Uh, it takes maybe ten minutes each side max if you are very slow. That includes drinking heavily during the procedure and maybe eating a couple slices of pizza.

 

Well, the way I see it-- they had the car, it was on a lift, they had the proper filters. Now, I don't need to think about it until 125,000 miles. Done.
On to my first XKR DIY oil change!

 

I was breaking it down the way a service center would so as to justify their high pricing.

It is “easy” to do but still a LOT of effort and awkward to get to just for intake filters.

There is no way it takes 10 minutes. I am pretty fast, but for me the easiest was to jack up the car, remove the wheels and arch liners, then remove the screws holding the filter holders and then slide them out, the reverse puts it all back together, probably a bit over 30 minutes total. I did try the lazy method with the wheels on and it was too awkward.

 

I don't have a problem with Wheels-On. Maybe you should try cranking them the opposite way. Ten minutes tops.

 

Maybe "crap ton" isn't the right word, but if the best practice way is to put the car on jacks or on a lift to easily access intake air filters that's a great deal more work than other cars.
Wouldn't you rather be able to access the air filters from the top by way of the bonnet?

Anyway, don't mind me. I'm just learning the intricacies of working on Jaguars.

 

Be glad you didn't get an F-Type...these guys had to disassemble a good part of the front end of the car to get to the filters.

 

Yikes!
That packaging is nuts!
Although I've been heat exchangers in similar places on other cars, particularly mid-engined ones.
Looks like I need to make an investment in a lift to work on these cars. The occasional shimmy underneath to do oil and stuff is fine but to have to spend time under a car will murder my back now.

 

For CA, I don't think that price is out of line. Good hour labor plus parts comes out to around that.

 

Its an infrequent job, and if you pair it with other activities like an oil change where you're jacking the car up anyway, or anything where you've got a wheel off, it's not a lot more time. I've worked on cars where some more frequent jobs than this are substantially longer procedures. Absolutely not a requirement to get a lift; although, everyone wants one! It's not really an under the car job anyway, it's a wheel well job.

Yes, I can change the air filter on my 2000 xkr in 2 minutes, but there's nightmare jobs on that car where poor access is the descriptor of the day. It's just a trade off.

 

Been there done that.
It's a gross exaggeration to say "had to disassemble a good part of the front end".
The only thing that needs to come off is the front under-tray - around 20 bolts/screws.
And on my car the two little side splitters first, another four bolts/screws in each.
Time consuming yes but in fact easy peasy, I have done it at least four or five times now.
Of course to remove the air filters you then need to unbolt the bottom half of each airbox from the top half (IIRC 6 screws in each), and undo the clamps holding the airboxes to the intake tubing, but again although time consuming it's easy peasy.

 

Never said it was difficult, but compared to lifting the lid of an engine bay air box it is substantially more involved for both the X150 and Even more so for the X152. I reckon most of us here are enthusiasts enough to have the tools
and confidence to tackle this with little effort however for the average layman I reckon not so much.

 

+1 to that. It's not about whether I "could" do it.
It's about, at the end of the day: it's not an oil change-- which is more important, more frequently required, and, as I'm learning, easier to do.
It's about the idea that now I'm set for at least two years,probably three.
Best money I've spent. I don't regret the decision.