paulxj8

Right then. Update on the xj8, I almost gave up on it having saw in the bottom of the expansion tank some gold glitter residue. This indicates k-seal coolant leak repair has been flushed through system rather than fixing any leaks. Any how with my misfire, no codes, and residue finding I assumed it had head gasket trouble. so I slept on it and this morning carried out a check on all cylinders for compression. Most read at 165psi which is good, one at 150 and another at 130 so I poured oil down the cylinders, and spun engine over to line the bores with oil again as they possibly suffered bore wash. I put it all back together after cleaning the plugs and hey presto it's firing on all cylinders. Doesn't seem to be a lot of pressure in cooling system or overheating issues in the half hour I drove it and left it running. next task in hand is to repair the leather seats to make them look like new again, with help from dynamix dyes. Colour matched to the jaguar agd trim.

Thank you, modern engines are pretty straightforward. The old jaguar engines are the proper engines, the last good ones being the straight 6 jaguar x300. This is the model I actually wanted. Not the one I got now.

Oh ok I might aswell bite the bullet and put a kit on then? I'm a mechanic anyway just that I wasn't planning on fitting one so soon. I do believe you can take the rocker covers off to check cam alignment? Is this true?

Hi everyone I'm new here, I recently purchased an xj8 project, 1999 xj8 3.2 with a running fault. However, I've scanned the vehicle, it had coil faults, lambda faults, knock sensor faults, all of which I replaced one by one. So now I have no codes but still rough running. Which makes me think it's a mechanical error. Does this sound like a worn chain to you guys? Paul.