Camshaft Covers: Chrome?
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yes and no. My mechanic says no, I say yes, but I haven't tried XK engine ones. I do know that the reason they are black-coated in the 4.2 is to dissipate heat, not for cosmetics.A friend hadhis polished, removing the coating, whatever the coatingis, he had to buy new ones! it didn't work, they turned blue-purple from the heat! That's why I stopped trying to outsmart Jaguar engineers a long time ago! Having said that, I wonder if the XK valve covers might work.....
Jose
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yes, that's the reason I'm told they don't work in the 4.2 engine. BTW, they are not chrome, they are polished aluminum, and they leak, and if overtighened, the aluminum cracks. I have them in my 3.8 engine. The original 4.2 black covers are much more resilient.
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