DIY supercharge oil change
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Supercharger oil.
It's a sealed system with it's own special oil, and according to JLR, the Workshop Manual and the AJ133 Technical Training doc it's "for life" and never needs changing.
But JLR's meaning of "for life" seems to be around 100,000 miles or 10 years whichever comes first.
Maybe one or two very early F-Types with high miles on them could benefit from an SC oil change but that's about it.
Received wisdom is that the SC has to come off to drain and refill the SC oil which is a yuge job, but the OP (George05) has done it without lifting the SC.
He has a post around here somewhere explaining how he did it (he has an XKR with the same AJ133SC engine as the F-Type R) but it's still a pig of a job and not for the unskilled or faint of heart.
It's a sealed system with it's own special oil, and according to JLR, the Workshop Manual and the AJ133 Technical Training doc it's "for life" and never needs changing.
But JLR's meaning of "for life" seems to be around 100,000 miles or 10 years whichever comes first.
Maybe one or two very early F-Types with high miles on them could benefit from an SC oil change but that's about it.
Received wisdom is that the SC has to come off to drain and refill the SC oil which is a yuge job, but the OP (George05) has done it without lifting the SC.
He has a post around here somewhere explaining how he did it (he has an XKR with the same AJ133SC engine as the F-Type R) but it's still a pig of a job and not for the unskilled or faint of heart.
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George05 (09-14-2019)
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Spot on mate. like Jaguar say about the transmission oil . sealed for Death lol Supercharged oil should be replaced around the 50k miles wise as recommended by powerhouse uk. i did mine with 54k on clock and at 8 year old ."Horrible smelly " gunk came out . I am way more prepared now have new long reach slim tools could do it blind fold
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Spot on mate. like Jaguar say about the transmission oil . sealed for Death lol Supercharged oil should be replaced around the 50k miles wise as recommended by powerhouse uk. i did mine with 54k on clock and at 8 year old ."Horrible smelly " gunk came out . I am way more prepared now have new long reach slim tools could do it blind fold
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Yep, George05 posted a pretty good "how to" somewhere a few/couple of weeks ago on this forum somewhere, but for the life of me I can't find it and believe me I have searched and searched and searched!
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Could the DIY be in the XK(R) sub forum?
why, yes, yes it is!
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...change-221427/
why, yes, yes it is!
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...change-221427/
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Could the DIY be in the XK(R) sub forum?
why, yes, yes it is!
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...change-221427/
why, yes, yes it is!
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...change-221427/
When I said "this forum" I meant the whole site not just the F-Type sub-forum, I was pretty sure it was in the XK/XKR sub-forum but I still couldn't find it.
You're a better man than I Gunga Din!
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I thought a "MOD" would have added my "how to Guide " to "Stickies " on the XKR section to help others of the 5l supercharged engine as far as i am aware the same engine is shared on the xkr, the xf the xj and of course the ftype and fpace. I wanted to put some thing back to this forum for all the advice i have had over the years
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I thought a "MOD" would have added my "how to Guide " to "Stickies " on the XKR section to help others of the 5l supercharged engine as far as i am aware the same engine is shared on the xkr, the xf the xj and of course the ftype and fpace. I wanted to put some thing back to this forum for all the advice i have had over the years
Thank you for the great write-up!
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Actually, not a bad idea. The first attempt will probably take several hours and a full bottle of Scotch. Subsequent oil changes only a few minutes and a shot glass.
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