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This is the exact seller I bought mine from last month, they fit my '03 X350 perfectly. I had to flip the jets over for RHD - they come set for LHD by default. Much better than the originals, the work of moments to fit.
This is the exact seller I bought mine from last month, they fit my '03 X350 perfectly. I had to flip the jets over for RHD - they come set for LHD by default. Much better than the originals, the work of moments to fit.
Correct. I had to switch my washer jets also. What a great improvement...
My wife was complaining about the noisy wipers on the VW Passat which were not very old.
I was told it was not possible to replace just the rubber on Aeros but I bought new rubbers
cut them to size and fitted them to the Aeros.
When people say "it is not possible" I have always seen that as a challenge. Many times I have been successful in doing something that "is not possible". Not always but mostly yes.
This is about what I did today with one particular Jag but what a week I had with two of them. First my wife called me and said that here XJ* was acting up and she was taking refuge at a local gas station. I drove over and drove the car around the building but couldn't detect anything serious but decided to play it safe and have her drive my XK8 while I drove her car into town. I turned on to the 4 lane and as I did I heard a loud 'crack'. When I started accelerating I made it perhaps 50-75 feet and the car suddenly started a vicious front- shake as the steering wheel tried to rip itself out of my hands. Had that happened at speed the car would have certainly been uncontrollable and something bad would have happened. Had to flat towed to a local shop where they found that the left front outer tie rod had somehow become disconnected. While I searched around for the parts I was told they needed I decided to go down and personally see what was needed so as to translate their American terms into something resembling Jaguars terms so we'd be on the same page. Take my XK8 to make the 20 mile drive and about 1/2 way there the dash lights up with warnings of electrical system not charging followed shortly after by low coolant level and the inevitable fog of steam being released as the temps started their inevitable climb. Yet another tow to join my wife's XJ8 in work shop hell.
The crank pulley had come adrift which had thrown the fan belt into one of the cooling system pipes and fractured it so that not only was the water pump not doing its thing but the coolant now had yet another way to escape. This late on a Thurs. afternoon as the shop was closing. Despite paying close to double the price for the ruined plumbing and a promised overnight shipping from a Jag dealer only 100 miles way the part did not in fact show up for 5 days. That 5 days added $300+ in rental car expenses to what ended up being a $700+ bill for labor and assorted parts.
Just another chapter in a saga that long time Jag owners experience.
Just another chapter in a saga that long time Jag owners experience.
My condolences, the cats really have a way to catch you on the wrong foot ...
As for me, I complimented the green lady with new shoes. Took Goodyear Vector 4Seasons all-weather tires because
a) I hate juggling wheels twice a year between winter and summer
b) don't want to spend the money on a second set of rims that I like as much as the Autec Corona that I corrently have and which I find fit perfectly to the car.
I also had the aircon refilled, but there seems to be yet another problem because the car keeps being an oven in the current weather and the air from the vents didn't really change temperature to the better after the fix. With a huge effort in positive thinking I could say the temperature dropped by 1 or 2 degrees, but I'm not finished with the A/C topic yet
Have you ever cleaned out the inside of the charge coolers?
If the question is to me then yes, as young student worker on engine test rigs I did a lot of dirty stuff like that
I recommend a good laundry detergent to clean everything up to the elbows afterwards. Works better than even most of the dedicated hand washing pastes in my experience
In an effort to improve the above, removed all the under bonnet / hood insulation, and cleaned ten years of grime from the aluminium intake castings.
When you say you removed the hood insulation, did you re-fit it again afterwards? I'd have thought the heat from the engine would eventually ruin the hood paintwork without the insulation? My own hood insulation is coming away in places & it's something I've been concerned about.
When you say you removed the hood insulation, did you re-fit it again afterwards? I'd have thought the heat from the engine would eventually ruin the hood paintwork without the insulation? My own hood insulation is coming away in places & it's something I've been concerned about.
No, I stored it in the garden shed, in case I or a subsequent owner should wish to replace it. Potentially that is a problem, after about twenty five years, by when I will be ninety-three and probably not too worried about peeling bonnet lacquer.:-)
Sorry I should have made it more clear as the question was to Etypephil.
The inside of these charge coolers "gunk up" after about 40-50k miles and their efficiency obviously drops off dramatically.
A major reason why I have an oil catch can installed as well as a water/meth injection system.
I also detailed the whole outside a while ago. Since then have added a stage 1 intake.
Yes, improvement, or even restoration, of original performance is exactly the kind of thing I will put effort into. Yours looks very nice, but I am too old to be bothered with the cosmetics of mechanical components.
Wellll! It's been quite some time since I've been here; but for a "what did you do", after finally becoming fed up with the Suspension on my car, I went ahead & did the Coil conversion/Arnotts; 2016, I replace the Front Air Shocks with Arnott Air Shocks, as well as the Air Compressor; a year later, I had to replace the Air Compressor again (Last Aug.) along with 1 of the Rear Shocks; I got a RMT OEM part; that's been fine until a couple months ago, when my Air Comp started acting up again; at the time, I didn't have, or didn't find a leak, so I got a new Compressor, & replaced it myself; the a month or so later, it started acting up again, but now the 1 Shock that I hadn't replaced was leaking; so I said, "you know what,,,,,,,,,"
& now, I LOVE the way the Arnott Coils make the Car sit, as well as I REALLY like the ride; I thought I wouldn't, but it's REALLY good!!! I also replaced all of my Sway Bar Links as well...
All this said, I'm selling the 2 Front Air Shocks (2yrs Old) & 1 RMT Rear Shock(Close to 1yr old) they all still have a LOT of warranty left (10 yrs Originally) I'll post details elsewhere of course...
06-27-2018, 09:05 PM
