I've just joined the owners club today and delighted to be part of the family! I have just bought a Super V8 XJ and I'm having some issues with the garage I bought it from. I feel I am being fobbed off and need some advice from you guys.
I'm convinced the car is running too hot. From cold, i.e. left overnight, as soon as I start the engine, the temperature gauge needle goes straight to half, as in its already up to temp. After running for a few miles, there is an overheating smell entering the cab and the same can be smelt outside. The needle doesn't go above half and the coolant level is not altered.
I have returned it to the garage to check out ( not a jaguar dealer ) and they have said to me the gauge will do that as it returns to the temp it was at at the last time it was run. Now this sounds utterly wrong, as I would say its only a capillary bulb unit and has no memory as such, also why would it do that as it gives a false indication? Please confirm I am right before I cause hell at the garage!