekend. But the seller describes it as a tappety knock from top end at the front and he suspects a vanos issue. In the history it has already had all hydraulic lifters replaced but still the same.

Ive googled it over and over and watched youtube vids with all kinds of unhelpful info. Some say oil change with 10/60 will almost cure it others say it will need 3.5 grand in parts alone(chains vanos sprockets guides and tensioners) while some say perfectly normal for it to make various nasty sounding noises but wont effect reliability or performance.

Being a range rover it has other issues aswell, goes into limp home mode sometimes, suspension inactive comes up randomly but works ok, battery drain issue and heater resister faulty, doesnt run well on lpg and it needs a tyre (22 overfinch rims) its got no tax or mot might need front and rear discs and pads, its been stood few years. Done under 120k on an 02 plate with fsh loads of invoices its had recon box about 15k miles ago.

Any views? Everyone i have spoken to has said wouldnt bother unless i can get it for 500 or less with a view to putting an engine in it. What would you guys offer for it?