We prove new bounds for weighted mean values of sums involving Fourier coefficients of cusp forms that are automorphic with respect to a Hecke congruence subgroup Γ ≤ SL(2, Z[i]), and correspond to exceptional eigenvalues of the Laplace operator on the space L 2 (Γ\SL(2, C)/SU (2)). These results are, for certain applications, an effective substitute for the generalised Selberg eigenvalue conjecture. We give a proof of one such application, which is an upper bound for a sum of generalised Kloosterman sums (of significance in the study of certain mean values of Hecke zeta-functions with groessencharakters).Our proofs make extensive use of Lokvenec-Guleska's generalisation of the Bruggeman-Motohashi summation formulae for P SL(2, Z[i])\P SL(2, C). We also employ a bound of Kim and Shahidi for the first eigenvalues of the relevant Laplace operators, and an 'unweighted' spectral large sieve inequality (our proof of which is to appear separately).