I need help...i've had a car advertised on trademe stating sold as is and also stating that it had an oil leak. I personally know nothing about cars.
The car was sold outside of trademe, when a member contacted me and i withdrew it for him.
He viewed/drove the car and decided to purchase.

Now he contacts me and states that the leak is actually a blown/broken head gasket, and asks for help in costs to fix it.

Do i have to comply?

Did you state that the car was sold as it where is or had some kind of agreement?

Did he/you verbally agree that he accepted the car and it's condition at point of purchase?

You don't have to do anything.
The car is sold as is. You didn't misrepresent the information, he should've just done a better inspection...
Although whether you knew that was the case and didn't tell people, that's something else.

^^^ Agree ^^^

If the advertisement said as is where is it's his own fault that he didn't get it checked out better.

Let the buyer beware - Caveat Emptor

You can help if you want to of course... ;-)

agreed with that too ...

its his own fault that he didnt look at the car properly be4 purchasing

Ok well this is how i think things went.
I bought car from http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=228041122.
He told me that it used a bit of oil and that it's common on older vehicles, so i thought nothing more of it.

When i went to sell it 2 weeks later, i used basically the same words as the previous owner used in his description.

Later on, I was advised of the oil leak by some guys that came to view the car. I then adjusted the price and description.

Now he contacts me and tells me the problem is greater than an oil leak and that the head gasket is broken and would require $1200 fix and expects me to come up with some sort of agreement to help him fix it -_-

Will teach you for buying a Mitsubishi...

I believe you are covered as far as the law is concerned, if he gave you money and drove away it's a done deal.

You may feel bad for selling him a shitter but you're not obligated to help him sort it out.

LOL, yea i know. Lesson learnt.
But yea, i needed to practise manual, and i had no car to use until the altezza arrived from Japan. When it did come (2 weeks later) i listed the mitsi and wanted to sell asap, coz everyone knows the costs involved with owing 2 vehicles...

just dont answer your phone if the phone rings

No agreement is necessary. But keep your Altezza garaged, just in case they return ;)

I'd probably point out to him you have no legal responsibility since it was sold as is, but offer him $200 or something as a sign of good will, in the proviso that that's all.

i think the fact that he'd prob want to go halves but id tell him to F 0ff as he was suppose to check the car throughly b4 buying it!!

If he wanted a warranty he should have bought it through a LMVD dealer (and paid the extra dollars for doing so). he bought a cheap car and it was a lemon, maybe he will do a thorough check next time. You don't need to pay ANYTHING towards repair, he bought it 'as is', theres no legal way he could make you pay.