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Sedans Jaguar XJ-Series Jaguar XJ Series: Which Years are the Best?
20 messages, Last post on Nov 27, 2009 at 5:13 PM
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I have owned my XJ6 since new. It has been a stellar piece of craftsmanship as my only repairs to date have been for new seals and a rear end rebuild. I have had problems with headlight and foglamp breakage of late. are there any covers made foe these glass pieces that would protect them from rocks? Also: I am looking for an areo kit (particularly rocker extensions) that will gice the car a lower look without actually lowering the body. It has always looked a bit ungainly from the side aspect. |
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I can tell you what year not to buy 95!!!! I bought a 95 XJR with 88000 miles on it It was my second jag first being 88 XJ6. That was a good car I bought it for 2000.00 with 122000 on it and sold it with 240000 and the only thing I bought for it was gas and oil. The engine used no oil and did not have one failed gasket the hole time I owned it. Good stuff. But the XJR was a diffrent story. The first time I drove it over a hundred miles away I shut down on me. No start no spark no fuel pressure. ECM fried out on me, very expensive. Changed the oil on it for the first time because the dealer I bought it from said it had a fresh oil change. Looked at the drain plug on the oil pan and some one had mashed a coarse SAE 1 inch bolt in the drain hole which cracked the pan from the rear to the front.(Cast aluminum oil pan) But they had a good fix for that JB weld. 650 dollar oil pan. Had to lift the engine half way out of the car to replace it. (Found alot of Jiffy Lube recipes in the documented service history folder they gave to me when I bought it). Tried to take it on a trip again security system activated on me while I was driving on the interstate and would not re start. Had to have a tow company flat bed it back 260 mile to the closest Jag shop. They couldn't get it started . Found a bad relay inside the ECM. Got another new one. YAY. Since I bought the car It always seemed to drift real bad going down the road the rear end always felt like it was on gravel. and it ate a set of new perelli tires that cost about 275 a piece. Found the folcrume bearings in the axle hub lost all there roller bearings. Fixed that. The seat would move all the way back every time the car would start and would not come forward again untill car was shut off. New seat control ECM fixed that. At this time I started to use salvage yard parts from a place in FL. It was just getting too expensive to get new parts for it. The heated mirror shorted out on the driver side and started to smoke when I was going to work and all I could do was laugh because it was just to much I had spent more on that car keeping it on the road the what I payed for it but once your in that deep how do you cut your loses? The car was fast though. I love the wine a good roots supercharger makes when you get the rpms turning. I finaly did a car fax to see what kind of life this car had before me and come to find out it was a rental in Joliet IL. The only thing I can say is car fax is worth the money.
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I have just moved to the Arlington, Virginia area and am looking for a good Mechanic for some work on my Jag XJR 1998. Purchased the car about 2 months ago and been reading about some problems with the timing chain tensioners. Would like to have them replaced. And the entire car checked out before problems start happening. New Jag Owner need Help. But I do Love The XJR |
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Replying to: Kirksjohnson (Jan 20, 2009 8:09 pm) |
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Replying to: freeoppressed (Mar 23, 2007 1:46 pm)
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Replying to: jovell (May 07, 2009 6:24 pm) |
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Replying to: jovell (May 07, 2009 6:24 pm) |
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| This is a novice question: I have a lovely 2001 XJ8, trouble free except I have no owners manual. Can anyone recommend where to download/purchase? Thank you. | |
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Replying to: flonightpilot (Nov 24, 2009 9:04 am)
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Replying to: flonightpilot (Nov 24, 2009 9:04 am) Not cheap but if you need good info, maybe worth it. |
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