f-types burning
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I don't have an answer to your question, but I will ask you a question.
How many of those V6 F-Type's that caught fire had been fitted with smaller pulley's on the supercharger & flashed with some sort of tune?
I don't have an answer to your question, but I will ask you a question.
How many of those V6 F-Type's that caught fire had been fitted with smaller pulley's on the supercharger & flashed with some sort of tune?
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All cars were as built by Jaguar. No tuning, no modifications.
Engines broke when the cars had between 2000 and 15000 km.
All drivers confirmed to have treated the car in the first 3000 km as recommended by Jaguar.
It is reported of about 30 F-TYPE's with broken engines in 2014-2015, Most of them burned.
SIXT, Germany's biggest car rental company removed all their F-TYPE 's after several incidents of that Kind.
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I don't have an answer to your question, but I will ask you a question.
How many of those V6 F-Type's that caught fire had been fitted with smaller pulley's on the supercharger & flashed with some sort of tune?
I don't have an answer to your question, but I will ask you a question.
How many of those V6 F-Type's that caught fire had been fitted with smaller pulley's on the supercharger & flashed with some sort of tune?
The one documented case of a fire due to installation of a reduction pulley was the result of the installer fitting the pulley too deep on the shaft leaving no clearance with the SC housing.
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no marshmellows please
Burning aluminium could cause Alzheimer desease.
F-TYPE, F for "flambé".
In fact, we got no information from Jaguar what the Problem with the engines is.
There are rumors, it could be a problem with the crankshaft bearing shell.
The engine is originally designed by Ford as a V8. Could be that the reduktion to V6 causes a problem with the engines balance, or the crankshaft bearing shells were not fitted in properly in some engines.
Drivers report, there was a loud bang, smoke in the cockpit and the cars started burning. Only builts 2013 and 2014 affected as far as I know.
Until now no statement form Jaguar, no Produkt recall.
Some of us are pretty concerned.
Interesting that you don't have that incidents in the US. Speedlimit?
Sandmann
F-TYPE, F for "flambé".
In fact, we got no information from Jaguar what the Problem with the engines is.
There are rumors, it could be a problem with the crankshaft bearing shell.
The engine is originally designed by Ford as a V8. Could be that the reduktion to V6 causes a problem with the engines balance, or the crankshaft bearing shells were not fitted in properly in some engines.
Drivers report, there was a loud bang, smoke in the cockpit and the cars started burning. Only builts 2013 and 2014 affected as far as I know.
Until now no statement form Jaguar, no Produkt recall.
Some of us are pretty concerned.
Interesting that you don't have that incidents in the US. Speedlimit?
Sandmann
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This is odd considering there haven't really been any of these issues in the US. I wouldn't think that this problem is purely related to how fast people drive. We don't have the autobahn, but exceeding the posted speed limit on the freeway is something of the norm, at least around here
Since these issues are only happening on the V6 models, I suspect that they may be V6S models specifically, since we know the default tune on those is pretty aggressive. I'm pretty sure that the V6S engines aren't pushing any kind of safety limits, but perhaps that in combination with pushing the motor over an extended time period might be leading to the problems?
The V8 tune is much less aggressive, so that might also explain why they haven't seen any issues with the V8 models.
Just throwing out some ideas.
Since these issues are only happening on the V6 models, I suspect that they may be V6S models specifically, since we know the default tune on those is pretty aggressive. I'm pretty sure that the V6S engines aren't pushing any kind of safety limits, but perhaps that in combination with pushing the motor over an extended time period might be leading to the problems?
The V8 tune is much less aggressive, so that might also explain why they haven't seen any issues with the V8 models.
Just throwing out some ideas.
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Merlin,
While we may be exceeding the speed limit frequently on our US freeways, that's not the same as the extended triple-digit, legal speeds seen on the German autobahns. Anyone doing that routinely in the U.S. is likely going to end up in jail.
I could easily see extended speeds at 120 mph or so causing heating issues likely not seen in the U.S.
While we may be exceeding the speed limit frequently on our US freeways, that's not the same as the extended triple-digit, legal speeds seen on the German autobahns. Anyone doing that routinely in the U.S. is likely going to end up in jail.
I could easily see extended speeds at 120 mph or so causing heating issues likely not seen in the U.S.
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Merlin,
While we may be exceeding the speed limit frequently on our US freeways, that's not the same as the extended triple-digit, legal speeds seen on the German autobahns. Anyone doing that routinely in the U.S. is likely going to end up in jail.
I could easily see extended speeds at 120 mph or so causing heating issues likely not seen in the U.S.
While we may be exceeding the speed limit frequently on our US freeways, that's not the same as the extended triple-digit, legal speeds seen on the German autobahns. Anyone doing that routinely in the U.S. is likely going to end up in jail.
I could easily see extended speeds at 120 mph or so causing heating issues likely not seen in the U.S.