Any of you f-type guys attempted the diy supercharged oil change ?

 

Haven’t done it myself yet, but t planning to do it at 50-75k miles. Shouldn’t be too hard. To get access to the fill hole, you’ll need to remove the intake crossover tube and also the SC drive belt to gain access. Make certain you use the correct (metric) Allen wrench to remove the plug, otherwise you’ll bugger up the plug. You’ll need a socket drive wrench since it’ll take a lot more than just an Allen key to break the plug loose.

 

Not so fast there Lance, I'm 99% sure that on the F-Type an SC oil change means the SC itself must come off - right off.
Coz the oil drain/fill plug is on the rear underside of the SC.
There is a post around here somewhere where Cambo put up pics of the V8 SC (Eaton TVS R1900) showing this, and the V6 SC (Eaton TVS R1320) is the same.

 

Supposedly, procedure is to take SC off to change oil, but I read somewhere that if you have small hands you can do it with a turkey blaster.

 

See this for interesting read: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...l-x351-215444/

 

Very interesting. All of the previous Eaton’s I’ve seen had the drain plug in front just to the side of the nose. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll need to go on walk about in the rear of the engine compartment to see if access to the plug can be had from the back.

 

Careful there Lance, you just appropriated an Australian Aboriginal term!
And it's walkabout all one word.

 

Yessir. Had it written that way and the
Murican spellcheck gagged on it.

 

You must mean one of these:




I remember from my childhood watching Bugs Bunny cartoons where this was the weapon of choice for blasting turkeys.

 

LOL. Personally, I’d opt for a turkey baster. Again, took me 4 times before spellcheck would let me enter the right word. SinF, you’re off the hook.

Here is the tool for the job:

Can be used to evacuate or to fill.

 

I've changed mines. But I only did it because I had the charger out. What you suck out with the syringe, you just put back to same amount with fresh oil.

 

I am currently attempting this on my xkr 5.l . (see my thread on the xkr section ) With the supercharged unit still in the car . The supercharged belt drive is at the front of my engine and the drain/fill plug is at the back . I was led to believe that all the 5l jaguar and RR model engines are the same . IE xf , xkr, xkr-s , x351 , and Ftype also Range rover and range rover sport all share the same engine and lay out .

 

Yep, all the same engine (AJ133 SC) and all the same supercharger (Eaton TVS 1900R).

 

I learned recently that the aboriginal word "boo" means to return, because when you throw an ordinary meringue ...

 

That’s assuming there’s been no loss. You should put back just enough to get the level up to the bottom of the fill hole.

 

Thanks OzXFR . Just done the change , And took car for a quick run . No problems . Will check for leaks later once engine has cooled then bolt all back together if all ok

 

See XKR section for full update

 

Looked at that thread. Wow you are very determined. Looks like it was a royal PITA.

 

Well done George you have proven that it can be done without removing the SC.
But what a pig of a job, no way I will be trying this any time soon!

 

Thanks guys , Yes a right PITA of a job to do . I had walked away from it a few times lol , But got their in the end . Would i do it again NO