Just did and nothing dramatic happened. Car sounded the same with and without the AC on. When I turned the AC off there were some clicking noises that sounded normal-ish to me.

Bad smell started pretty quickly; car was on for about 60 seconds.

 

I guess I would check out the belts.
Apparently the SC belt is due for replacement on a 2014.

 

Tow truck took it to my indy shop; hopefully they'll get into it tomorrow.

As always will advise the hive of how it progresses.

 

Shop just called; $3000 all in for a new compressor and another A/C related widget. Parts tomorrow, probably done by Thursday or Friday.

I've had Jaguars before....I know the drill....but I've had this car 4 months. New battery, new front brakes, and now this.

 

Hope you did not pay too much for the car!!

 

Continues to be great. The usual attention from miscellaneous and sundry people.

Has anybody just stuck with the plastic coolant pipes? I understand the preventative aspect, but wondering how many owners have NOT had a problem with the plastic pipes.

 

Yep, I am still running all the original plastic pipes from when the car was built in Oct 2014 so that's the crappy two-piece pipes. All except the expansion tank overflow pipe, that cracked and I replaced it a few years ago. No problems (yet!) with any other part of the coolant system.
Only 74,000 km mind you and doesn't get driven much these days and hardly ever in anger.

 

Keep in mind there are two types of factory plastic pipes. The original style with a seam that have been known to fail and the revised seamless ones. I don't think I have seen anyone reported issues with the revised versions. 2018 F-Types built late in the model year got the revised version.

 

Don't forget that these engines have been used in Land Rover and Jag cars for years. I had all the plastic pipes in my 2010 V8 5.0 SC. 12 yrs and over 80k miles and I only replaced a couple when needed. Regular maintenance and monitoring is important though.

Also had a 5.0 V8 AJ133 in the Land Rover. Well over 100k miles and never any plastic pipe issues. 2 coolant pumps though!

Got a v6 SC Land Rover now. Pushing 90k miles and zero issues

So maybe I got lucky. But I don't know that preventative replacement of them all is necessary. I tried to get my dealer to do it when the cooling pump went and they felt it was better to monitor and not dig into it if it's all working as intended

So - not sure I have a strong view one way or the other. Just my observations.

 

Your story (Dealer's story) gets more weird by the day!!
I notice that you started another thread and indicated that your car is left hand drive.
What JLR dealer in CA would be selling a LH drive vehicle and do a "buy-back" at 20K miles.
Where did you car come from?
Does it even have the US 5 year warranty?
Hope all is good but certainly seems odder by the day!!

 

Did you mean RH drive?

 

No, the OP stated LH drive (opposite of US RH drive) meaning steering wheel on RHS.
So where did the car come from??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_...t-hand_traffic

 

In the UK left hand drive means the driver drives on the left side of the car (and hence on the right hand side of the road).

 

I've been around Jags in the US since I was a little kid. RHD, or right hand drive, means the steering wheel is on the right, like in the UK or Japan. LHD is most of the rest of the world. When used in the context of a car, it doesn't refer to the side of the rode that you drive on. My father currently owns a RHD Daimler that was imported from England in the 70s.

Postal workers in rural areas can special order RHD Jeeps for their mail delivery routes.

https://www.carfax.com/Used-Jeep-Wra...port-RHD_t2508

 

LH drive and RH drive are different!!
The L/R reference relates to which side of the road the car travels, not which side the steering wheel is fitted.
RHD (US) wheel is on the RHS when viewed from front or LHS when seated in car.
Conversely, LHD (UK, etc) wheel is on the LHS when viewed from front or RHS when seated in car.
This is true whether you own a Jag or a 16 wheeler.
I do agree that there is confusion between the terms
Perhaps the OP will sort this out??

 

You’re conflating RHT (Right-hand Traffic) and RHD (Right-hand Drive)…


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_...0anticlockwise.

 

You are at odds with the rest of the world. RHD means right hand drive, or steering wheel on the right.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/...ght-hand-drive

Meaning of right-hand drive in English

right-hand drive
adjective
US /ˌraɪt.hænd ˈdraɪv/ UK /ˌraɪt.hænd ˈdraɪv/
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A right-hand drive vehicle has the controls on the right side, and the vehicle is intended to be driven on the left side of the road.

 

I agree the terminology is a bit confusing but let's go back to the OP's posting where he states "left hand drive" car.
Presumably he only mentioned this fact because the car is unusual and intended to be driven on the LHS of the road.
Otherwise why was it even mentioned??

 

Because he knows people from across the pond are on the forum and he wanted to be unambiguous? Not unambiguous enough, it seems.

 

This is incorrect. It's where the steering wheel is located in the car. US is LHD.