1 week of x350 ownership, highs/lows, thank yous :)
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Hi,
Just thought i'd share my experience of owning my XJ8 for just over a week, its been a bumpy ride!
Ive owned jags since i was 21, now 25. This is my other Jag, S-type, 3.0 V6, running on LPG
![](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/attachments/xj-xj6-xj8-xjr-x350-x358-28/35864-1-week-x350-ownership-highs-lows-thank-yous-img3177xk.jpg?dateline=1362916102)
I decided to go for an x350, 3.5 v8, 2003. Will upload pics soon.
Picked it up fairly cheap, because it had a few issues, so the fun began!
1. drove 2 miles to a petrol station to add coolant, my brother slammed the bonnet shut, and we set off 200miles home, as soonas we pulled out of the petrol station ..... restricted performance/air suspension fault!!!
waited five minutes and restricted performance cleared and i drove home fine. air suspension fault still showing! Next day, went to my freind garage and got it scanned, came up with an air leak after the MAF sensor, i realised that slamming the bonnet had some how broke the seal between the intake pipe and little breather box. Duck taped and both faults disappreared!!
Ordered new pipe for £50 from jag, and all was good! ![Big Grin](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
2. Heaters wouldnt blow! after reading up of this and the UK forum, i diagnosed is at the heater resistor. Got my garage friend to take it out, ordered the relevant transistor and thermal fuse,got them soldered in and it was working!! total cost £20 (fan only work on full speed, but i have heating, think i still need a new heater resistor)
3. Sat Nav said no disc, so i randomly thought i'd press eject, and a CD came out! cleaned the disc and it started working
ordered lastest version and updated.
4. Previous owner told me the rear screens weren't working. i dont thinkhe discovered the arm rest control panel! i tried it and dvd worked absolutely fine. Also found jag headphones and a harry potter dvd in the dvd player :S
5. Mirror wouldnt fold, found a thread on the forum on how they can become stuck, so i gently folded then, spraying WD40, and they started to work as well!!
Intended Mods:
Front lower mesh grill, HID lights, 19" alloys from my S-type or some 20" sepangs if i can find some.
Just want to say a big thank you to all you guys on the forum, read through many posts and have been a massive help!
Just thought i'd share my experience of owning my XJ8 for just over a week, its been a bumpy ride!
Ive owned jags since i was 21, now 25. This is my other Jag, S-type, 3.0 V6, running on LPG
![](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/attachments/xj-xj6-xj8-xjr-x350-x358-28/35864-1-week-x350-ownership-highs-lows-thank-yous-img3177xk.jpg?dateline=1362916102)
I decided to go for an x350, 3.5 v8, 2003. Will upload pics soon.
Picked it up fairly cheap, because it had a few issues, so the fun began!
1. drove 2 miles to a petrol station to add coolant, my brother slammed the bonnet shut, and we set off 200miles home, as soonas we pulled out of the petrol station ..... restricted performance/air suspension fault!!!
waited five minutes and restricted performance cleared and i drove home fine. air suspension fault still showing! Next day, went to my freind garage and got it scanned, came up with an air leak after the MAF sensor, i realised that slamming the bonnet had some how broke the seal between the intake pipe and little breather box. Duck taped and both faults disappreared!!
![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![Big Grin](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
2. Heaters wouldnt blow! after reading up of this and the UK forum, i diagnosed is at the heater resistor. Got my garage friend to take it out, ordered the relevant transistor and thermal fuse,got them soldered in and it was working!! total cost £20 (fan only work on full speed, but i have heating, think i still need a new heater resistor)
3. Sat Nav said no disc, so i randomly thought i'd press eject, and a CD came out! cleaned the disc and it started working
![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
4. Previous owner told me the rear screens weren't working. i dont thinkhe discovered the arm rest control panel! i tried it and dvd worked absolutely fine. Also found jag headphones and a harry potter dvd in the dvd player :S
5. Mirror wouldnt fold, found a thread on the forum on how they can become stuck, so i gently folded then, spraying WD40, and they started to work as well!!
Intended Mods:
Front lower mesh grill, HID lights, 19" alloys from my S-type or some 20" sepangs if i can find some.
Just want to say a big thank you to all you guys on the forum, read through many posts and have been a massive help!
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Great story-you did your homework and now it is paying off since you have a Jag for not a lot of money and all problems solved!
Helps to have a tame mechanic too.
I don't know why you have only high speed fan?
My original transistor was toshiba 2SK2313 and was replaced with
part no 541 1714 (RS I think it was)
New part from Jag is 100GBP!
BTW is that vinyl wrap on the S Type?
Helps to have a tame mechanic too.
I don't know why you have only high speed fan?
My original transistor was toshiba 2SK2313 and was replaced with
part no 541 1714 (RS I think it was)
New part from Jag is 100GBP!
BTW is that vinyl wrap on the S Type?
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