Re purchase of XJ8
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The only way to tell about the steel sleeves is to determine the engine serial number. Steel sleeves began with engine serial number 0008181043 which corresponds to August 18, 2000 at 10:43 am.
Metal tensioners began with engine serial number 010813xxxx or you could pull a valve cover and look. If the engine has the plastic tensioners they should be replaced. At 46k miles both my tensioners had splits up the body.
The serial number is very difficult to see in place. I have never been able to see mine. If the swap was done by a dealer you should be able to get the serial number from any one of them. Everything is on line. They may not want to or may not know how but it is available.
A replacement engine may have been storage for some time or been fresh off the assembly line. Jaguar considered them equal as far as warranty replacements.
Metal tensioners began with engine serial number 010813xxxx or you could pull a valve cover and look. If the engine has the plastic tensioners they should be replaced. At 46k miles both my tensioners had splits up the body.
The serial number is very difficult to see in place. I have never been able to see mine. If the swap was done by a dealer you should be able to get the serial number from any one of them. Everything is on line. They may not want to or may not know how but it is available.
A replacement engine may have been storage for some time or been fresh off the assembly line. Jaguar considered them equal as far as warranty replacements.
Last edited by test point; 03-02-2010 at 01:13 PM.
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