1989 XJ-S V-12 Stopped Running
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Hi All,
Yesterday, my 1989 XJ-S US Spec late 89 model with 36,000 original miles just died on me..... She has been a "garage queen" her entire life. This happened one other time. I was driving from St. Louis to Kansas City and 50 miles into the journey, I stopped and fueled up with gas. When pulling out of the gas station, she just died. An hour later, she started back up and I never had that happen since. Last night, I had just filled up with gas. I was driving along, and she was running perfectly. I was so amazed because she had been sitting in storage for a little over a year, and every cylinder was firing, temperature was great, and she was just running great....then she suddenly died! I tried to fire it back up after an hour or so. Nothing. I tried starting it again this morning. Nothing. I replaced the fuel pump because it was easy to get to and I had a brand new one. Nothing! I pulled the fuel pump relay and cranked it several times to see if it may be flooded. Nothing. I checked the inertia switch. It is fine. I'm thinking possibly the fuel filter could somehow be clogged, but I replaced it 2 years ago just after I bought it. I haven't put 1,000 miles on it. Anyone have any ideas?
Yesterday, my 1989 XJ-S US Spec late 89 model with 36,000 original miles just died on me..... She has been a "garage queen" her entire life. This happened one other time. I was driving from St. Louis to Kansas City and 50 miles into the journey, I stopped and fueled up with gas. When pulling out of the gas station, she just died. An hour later, she started back up and I never had that happen since. Last night, I had just filled up with gas. I was driving along, and she was running perfectly. I was so amazed because she had been sitting in storage for a little over a year, and every cylinder was firing, temperature was great, and she was just running great....then she suddenly died! I tried to fire it back up after an hour or so. Nothing. I tried starting it again this morning. Nothing. I replaced the fuel pump because it was easy to get to and I had a brand new one. Nothing! I pulled the fuel pump relay and cranked it several times to see if it may be flooded. Nothing. I checked the inertia switch. It is fine. I'm thinking possibly the fuel filter could somehow be clogged, but I replaced it 2 years ago just after I bought it. I haven't put 1,000 miles on it. Anyone have any ideas?
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![Default](/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Hi All,
Yesterday, my 1989 XJ-S US Spec late 89 model with 36,000 original miles just died on me..... She has been a "garage queen" her entire life. This happened one other time. I was driving from St. Louis to Kansas City and 50 miles into the journey, I stopped and fueled up with gas. When pulling out of the gas station, she just died. An hour later, she started back up and I never had that happen since. Last night, I had just filled up with gas. I was driving along, and she was running perfectly. I was so amazed because she had been sitting in storage for a little over a year, and every cylinder was firing, temperature was great, and she was just running great....then she suddenly died! I tried to fire it back up after an hour or so. Nothing. I tried starting it again this morning. Nothing. I replaced the fuel pump because it was easy to get to and I had a brand new one. Nothing! I pulled the fuel pump relay and cranked it several times to see if it may be flooded. Nothing. I checked the inertia switch. It is fine. I'm thinking possibly the fuel filter could somehow be clogged, but I replaced it 2 years ago just after I bought it. I haven't put 1,000 miles on it. Anyone have any ideas?
Yesterday, my 1989 XJ-S US Spec late 89 model with 36,000 original miles just died on me..... She has been a "garage queen" her entire life. This happened one other time. I was driving from St. Louis to Kansas City and 50 miles into the journey, I stopped and fueled up with gas. When pulling out of the gas station, she just died. An hour later, she started back up and I never had that happen since. Last night, I had just filled up with gas. I was driving along, and she was running perfectly. I was so amazed because she had been sitting in storage for a little over a year, and every cylinder was firing, temperature was great, and she was just running great....then she suddenly died! I tried to fire it back up after an hour or so. Nothing. I tried starting it again this morning. Nothing. I replaced the fuel pump because it was easy to get to and I had a brand new one. Nothing! I pulled the fuel pump relay and cranked it several times to see if it may be flooded. Nothing. I checked the inertia switch. It is fine. I'm thinking possibly the fuel filter could somehow be clogged, but I replaced it 2 years ago just after I bought it. I haven't put 1,000 miles on it. Anyone have any ideas?
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