During the extremely cold weather last winter, our area reached a record UK low of -19C. I wasn't too sure that antifreeze would work at this low temperature. We had been warned by the forecasts, so late that evening I ran the engines of both our cars up to temperature and then wrapped them up well ...

Hi Mike, I gave it a good workout this weekend and it does seem we have hit the right spot. The transmission is back to being as silent as a Jaguar is supposed to be. From what the garage said it wasn't something that happens very often as they hadn't come across it before, however, it does show how...

Thanks for that Mike; exhaust was my first thought too and I expressed that fairly strongly to the garage. There has been some progress now though that members might like to hear about. The garage did check the exhausts thoroughly and then used a gadget called Chassis Ears (Jaguar toy I think) that ...

I have a 4 litre 2001 XK8 convertible that has done 45000 miles and recently it has been making a noise between 40 and 50 mph. It happens under light load in top gear at a steady speed and sounds a bit like an exhaust resonance, although a Jaguar mechanic in the passenger seat did say it sounded a b...

My vote is with Phoenix Red too although the tan hood takes some keeping clean. Mine has the same effect on the fairer sex

Here is a little tip to help with misting headlights that was given out at the XK8 meeting at Castle Bromwich last month. There is a clear plastic access cover on top of the casing of each light (I assume it is for changing light bulbs but haven't had to do that yet). The recommendation was to get t...

HI Scriv and belated welcome. The other guys have given you all the warnings about getting hooked on these cars (I have been approached by small boys and attractive women saying they love it - the car, not me). One little additional point on fuel consumption for you. Mine is a late 4.0 model and in ...

This one is a bit of a joke against me but it shows you can't discount any possibility when you are looking for those annoying bodywork buzzes. Earlier this year my soft top developed an annoying buzz/rattle that resonated at certain speeds. It seemed to be coming from the centre of the dashboard an...

It seems about time I updated everyone on this issue in case anyone else suffers from it in future. I took the car up to the XK8 day at Castle Bromwich last month as promised, and about the only comment I could get from the experts there when I asked about leaky door seals was "Oh yes they do that d...

Whoops, somehow this ended up as a new thead. It was supposed to be a reply to the petrol/diesel debate but the computer said no when I pressed the submit button. THen it took matters into its own hands and did it this way

Well it seems that Jaguars (well Fords in general) were immune to the Tesco fuel additive. My local dealer is next door to a Tesco and uses them for all their cars with no troubles, while my wife's Renault (which I happened to fill up one day at Tescos - so it is all my fault) was one of about 30 or...

Thanks to everyone for the inputs. I am following a strategy of masterly inactivity at the moment and keeping it in the dry as much as possible. I am going to take it to the forum meeting in April in the hope that something might emerge there. I'll give the talcum approach a try too (after getting t...

Welcome to the forum Nick, I hope you enjoy it. On the subject of local dealers, I bought mine from Merritts in Amersham and have always found them very thorough and helpful. They are a main agent so prices are standard Jaguar. Mrs H was won over by their habit of putting a large bunch of flowers in...

I just noticed that I have forgotten to report back on the squeak progress (I have been a bit distracted by the leaky door seal mentioned in another thread). I applied a small amount of the Halfords Silicone OIl and although it didn't work immediately, after a couple of days it seems to have settled...

Mike, Thanks for the input. My local dealer has just spent two days with the car applying a water test (at no charge - well done Merritts of Amersham) and for most of that time it stayed obstinately dry. They confirm your belief that the small hole at the base of the seal down the side of the windsc...