Hi,

Just had an e mail from David Marks. They use Millers Transax 75/80 but also says any good synthetic oil of that weight would be suitable.

regards
ian

Hi Paul, I only drive the car in summer. Dave Marks did the Gearbox Oil & Filter change a few years ago and I'm having the Diff. Oil changed this month. At my age and the amount of miles I cover these are one of's and won't be getting done by me again. I'm a retired Aircraft Electronic Engineer and ...

Hi all, I had a similar problem a few years ago. The worm drive had slipped out of position and therefore no disc selection possible. If you type into GOOGLE "xj8 cd player worm drive" or similar you should find the information to fix this, plenty of photo's and step by step guide on how to do the r...

Hi all, After much research eventually went with Shell TS90 Super Oil (Jaguar Pt.no. JLM2037) purchased from OPIE oils (£13 per litre). According to Spec. specifficaly made for Jaguar XJ,XJR,XK etc. Still can't believe that a company like Jaguar (Ford) can design "sealed for life oil items" i.e. Tra...

Hi Ian,

Nice site. I'm looking for a good substitute for the Spirax.

regards

Ian

Hi, Does anyone know what a good replacement diff. oil for an xj308 would be? I see one post where David Marks has replied; saying he uses, quote "TRX SYNTH I think" unquote. Could someone please be more specific. I tried an oil supply outlet as David recommended , but they weren't too specific eith...

Hi,

Now March 2013 and gearbox fine.

Ian

Hi, Now March 2012 and GEARBOX still behaving itself. I now believe that I had two faults at the same time. 1 Faulty battery. 2 Gearbox problem. I also now beieve that the gearbox fault was due to a dirty rotary gearbox switch as the problem was showing up on switch on and not in gear. Fault cleared...

Hi,

Oil & filter changed by DM at about 98K miles.
At time of writing car running smoothly and no fault indication on ANY functions.

regards

Ian

Hi again,

Several other "fault indications" ABS, etc. also started to appear intermittently.

I have changed the battery (old one at least 5 years old) symptoms now gone and car appears to run a lot smoother.

regards

Ian

Hi Dave,

Many thanks for your reply will keep in mind CFS, however, car running perfectly at the moment. Computers?

regards

Ian

Hi, 2000my automatic 101,000 miles covered. Recent intermittent "gearbox fault" indication on display panel. When drive selected with fault indication showing selector goes in with a "thump" and could hardly move forward on a slight incline. When car started in neutral, fault not apparent. Gearbox o...