Hi All, Like a lot I have had all of these problems and it is interesting that one of you was at a car wash! I kept getting them intermittantly until one day I parked outside my home and washed her down on getting in and turning on got the ASC, Trac Control and ABS messages with the ABS light on. Re...

Approx £160 each ! I bought new batteries £1.99 and recoding instructions on e bay - 99p. Voila! job done for under three quid. Strange this, I have had to change batteries twice or three times, owned her for 7 years now, on two fobs (the handbook suggests they should be changed bi-annually) and ne...

Why use a different makers paint code when you can buy the correct 'Dorchester Grey' Jaguar colour from any good paint supplier (such as CARS) in aerosols, touch up or the full tin? Just don't see the point.

Bas

Quite right Nik, however it is not only Tesco's down here that have had the duff fuel delivered, they are the only ones accepting responsibility though, as it was delivered to Asdas, Morissons and Waitrose (which is bannered BP) as well as some other independants. All were supplied from the same Thu...

This is not an uncommon problem and is one that I have successfully corrected at no cost. If you carefully lever out the mirror housing you will (probably) find that the small open 'U' clips that are an interference fit into plastic have become dislodged, take care as you remove the mirror housing a...

Hi All, I've been with Esure subsidery First Alternative for the past three years, was directed to them by Esure as at the time they would not cover high power cars, they gave the best price £276 full comp driver and spouse and protected no claims. Just got a letter from them saying all insurance bu...

For what it is worth I have tried both, can tell no difference, though others swear they can. I'll go a stage further I now only use Tesco's petrol in mine as there was absolutely no difference in performance and quality of running, just cheaper to buy!!

Mike,

Were the tensioners changed just the secondaries or did you have the primaries and chains changed too, as the price you have paid seems good for doing the whole job and the water pump?

P.

I would budget to definately change the water pump and thermostat regardless of whether you think they may be ok on your model, for the cost of them about £60 for the pump and £18 for the stat plus the anti freeze and an hours work it just isn't worth the chance of leving it mine broke up and the en...

There is a large grommet with a small breather pipe sized hole behind where the battery sits i.e. towards the front of the car, near to and closer to the battery towards the offside, next to where the wiring loom goes through the boot floor. No it doesn't just dangle.

Bas

Richard, I'm afraid myquest did not give you the correct information to reset the window lifts. You must lower the window and HOLD the switch in the down position for 6 secs to set the memory in the module, you then raise the window and HOLD the switch in the raise position for 6 secs to set the up ...

I have just replaced my XK8 electrochromic interior mirror with one from an XJ8, make sure the connection plug is the same type size and colour as there are at least four plug and socket combinations that I know of and whilst it is easy to remove the wires from one plug to the other they also have d...

I'd check out the prices on

http://ardkeen.ie/universalparkingsystems/index.html

under products before buying anywhere else, they have some very sophisticated ones from £35 up.

Hi All,

My XK8, early 96 Nikisil with 92000mls on, doesn't burn any at all between oil changes it is always up to the full mark and is smooth as silk, oil changed every 5000mls with Duckhams Fully Synthetic.

For interest my XK XJ information came from www.jagweb.com/aj6eng/v8_performance.html

Section V8 Performance first page paragraph 11.