ZhanjiangkidinaJaguar

Hi,

I love my Jaguar X type  but I am a driver not a mechanics, so I need some help please.

Yesterday my water temperature gauge was fine and after driving for a short time it gave it's usual reading of approx half way between cold and hot.

Today,...nothing!

What should I check, or what may need changing?

Thanks

Paul

Hi Geoff,

You can imagine how my heart sank as I drove my X type home along faster roads as I listened to what I thought was wheel bearings!

All I could do to combat this was turn the music up and pretend no problem existed.

As soon as I could I had to pursue a solution; if it transpired that it was indeed wheel bearing well they would have to be changed, but I was suspicious because no matter how fast I drove the noise stayed pretty much the same.

Thank goodness the solution was just tires!

Regards

Paul

My brother in law is a body repair specialist and he says a complete bonnet respray would cost about £150.

Better than replacing the bonnet surely!

Regards

Paul

I recently purchased an X type on an 04 plate, mileage 126k miles in generally good condition. When I test drove the car everything seemed fine because I never reached more than 30mph.

On the journey home as I passed 35mph a horrible (what I thought) wheel bearing noise started, but it never became any worse no matter how fast I drove!

The following day I mentioned this to a local garage and they said it could be the tires, so I drove to them later and they said that in their opinion it was almost certainly the dreadful budget tires that the previous owner had fitted.

With this in mind I asked them to fit 4xHancock 225-45-17's at a total cost of £365 fitted and balanced.

Now it feels like a real Jaguar, sleek and quiet!

Never fit budget tires it simply is not worth it.