I have owned three Jaguars over the past 30 years, the latest being the 2005 XKR X300. Regular Oil and water care and maintenance and they will run forever. I have covered over 500K miles in the XJ6 (two of them 200K each ) and XKR (over 100K) and driven many times across Europe. They are very economical cars to drive and maintain. Any competent owner can service them or get them serviced unless you neglect basic things. I have also owned Volvo, Ford , MG and Lotus and Jaguar and Land Rovers. Jaguar have given least trouble.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I have only had my XK8 for a bit over a year now and based on what I've learned about the car, I am not surprised that you see them just as reliable and easily serviceable. Enjoy!
I also have the xk8 / 2001 and agree with you, but changing the "oktoposy" hose on the rear side of the engine (firewall) is very very difficult. Thanks for showing the video. Regards Udo from Germany
I have an XKR from 1998, owning since 2017 not much issue. SC AJ26 in it. Covered in the last 7years around 10 000km and now 237 000 on the clock. In 2020 SC got an oil service, I use 5w-40 or 10w-40 Castrol engine oils. The car has high milage but there is no oil dripping or anything from anywhere. The bottom of the car is completely dry. Haven't changed the diff oil yet. That must be the next thing I guess. Changed the engine coolant about a year ago. All coolant hoses are fine, no leaks. Most likely a lot of things have already been replaced to keep it on the road before 2017 and that is why I don't experience anything OR the former owners used the car frequently and therefore no leaks appeared, all hoses remained flexible in the system. I am very pleased with the car. I have a 1993 R129 SL500 as well and I think they are comparable on service things. Both are relatively reliable and servicable. Though the XKR has more rust related issues...
Thank you for sharing! My impressions so far match your experience. It's interesting how, in a way, the XK8 defies most horror stories I've been hearing about Jaguars - how they are hard to maintain, expensive to maintain, unreliable, leak lots of oil from everywhere etc. I have a video on the Differential Fluid change. It was not hard, just don't rush it. Take your time. The key is to have some sort of electric way of sucking out the old fluid - don't do it by hand. ruclips.net/video/QqNXETxCICA/видео.html
@@2001JaguarXK8 thanks I will watch that for sure. At 10:44(in this video) your car is very clean. My AJ26SC has oil coming from there, so I have to clean the intake from time to time...
If you have oil being pushed out through the breather hose, you may want to consider installing an "oil catch can". I am not familiar with the supercharged engines, but there should be a way to reduce/eliminate any oil from entering the intake.
William, the AJ34 is even easier, the throttle body and ECM simpler. The EGR valve is a non-issue, much like an IAC.. yes the plastic parts in the engine bay are problematic. Install a catch can and stop all the oil from fouling your intake. Octopus hose is a pain.
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I have owned three Jaguars over the past 30 years, the latest being the 2005 XKR X300. Regular Oil and water care and maintenance and they will run forever.
I have covered over 500K miles in the XJ6 (two of them 200K each ) and XKR (over 100K) and driven many times across Europe. They are very economical cars to drive and maintain. Any competent owner can service them or get them serviced unless you neglect basic things.
I have also owned Volvo, Ford , MG and Lotus and Jaguar and Land Rovers. Jaguar have given least trouble.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I have only had my XK8 for a bit over a year now and based on what I've learned about the car, I am not surprised that you see them just as reliable and easily serviceable. Enjoy!
My XJ8 X308 is giving you a 👍for this vid.
You should still clean the part load breather periodically but yes, the lack of PCV valve is nice.
I also have the xk8 / 2001 and agree with you, but changing the "oktoposy" hose on the rear side of the engine (firewall) is very very difficult. Thanks for showing the video. Regards Udo from Germany
I will be mentioning the octopus hose in my next video, along with other common failure points :)
I have an XKR from 1998, owning since 2017 not much issue. SC AJ26 in it. Covered in the last 7years around 10 000km and now 237 000 on the clock. In 2020 SC got an oil service, I use 5w-40 or 10w-40 Castrol engine oils. The car has high milage but there is no oil dripping or anything from anywhere. The bottom of the car is completely dry. Haven't changed the diff oil yet. That must be the next thing I guess. Changed the engine coolant about a year ago. All coolant hoses are fine, no leaks. Most likely a lot of things have already been replaced to keep it on the road before 2017 and that is why I don't experience anything OR the former owners used the car frequently and therefore no leaks appeared, all hoses remained flexible in the system. I am very pleased with the car. I have a 1993 R129 SL500 as well and I think they are comparable on service things. Both are relatively reliable and servicable. Though the XKR has more rust related issues...
Thank you for sharing! My impressions so far match your experience. It's interesting how, in a way, the XK8 defies most horror stories I've been hearing about Jaguars - how they are hard to maintain, expensive to maintain, unreliable, leak lots of oil from everywhere etc.
I have a video on the Differential Fluid change. It was not hard, just don't rush it. Take your time. The key is to have some sort of electric way of sucking out the old fluid - don't do it by hand. ruclips.net/video/QqNXETxCICA/видео.html
@@2001JaguarXK8 thanks I will watch that for sure. At 10:44(in this video) your car is very clean. My AJ26SC has oil coming from there, so I have to clean the intake from time to time...
If you have oil being pushed out through the breather hose, you may want to consider installing an "oil catch can". I am not familiar with the supercharged engines, but there should be a way to reduce/eliminate any oil from entering the intake.
William, the AJ34 is even easier, the throttle body and ECM simpler. The EGR valve is a non-issue, much like an IAC.. yes the plastic parts in the engine bay are problematic. Install a catch can and stop all the oil from fouling your intake. Octopus hose is a pain.
Gary, no need for a catch can, no oil in the intake at all - at least on my vehicle. Watch from 10:56 in the video :)
Great video 🎉
Thank you!