Hi. I'm looking for advice please on a fault I've been told by the local garage relates to the EGR valve. The car is a early 2013 plate XF 2.2. Over the last 6 weeks a "Performance Restricted" warning light has appeared twice. The warning light has come on (though gone off) after driving around 5 miles with only discernible difference being a lack of acceleration whilst the warning light is on. Like may others I imagine I haven't being doing much mileage over the last few months and have barely been on a motorway though I have driven around 50 miles twice without the warning light coming on. The local garage (not a Jaguar dealership but a garage I trust) did test the car around 1 month ago and detailed their report as follows: "Read fault codes and data, fault codes in engine management system relating to EGR valve, to clear fault codes and reset adaptations. Carry out extended road test and rescan, no fault codes returned. Advice customer to try and if fault returns will require further investigation and probable replacement EGR valve to rectify". The garage tested the car on 9th March and the warning light has been off until 6th April when it re-appeared until the end of that journey. The warning light has not re-appeared since.

Grateful for a any input please, especially around if the EGR valve is likely to need to be replaced or if the intermittent fault might be due to something else.

Thanks!

 

I remember looking at a totally clagged-up EGR valve off an XF at a local Jaguar specialist a few years ago whilst my own car was being dealt with, (a petrol XJ6 X350 model). I said that I thought it could be cleaned-up with some cellulose thinners and good brush out, but was told they always just replace with a new one, because they had to warrant the repairs and with a new one, got the supplier warranty. It was also much quicker, and if they cleaned the old one, the labour charges @£60 an hour would likely mean no saving over a new one. Of course the V6 diesel engine has two EGRs, one per bank, so if one gets clagged, it's not long before the other one does. Yours is a 2.2 so a four cylinder, so only one EGR. There are plenty on eBay.

 

Thanks for taking the time to reply Fraser, much appreciated. Thanks for the idea; there do seems to be loads of EGR Valves on e-bay. I was going to ask if you might kindly check example I found on e-bay but the kink won't copy correctly. I suppose I'm looking for: "EGR valve Jaguar XF 2.2 2013 XF250"?

Thanks again.