Article on AJ V8 Engine Failure - Quoting this forum!
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Interesting article on early AJ133 V8 engine failure.
BONUS: The article uses post from this forum!
https://www.theautopian.com/heres-wh...five-liter-v8/
BONUS: The article uses post from this forum!
https://www.theautopian.com/heres-wh...five-liter-v8/
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Chester7 (01-29-2024)
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This hardly effects us X152 owners. Perhaps just a very few with the earliest type Rs . By 2015, Jag had updated the whole timing chain loop. I'd be more concernned with the older plastic welded cooling pipes. Besides, the solution for this is frequent oil changes, something we're all probably doing already anyway.
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Another option, and this both sounds and is crazy, is to build timing guide and tensioner replacement into your budget and replace those items proactively
Building the maintenance costs of well known and documented failure points into your budget is "crazy" ?? 🙄 I factored the price of the aluminium cooling pipes into my XE's purchase. I did my homework, knew what I was getting, and made my decisions accordingly. If I couldn't afford the pipe job, I wouldn't have bought the car. Not exactly rocket surgery.
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This hardly effects us X152 owners. Perhaps just a very few with the earliest type Rs . By 2015, Jag had updated the whole timing chain loop. I'd be more concernned with the older plastic welded cooling pipes. Besides, the solution for this is frequent oil changes, something we're all probably doing already anyway.
So only the very earliest V8 F-Types may still have any timing chain or coupler issues.
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diablo2112 (01-29-2024)
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Jaguar V8s are pretty robust if maintained properly - I've had a 4.0 XK8 at over 60,00- miles, and 4.2 XKR which got to over 90,000. The 4.2 burst an oil pipe and dumped the oil all over the road but when the pipe was replaced and the oil refilled it ran sweet as a nut. Oil change after 500 miles to check but it was fine. So you don't need to worry unless you're very unlucky, and if you're driving an Audi you can't be!
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If you don't know how to budget for maintenance, buy a new car with a warranty and a service package.
Easy.
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