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Mike, may not be of use depending on your damage, but, a buddy a couple of years ago inflicted damage on his AM Vanquish front carbon splitter. AM Works quoted him 7K! Someone on an AM Forum pointed him to a company that “welds” carbon fibre! It still cost him, I think, around 2K, but having seen the repair afterwards the quality was first rate. I will investigate …..

Yes, great day, well worth the journey, fortunately on a glorious sunny day too! I was spell bound by David Marks and his presentation, plus the very fact he was there at all after the week he had suffered. Some man! A group of us from our local club went, and all agreed, very useful indeed. Sorry, didn’t intend to preach to the converted ! Hopefully, might help other embers here

Steve, just as an aside, I know no longer pertinent to your original question, but: a good turn out at an X150 seminar organised by the JEC last weekend. One of the key points related to oil services for the 5L V8. David Marks was the technical/ mechanical guru delivering the presentation His advice was that the single most important maintenance step for the engine was that annual or 6k miles oil replacement/service was not just recommended, but in his experience ,essential for the long and trouble free life of the engine. Further to the regime, critical too that the oil used is CASTROL EDGE PRO, 0-20W, which is specifically recommended for JLRV8 engines. This oil even if your filler cap states 5-20, as Jaguar later a made advisory that 0-20 is the recommended grade.

I bought mine from a company in Germany from an eBay advert. Around 160 delivered. It’s better quality than the OEM version I had on a previous xkr. Available in black or beige https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144877324562?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mjEGZ_2JRly&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=5Qy3h2dnSl-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Oh indeed we are, but your comment was “in all of these cases”, which to me seems rather prescriptive? And, by the way, doesn’t actually help the OP very much with his question, does it?

Sorry, but really cannot agree with you based on my personal experience. So, each of 4 filling stations in my home town has "incorrectly" calibrated pumps? That, despite, successful fill ups on the same pump with our other petrol fuelled vehicles? Or, the same filling stations (one of two with 98 octane which I use), filling the XKR successfully on occasions, but the next time, the problem recurs ? It appears from numerous posts on various Jag forums that this is a relatively common issue, not confined to the XK range, and no-one has come up with a "universal" fix. My own experience remains, that its much more likely to occur when the car hasn't been frequently used, and tends to sort itself out once wee start driving them again That has certainly been my experience with my last 2 XKRs.

Cannot find suggestions for Lincolnshire, but David here is very good. Recommended Unit 3 Sleaford Road Industrial Estate, Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire LN4 2ND Telephone: 01522 539091 E-mail: [email protected]

John, noted and will certainly keep your folks in mind should my screen start misbehaving any more often. Cheers

John, that's very helpful thanks. interestingly my 2 issues dating from when I bought my car, appear to have resolved themselves with more regular use! My vehicle had, I think, been standing unused after the death of previous owner, and had had all the usual Jaguar gremlins; new battery fixed a few, but the touchscreen issue and the problems with filling the tank/ frequent cut outs nearly drove me nuts! Did a long trip, requiring multiple tank fills and began to notice the issue was "going away", and now touch wood, have no problem with that. The touchscreen occasionally misbehaves, so on a run where I am not using any functions, I switch it off; instant re birth when I switch on again. Moral of story, like lots of other things Jaguar, give the ECUs time to re set and sort themselves out?

chaps, you can buy the Jag Wrangler upgrade from ADAMESH. Self install, instructions are excellent and it's certainly within range of even the relatively ham fisted like myself. about 400 quid, but it gives you a 'one touch' open/close and also allows you to raise / lower the rear windows according to your choice. Very neat.

now almost 6 months on from my last "update" and my car/ fuel filler is behaving itself, touch wood!!!! routine still, insert pump nozzle 'firmly' and ensure fully engaged, and increase fill rate pretty rapidly . Seems to be working and now no longer the idiot blocking a pump! Relief. I did read one other tip elsewhere; member suggested that its maybe caused by a build up of pressure in the tank if the car is left standing, eg mothballed over the winter? His solution is a. leave the tank completely full when he knows the car is going to stand, and b. before he next uses the car and goes to fill the tank, he wedges the filler cap open for 24 hours. His view is that that "releases" and pressure in the tank? It does kind of chime with my experience that my filling issue seemed to get better when I was using the car more frequently. When I bought the car, it had been very little used for a while as previous owner had passed on.

3 months on, and frightened to post, but the car seems to have cured itself. The only other useful tip I have learned after the months of frustration, is that now, my routine is to ensure the nozzle is fully into the fuel neck filler, (even to the extent of feeling I am forcing it into the vehicle), and then to increase the pump flow pretty rapidly and "go for it"! When it was constantly cutting out, I was pussyfooting about fearful of filling too fast, it seems now easier just to hit the gas literally.

quick update; did a recent road trip, excess of 600 miles , so inevitably regular fills of tank. first 2 fills, same issue, very slow fill. Third time noticeably quicker, fourth fill up, almost no issue, filled up carefully as ever but no cut outs on the put[p sensor and filled at "full rate". Subsequent fill at a different garage, no issues. Question; is the problem more likely if we are not driving the car often/ long distance so there is a pressure build up?

Thanks Steve, will certainly try this next time! The infuriating thing is that occasionally it fills ( and I generally use the same garage and pump for E5), without any issue. Go back 10 days later and bad as ever

Without wishing to duplicate a post, could I just add a few “update” comments, having the same problem and looking at every forum I can think of! Firstly, this is a common Jag problem and not restricted to XKs; indeed, I understand Jaguar issued a modified fuel filler neck for the XF. It may be related to oversensitive pump sensors, of course, but actually in some cases, its the car not the pump! Also, note, the filler system is different (on XKs,) between EU and NA models, so likely that the EVAP canister problem suggested on many forums does not cause the issue on UK cars. The other point to be aware of is that most JLR dealerships will “claim” ignorance of it being a car problem, (mine certainly did!) if you are unlucky to have a vehicle that suffers, then please try all the self help suggestions ie angling the nozzle, turning it to 90 degrees etc. It may work! However, there are clearly some problem cars which no matter what you try, the slow fill problem may persist. Very sadly, I have not yet stumbled upon the solution, and as mentioned, not getting any help or advice from JLR either. The problem certainly seems more prevalent as the tank fills to ward’s capacity, and to make matters even more frustrating, sometimes filling up works okay. It is not related to different pumps either, because I can only access one pump locally with E5, (and before anyone suggests it, happens just as often with E10) If anyone else has discovered a fix, would be delighted to hear 👂

Done mine as Jim suggests and then used UHT spray paint to re furbish, (stove paint will do the job too), looks as good as new

Jim, I knew I would find a new use for a hairdrier now mine has gone ….

Thanks Jim, I rather feared that would be the answer but just hoped someone might have a “cunning plan”!

Quick question! Does anyone have an idiots guide to removing alloy wheel hub centres; without damaging them or the alloy and , without personal injury? I know the fail safe is to remove the wheel and pop it out from inside but ….TIA Phil

Many have over the years, purchased and been very staisfied with the,performance of Aldi’s “own brand” trickle charger. Seems very durable and reliable and compares very favourably with the CTEK market leader. Noted this week in m6 store at £12.99

Wirel-ess Bluetooth Car Adaptor Music Interface Compatible with Range Rover, Land Rover, Jaguar in car Pod Integration https://amzn.eu/d/3Gq5qyd just bought this. It was the cheapest of several similar units on Amazon UK. Arrived with 24 hours. Simple plug and play; iPhone already connected via BT to the Jaguar, then plug in the new unit and look for the new BT address on your phones “discoverable” list, and pair. Its well packaged, with sensible, readable instructions, and the added bonus of the ipod connector lead (which is 15 quid to buy separately). Follow the guidance about having existing iTunes tracks downloaded in your phone library, which ensures that your title and track info is displayed on your Jaguat info screen. That was the only thing that required some thought and care. Works faultlessly with wheel controls for volume/ track selection, and the existing phone connections already established are unaffected. May need to adjust your ipad device volume levels within audio settings menu, or adjust on the phone. Very impressed, probably still expensive for simple hardware but does the job and sound quality is excellent, (on the occasions when we tire of listening to the exhaust note …🤭

Update, battery replaced with high capacity 100A and no change, still having intermittent blackouts. Guess the next step is back to JLR main dealer for the software reset/ upgrade for the screen module. There is apparently a service advisory, though not to hand and would be grateful if anyone could post a copy please? May also post separately on the health warnings that should be associated with personally replacing a 22 kilo battery which was like trying to post a dumbell into a “over-small” letter box slot, and has left me with bruised ribs! There are a number of things I would do differently, (including considering the Halfords battery at home service). That was ruled out because their price for the battery itself was more that twice the price I paid Amazon for the same unit.

Thank you!

Very helpful, thank you

Hi Jim. Thanks. Now I have resolved the puzzle with the fuse boxes layout, (basically the 2015MY handbook is incorrect with the diagrams and fuse list), and I have established that the supercharger active exhaust fuse is indeed fuse 19 in the rear seat box, I can deal with the on/ off solution to the “loud” button. Previously used a custom built remote fob on a AM Vanquish, which is simply wired in next to the fuse box. It’s being made next week, and will be a more elegant solution to either fuse removal, or driving in dynamic all the time.