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thanks for your reply peter. i went to taggarts motherwell local landrover&jaguar dealer whom i bought the car from this afternoon. explained the problem to the girl on the desk. who know me as ive been in 3 times over the last 6mths with parking sensor probs all fixed now, fingers crossed. any way i asked her if it was at all ok if i could speak to a mecanic, she said she would go and get one. he came out and i explained to him the problem . the receptionist said he could come with me on a test drive right now. so we set of heading for the local moterway the m74. it was mobed with traffic drove to the next exit 4-5 miles came of and back on to the other side mutch the same i could only floor it for a few seconds then had to brake. i thought i could smell the smell slightly but gordon the mecanic couldnt. we got back to the garage he poped the bonnet and smellt under ther as well as the exhust &brakes no smell. he advised me to book the car in for a health check before the warrnty expires. he seemed a nice guy and was talking to him as i drove, asking him about the parking sensors it sems to be an issuie with them as ive see posts on this fourm, he explained to me yes they get a lot of complaints about them regardless of what model it is when its raining after the cars been washed when its frosty. as well as other wee gremlins like key fobs . i get that one now and again to. i asked gordon if it could come from the gear box maybe needing an oil change. he said the xk has a sealed unit that lasts for the life time of the car!!! so didnt think it was that. so im going to book her in for the health check in 3 weeks time and se if they find the problem. was told by my mate to log the problem with the dealer and as long as its loged even after the warantys expires they have an obligation . so he says. on the issuie of the rimblades peter. i was on ebay last night and bought a product called trimes4rimes made by rimblades mutch the same product its a rool of adhesive that you stick to the rims of your wheels it cost me £19.99 cheaper than the rimblades at £29.99 from haldfords they come in all coulors . but dont know if they will be good or bad as ive not got them yet. hope you and others find this info anygood cheers charlie

hi dave thanks for your reply. no ive not had any engine work done, and the brake pads are half worn. its not long had a service. but noticed the smell before then. i was driving the car on sunday i followed my mate to glasgow he was buying a set of alloys for his discovery. on the way home on the moterway he opend his up and took off. not to be out done and to show him jags are better i switched to sport and took off like a rocket. the smell was ther big time. when we got home to his place he said to me that when i took off in front of him he could smell it. his words were your car stank when it took off. hes an ex -mechanic. i said yep it dose that when you floor it in sport. do you think its the clutch. i myself thinking electrics. he said it could be catalic converter. im really at a loss to wat is causing this as the car is good even in sport when not flooring it. ive got about 5-6 weeks warrenty left on the car . they gave me a years warranty as it was an approved used jag from a jag dealer.

hi peter. if you click onto youtube and type in rimblades you will find a video of how to put them on your tyres. thats what i did. it looks quite easy. my local halfords have none in stock , tryed today sunday. will order my self a set later in the week. charlie

hi hope you guys can help me. ive a jag xk 4.2l 57 plate. the problem is when driving down the moterway and its a clear road. and your right foot gets kind of heavy as it dose from time to time and you floor it.the car takes off big time but thers a smell its not a clutch smell. but a smell. i though it was electrical but my mate thinks maybe something else but we both agree its not the clutch thank god. it only happens wen you floor it in sport any thoughts !!!!

hi guys. i had a simular problem a few years ago with one of our transits. it would go into limp. consulted the garage we used at that time to service the vans, the guy told me to switch the egnition on and off three times wen your driving it. and it will re-booke its self. but every now and then it flarded up and i was getting sick of hearing about it from the drivers. i happend to mention it to my best mate . who is the type of guy that wont let a problem beat him. he told me to leave the van with him for a weekend, which i did, on the sunday nite he came down to the house . ive bought a diacnostic laptop on ebay he said do you want to half in with me , i said ok how mutch is it knowing that they can cost thousands.(sorry forgot to add hes an ex mechanic) £300 quid he said . ok no problem. the laptop came he put it on the van it came up as engine management faults. we got new egr valve and sensor. the diacnostic machine took the fault of the dash for a wile only to return days later. cost about £300 quid for the parts. joe then striped down the engine checked the injecters, low and be-hold one of them was swelt up at the end. he took the 4 of them to a place he knew got them re-furbed at a cost of £550 put them back in and re programed the system .alls going well no more limp mode or dash warning lights. but at a cost. but not as mutch as a garage would have taken. code readers and diacnostic machines only tell you thers a problem they dont fix it. but im glad we got one. it took my sons service light of his bmw 325 no probs. so my advice to you is get your injectors checked out .hope this has been of help charlie57

hi david. im a newbie. was thinking of getting myself a set of rimblades. i had went onto youtube the other day and watched vidieos of other simuilar products and thought that rimblades were the easyiest to fit. as i have two wheels that are scuffed and it costs £50 to get them mended so im going to buy myself a set cheers charlie57

hi guys, any one had any issue with mould on the inner seal to the back light s cluster. cheers charlie57

hi mark and hello every one, been a member since last year but its my first time on the forum. ive got a 57 plate xk. the parking sensors in mine play up as well. ive had two replaced, and the cars booked in to local jag dealer on the 24th feb for the third to be replaced. but its getting done under warranty as i bought an approved used from them. warranty runs out in april. so im hopping for no more trouble. but it seems that the damp weather goes for them. they play up for a while then it goes away. other than that its magic thats what i call her lol . charlie