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Old 01-11-2020, 11:46 AM
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I’m looking around the engine compartment for a full minute for the power steering reservoir before it hits me. (Senior moment)
 
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As in, you have people for that? (senior response)
 
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His car don’t got one.
 
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I’m looking around the engine compartment for a four minute for the power steering reservoir before it hits me. (Senior moment)
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I have made that exact mistake with my F-type but chose to keep it on a pile of other skeletons in my closet.
 
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I’m looking around the engine compartment for a four minute for the power steering reservoir before it hits me. (Senior moment)
D'oh! It's the lithium reservoir in your trunk!
 
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I took it to mean he was checking the ampere level.
 
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The second day I had my car, I was looking for the level of the clutch liquid. I was perplex not to find it,
but finally remember that this car was having automatic.
 
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Old 01-11-2020, 04:56 PM
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His car don’t got one.
Yeah, I was checking all the fluid levels this morning and got carried away.
 
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Don't give up!

If you get frustrated, I'll present a picture of the one in our car.
 
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Don't give up!

If you get frustrated, I'll present a picture of the one in our car.
Actually, it would be interesting to see where they squeezed it in.
 
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Old 01-12-2020, 07:54 AM
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The reservoir is at the left-front of the engine bay. I'll take a picture later today unless someone else posts first.
 
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I’m looking around the engine compartment for a full minute for the power steering reservoir before it hits me. (Senior moment)
Haha....Just make sure it has enough electricity juice and it should be trouble free Also be certain to only buy the OEM Jaguar Certified electricity juice.

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It's directly behind the LHS headlight, see this pic (swiped from elsewhere):



 
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Don't anyone tell Lance where the Blinker Fluid Reservoir is.
 
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For a true senior moment - you'd have figured it out after adding 1/2 a bottle.
 
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It's directly behind the LHS headlight, see this pic (swiped from elsewhere):

You really didn’t have to go to the bother of removing the bonnet on my account.
 
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