Old_Growler

On 1/31/2016 at 5:42 PM, Raistlin said:

What does anybody use to keep their Jaguar's interior smelling of leather please?

I've tried the famous Glip tone hanging and underseat items and have to say I found them to be dreadful.

 

So, any other ideas please?

On 1/31/2016 at 5:26 PM, Graham V said:

Hi Chaps

I own a  2012 jag xf 3.0 premium luxury running on 245x55 x18 Goodyear's .A number of websites recommend 31psi all round which sounds bit low particularly if you are on a motorway, for high speeds jag recommend 38psi Since I do a mixture I shall try an average of 35 all round. Would be interested to hear views on what would be the ideal pressure for every day driving.

Graham

 

Only you as an owner driver can decide? You know your style of driving and load carried? And not take Jaguar's recommended quoted pressures as gospel. Most OME tyres fitted to new models are soft walled tyres so when released to the press to test and apprise in somewhere like Spain on smooth roads they report back how nice and comfortable the ride is. 

Buy a cheap digital tyre depth gauge and check the tread depth each 500 miles then adjust your starting pressure according to wear? Edges wearing increase a couple of psi, Center wearing decrease a couple of psi until there's near even tread wear and that will be the correct psi.

I personally have 19" rims and use 245x45 extra load (XL) tyres with sidewall rim protectors and 34psi all round which are virtually pot hole and wife's parking proof.

On 2/2/2016 at 6:47 PM, mummylula said:

I own an 2010 auto XF V6 (petrol) and am thinking of starting towing a caravan and would like to use the XF. I know that it has a lowish nose weight of 75kg and will have to make sure that a good detachable tow bar is fitted with the proper electrics. I don't  want the lines ruined when not towing. I will only tow about 1500 to a max of 2000 miles a year out of a total of 5000 miles a year. I know that the XF diesel would be a better tow car but I don't want to change I love this car so much! So the question is will if be ok for towing so long as keep within all the normal requirements?

I had a tow bar on my old xf 3.0d  Care and research of available types is needed as some require large amounts of the rear valance removing! Best to go for the *13 pin electrics and the cheapest dedicated I have seen is to import from Germany at a cost of £120 (A Jaguar dealer will still have to enable the ECU for towing) If you use *13 pin electrics you can get a cheap 13 to 7 pin plug in adaptor if needed?

Being you car is 6 years old, It may be wise to check 1st if the rear exhaust boxes can be removed with out damage? And if carrying a full load of passengers and equipment in the boot it might be worth up grading the rear shock absorbers to a aftermarket heavy duty type.

Tip: Carry something in the boot to kneel on? plus gardening gloves, I kept an old square of carpet on top of the spare wheel. Swan neck balls, electric plugs & safety cable are fiddly to fit as there up behind the rear valance so its a hands and knees job. Apart from grease wear the gloves to pull the plug as these usually need a lot of tugging and when come out and you end up skinning flesh on the nearest part of the car.

15 hours ago, preec said:

When I press brake pedal first time =ok. when press again shortly after it can go "wooden"and harder to stop than normal. after a short time things fine again.(vacuum)?.

What could be problem

How easy to fix

possible cost.

After my auto box rebuild etc I would of course like a positive answer but am prepared for the worst.

 

From your description it does sound like the brake booster as they get corrosion inside and this might have shifted while the auto box was serviced. 1st I would check the plastic pipe with the check valve as if the engine been left to hang it may have pulled on the grommets and leak. Run some watered down washing up liquid around the grommets while getting someone to rev the engine. OME parts on old cars are a no no..A pattern part brake booster will cost between £120-170 and take about 2 hours to replace.

These technical service bulletins may be of help to S type owners: www.jagrepair.com/s-TypeTSB.htm  

20 hours ago, Keefster14 said:

Hi Paul,  have you got a pic of where you mean? While I'm sorting the issue I have I may as well look out for this!

Top and bottom of where the chrome finisher is fitted between the rear lamps (red in photo)

1 hour ago, Keefster14 said:

Hi Paul, thank  you for that, will check it  again and might just do it as preventive maintenance.  However...it's fixed! 

New fuel filter did the trick. Took it very gently at 40 to a friends garage, then when I was about 200  yds away , floored the throttle, sure enough both warning lights back on. Stuck a new filter in anyway, and then put the diagnostic on it...P0087- fuel rail low pressure. Cleared the warning, test  drive...perfect. Took it  right up the Rev range...no  problems.

If there's one bit of advice I can give to fellow members....change the fuel filter...for £35 it's worth every penny and  its a piece of cake.  Sitting stranded on the inside lane of a motorway is damn scary and could cost you your life!!

Paul- thank you for  your advice and help, I wonder if I picked up some poor fuel, might stick some Redex in the tank,just to make sure it's not got through to the injectors. Can't do any harm can it? Used to use it on my Accord religiously, haven't so far with the xf... anyone else use it as a matter of course?

Glad to hear it was easy to sort out..I think low pressure causes the pump relay to de-energize, Hence no warning! Try using Millers diesel fuel additive plus purchase a good branded diesel not some supermarket brands as these have a high bio content (Bio content should? be shown on the pump) As this blocks filters.

3 hours ago, Keefster14 said:

Hi, had the rear seat up and been underneath the swab, just looms, no connectors at all...wonder if Im looking I  the right place?

Try lifting up the plastic o/s/r inner sill trim it just pulls up on clips there be a flat connector under the back end of that  + pull the round black cover off there's also a connector on the pump as shown in the photo

23 hours ago, Keefster14 said:

Hi, looking for some help guys...desperately. 

61 xf 3.0d , last night on M4, pulled out to overtake at about 75-80, red triangle, engine system warning message. Car died,didn't even go to limp mode..managed to get to inside lane, couldn't get to hard shoulder cos it was barriered off! Traffic officers , police, very dangerous situation. ...

Anyway traffic guys stopped all traffic,told me to get in and he'd push it 50 yards to hard shoulder, however, warning light had gone off, car started and drove it to safety of hardshoulder. Awaited recovery, had orange engine icon on dash but no red triangle. Ten minutes later, turned ignition on, engine icon had also gone off, car starts,sounds OK,  no warnings.  Got it recovered home. 

Ideas gents? Bit of trawling on the net has me leaning towards fuel filter. ...With no warning lights on, will it have logged a fault if I have the codes read.?

Car was serviced in past month, not dealer,  also had a mass air flow valve replaced just before Xmas. 

70k on the clock

Thanks in advance 

Might be the pump wiring connector under the O/S of the rear seat swab..Disconnect the battery (DON'T close the boot otherwise you have to use the emergency key blade to open again) Under the front of the rear seat each side are 2 sprung clips..Lift one side and place something under it and the same with the other side..lift the seat swab up and prop up with something under it.. You will see a connector might have gaffa tape holding to the floor pan..Pull the connector apart and squirt some WD40 as these connectors are know to be problematic..The only other ideas I have are like you said filter or pump relay.

On 1/24/2016 at 11:09 AM, Raistlin said:

Well, I've finally run out of these splices because of the jobs I do on 75/ZT and Jaguars.

Unfortunately, I can't remember where I got them from.

I certainly don't intend to pay the prices quoted by JLR dealers etc so was wondering whether anybody had seen them for sale online please?

I'm sure I bought my last batch from RS-Online but I can't seem to find them and all my previous purchase records went West when they "updated" their site.

Thanks :)

I bought these water proof ones for my boat off ebay. I imported them from china..Few pence each and took less than a week to arrive.

12 hours ago, Colin_Hol said:

Hi All

I have 2006 stype 2.7 diesel 840000 on the clock

i have searched but cannot find anything on this

I need to replace the drivers side rhs (UK) egr valve p0402 its faulty was sticking so cleaned it in situ and the MAS sensor but still 'restricted performance' , however during the couple of weeks when trhe weather was below or close to freezing it was fine.

managed to remove the egr outlet pipe.

I've unplugged the old one  and tried the replacement ( placed it on the side ) and there is no restricted performance indication & running the engine it actuates then on shutdown it runs through its little cycle before it closes, as soon as I plus it back into the old one restricted performance comes up.

now i have looked at the manual but it is quite devoid of 'how to'

is the removal done from above the engine bay ? or do you have to remove the inner wheel arches ? or below the car ?

the bolts are almost impossible to get to the 3 off (8mm) that secure the egr valve body to the block ( as the suspension turret is in the way),let alone the egr inlet pipe bolts at the back of the block/head

has anyone actually removed and replaced the egr on their s type ? could someone please give me some 'how to ' tips from first hand experience ie how to over come the 2 small metal pipes that run along side it plus the large pipes behind the deadening material

Colin

 

As Peter says? Try using a fuel additive in each tank full of diesel. I use Millers diesel ecomax. Also it may be worth changing where you purchase the fuel from? Super market prices look attractive but usually contain a high bio content (By law it should be listed on the pump) It also may be worth renewing the fuel filter and changing the engine Oil and filter in case the EGR problem has allowed diesel to contaminate it. Finally you could try disconnecting the battery for 15 mins and ground the car to earth which might reset the ECU.

12 hours ago, Raistlin said:

The powerfolds suffer from dis-similar metal corrosion at the pivot bearing and once freed off as per Keith's advice above, can do with an occasional spray of lithium grease into the pivot (no need to remove the covers) plus operating them frequently.

 I know I've said this before, but having them setup to extend and retract automatically when the car is locked and unlocked really does keep them moving freely.

Care is needed in this weather if left on auto fold that they don't freeze up over night and the motor burns out trying to unfold them

Suggest owners of xf saloon models upto 6 years old, Check carefully along the top and bottom of the stainless steel boot moulding for signs of paint defects in the form of very small spiders or paint bubbles? Due a gasket being left off during production and collecting water under the moulding..And have the boot resprayed FOC under Jaguars 6 year corrosion warranty. I have just returned from a dealers as friend dropped his car off to have this problem repaired and walking around there sales stock see three 60 plate & one 61 plate models showing paint defects along this moulding.

On 9/6/2013 at 0:10 PM, TEDLAW said:

I have just bought a new XF Sportbrake and opted not to have the built in SatNav as it did not give speed camera warnings. However I now find that my new TomTom Go Live 1005 keeps losing the GPS signals and freezing which is may be caused by the Thermic windscreen. Any advice on how to overcome this problem?

Try mounting it on the ash tray / coin lid my works fine there! If so? Open the lid and find a way to support it above the 12v power point. (I made a pedestal using the SatNav plug  as a base or you could see if the suction mount will stick to the underside of the open lid) Only reason I have one as a back up Jaguar's SatNav doesn't always recognise post codes.

Care needs to be taken if adding speed/safety camera to SatNav's warnings if intend to travel in France that you can remove it! Cops favourite sport there is waiting for UK cars using SatNav's and handing out fines if they find any data base disabled or not  containing speed camera locations.

10 hours ago, DaveWatto said:

Thanks very much Growler. Do you guys know the following -

1/ The blind spot detector, I assume that's standard on the Portfolio S model?

2/ Not sure if the lights are the adaptive type, but does this model have the cornering lights, which many cars now have?

A couple I've seen just FYI -

http://used.jaguar.co.uk/search/#/details/2647981

http://used.jaguar.co.uk/search/#/details/2647840

Cheers

Watto

 

 

 

I think you will have trouble finding one as most were the reserve of the 5.0 XFS-R model. In my opinion? The only worthwhile upgrades is Adaptive cruise & heated wheel

10 hours ago, KEN33Y said:

Hate my brother, he has just bought  a brand spanking new 5ltr Jaguar F Type 550 bhp. Took me for a spin wow

Look on the bright side Ken, In a few months time your brother will be hating himself and wishing he saved his money to buy the new 200mph F-Type SVR.

On 9/20/2015 at 8:57 PM, F-Pacey said:

Well the car was publicly launched this week.

 

JLR have a configurator up and running.

 

There is a special First Edition model priced at C£65k, but being familiar with JLR products and their options, I think it's a no no for me.

 

I will have a look at the S V6 diesel, which measures up closely to my Range Rover.

 

If only we could see a production car, I hate this ordering an unknown vehicle, though I have a pretty good idea of what to expect.

£65k You can get an Audi SQ5 Fully loaded for less than that! Plus the 0-60 dash is quicker than the diesels Jaguar offer. 1st production run vehicles are always problematic and owners are used as guinea pigs to iron out niggles?

On 1/27/2016 at 7:00 AM, Schbrenk said:

car drove perfectly well on saturday very responsive on acceleration ....sunday however ,reversed of drive pulled away from junction no acceleration totally flat .phoned rac .discovered egr valve stuck open left side . so put it in for repair to be told right side egr valve has been stuck open for some time and very sooted up and the left one had just failed also dpf filter is choked up its  beyond repair . no warning given on dash no engine warning lights ,cant understand how it drove so well with one egr stuck open . think i may have an ECU fault as well????? any advise would be greatly appreciated ,as begining to regret buying the car. would it be worth blanking them of .

Sounds like the previous owner? Or dealer? Had problems and has had the EGR in the ECU de-activated but left the EGR valves open to recirculate (not fitted blanking plates) If no warning light seen prior to your problems. You be able to find replacement valves offered on eBay..The DPF filters it may be worth seeing if they can be sonic cleaned before buying replacements (can get aftermarket replacements) Your Sump Oil will probably be full of diesel plus it worth checking the intercooler. When changing sump Oil it's worth leaving a half a litre short of recommended refill amounts. Unless you do frequent motorway journeys buy a branded fuel and not a cheap supermarket fuel which will have a high bio content. If used on short journeys it might be worth using a fuel additive.

Though illegal now it may be worth having your EGR valves blanked and the ECU program de-activated properly then sort the DPF filters problem so there still visually in place for the MOT test. Unless there is excessive smoke when revved it will still pass.

20 hours ago, DaveWatto said:

Evening guys.

I'm looking to get a 2013/4 XF SportBrake S Portfolio. However, I'm very confused on what is standard and what are the extras, the sellers are offering. 

Anyone know a place I can see what the 2013/4 Specs were please?

 

Thanks

 

Dave Watto

Extras: Metallic paint..Wheel styles..Adaptive cruise control..Heated steering wheel..Two tone seats..Sun roof..TV..Are above STD factory spec.

Diesel brake boosters are none vacuum operated. How much brake peddle creep is acceptable? Holding mine on the foot brake with just moderate pressure applied the peddle will quickly sink to the floor! Jaguar are saying, Though mine only needs moderate pressure it is still within factory standards? I seem to remember in the USA some owners were complaining and an anti creep valve was being fitted FOC to the brake booster. Jaguar UK are saying they have no knowledge of this modification being fitted.

Not all us A40 owners are that violent Peter..I leave that up to the wife

11 hours ago, Ian Manning said:

You may be interested in an email exchange I had with Superchips regarding a Bluefin for my 2015 model XF 2.2 200.

Cheers, 

Ian

'Hi Ian,

Thank you for your enquiry.

I can say 100% that we DO NOT have to remove the ECU, the whole process
is achieved through the OBD port on the Bluefin for the XF 2.2d 200PS.

The forum chaps are on to something - most other tuner's have to remove
the ECU to remap all flavours of the XF. As with everything on forums
though, worth taking with a pinch of salt and asking the source rather
than trusting hearsay. Some of the other XFs with different ECUs do
require the removal first to work with Bluefin, but not the 2.2d, which
is where your confusion on our website might arise. 

No worries, all hair intact - you've asked a reasonable question, and
hopefully my response is reasonable too :) If you have any further
questions please come back to me.

Best regards,
Graeme



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Buckingham
Bucks
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http://www.mybluefin.co.uk

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From: Ian Manning [mailto:iwm4@icloud.com] 
Sent: 18 January 2016 18:35
To: Sales
Subject: Bluefin for Jaguar XF 2.2D 200

Dear Superchips,

Are you able to confirm unequivocally that with the Bluefin I can
re-chip my XF WITHOUT removing, opening or touching the ECU? It is clear
that this is implied (stated even) on your website. People on the Jaguar
Owners Club website are still saying that physical removal of the ECU is
necessary. Sorry if this makes you want to tear your hair out!

Many thanks,
Ian Manning
iwm4@yahoo.co.uk

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Stand corrected Yes your right all 4 pots use the Ford ECU..All 6-8 pots will need the to be ECU enabled

On 8/31/2013 at 6:49 PM, Ralphiespal said:

Hi there ,

I'm a newbie to this club having just swapped my Merc. 270 Cdi for a XF Luxury S  facelift model (61 plate). Can anybody tell me how the satnav is updated.and how do I get a memory stick of my music to work in this car. I'm really missing Frank and Ella. Oh and what a fab car I haven't stopped grinning yet........ but soon will do if I can't get the USB gizmo working. Replies in normal English please I'm not good at shorts and anagrams. 

Hi Dave..The Satnav is on a hard drive on the facelift XF 'That's the reason you can play a DVD' Mine was updated FOC to 16 spec at a recent major service. If you purchased the car from a main Jaguar dealer it may be worth asking if as part of 'good will' to do this for you. Also as the car is over 3 years old to keep there customers Jaguar offer a £199.00 servicing deal. As for the USB stick I have know idea? In my wife's Audi (Sorry for using a swear word )It just plugs into a lead in the glove box

I'm learning polish!.. DO NOT USE THAT 150psi POWER WASHER ON MY FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS!..

On my XF (1) I have fitted front wind defectors. Will say they don't defect any wind lol! But worth there weight in gold by allowing the front windows to be dropped by 2" even in the worst of weather as before if open slightly in the rain the sweep of the wipers the rain ran around the A pillar into the window and straight onto the armrest window and mirror switches. (2) Is my DOD LS460W dash cam which has no problem picking up a GPS through the heated screen.

Thanks Peter, Sadly since July 15 the Sportbrake model production has ceased. Best Regards Paul