Firstly a Very Happy New Year to you all - I hope that you had a great Christmas and chance for a decent break.
Unfortunately 2022 had a final slap in the face for me. Driving back from Norfolk after a much needed break with my wife who's had a tough year with family and health stuff, my XK decided to dump it's coolant (without my knowing) just as I was about to join one of the big ring road roundabouts near Norwich on our way home. As I pulled away to get off the roundabout the car spluttered and stalled - restarted it and it was misfiring, then the overheating warning came on and so I switched off immediately and but hazards on, wisps of steam coming from front of the car. We were in an unsafe place so the the police towed us to a service road on the other side of the roundabout and we sat there and waited for the AA (came after 2 hours).
I looked in the expansion tank and it was virtually empty. Also looked in the sump and no sign of water just oil. AA Bod filled the system with coolant and asked me to start the car - it ran but misfiring and sounded pretty sick. Car now at garage where I bought it and they think it lost its coolant at bottom of the rad (bottom hose?) but aren't sure why its misfiring so compression tests on Tuesday then go from there. Car is 1 day out of the 6 month warranty I had when I bought it.
Devastated to be honest, absolutely gutted. My feeling is the heads are cooked but I did shut down the moment the overheating warning came on. I just hope to god the block isn't warped - hopefully not.
Just wondered if anyone on here has had a similar failure - my car is 2006 with full history.