Car won’t start
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Hey guys XJ8 2001 4.0 started her last week to make sure she was good for work As stood around for two weeks, Fired up no problem, waited till revs settled then turned her off, Went to start a few days later and if you see attached video you’ll see what’s occurring, got fuel pressure, battery fully charged, even tried a new battery, had Spark plugs out, noticed a little oil in there before I took them out which was odd as can cover was done last year, plugs are a year old so they’re ok, not sure if she’s flooded but thought that was sorted with steel lined engines, last step is putting oil in to get compression before I get her towed unless anyone has any ideas? Thanks
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My 2001 XJ8 has a nikasil block. MY is not an indication of what engine you have, you need to find the ENGINE NUMBER (manufacture date/time).
My 2000 XJ8L has an iron liner block from a 2002 S-Type 4.0 (AJ28 converted to AJ27) so someone could have changed the engine unless you have owned it since new and know the history.
Even iron liner bores can get 'washed' but the nikasil seems more susceptible.
My 2000 XJ8L has an iron liner block from a 2002 S-Type 4.0 (AJ28 converted to AJ27) so someone could have changed the engine unless you have owned it since new and know the history.
Even iron liner bores can get 'washed' but the nikasil seems more susceptible.
Last edited by motorcarman; 05-23-2020 at 10:04 AM.
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It seems that starting and running a cold engine for a very short period of time is a good recipe for bore wash as this is the period when the engine runs rich. I think that, if a cold engine is started, it should be left running until it almost reaches the operating temp and then revved a bit a few times before switching off.
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