Hi all,

I'm pretty much a life long BMW owner and recently bought a 2002 XKR.

My husband who was an avid Jag owner had been looking for a 2005 XKR. Having found his car it presented the challenge of heading out to golf with the guys as his car fit just one. Big mistake for my man as I found myself trading my SUV for the day for his XKR many days in September and October so he could drive his pals.

Solution: Get my own and make the SUV the community car!

I never thought I would cheat on BMW North America, but I am loving my new (old) ride. This forum helped me identify issues, benefits and details that made decision making easy.

I'm thrilled to join this knowledge bank! ~Cheers~

 

Welcome to the forum Jag Vroom,

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Graham

 

Welcome.

Good choice of brand swap.

Enjoy the forum.

 

Welcome to this friendly Forum. We're always delighted to welcome converts from Bayerische Motoren Werke and I'm sure you'll never look back, particularly with an XKR.
Just check the date of engine (not car) manufacture. If it's after August 13th 2001 you have good timing chain tensioners, if before you need to worry. Any Jag dealer will give you the engine number from the VIN.

 

Welcome to the forum Jag Vroom,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

If you haven't already done so you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I had thought I was on easy street as I saw that was an issue to earlier models but didn't consider mid year production. So if I find out I have bad timing chain tensioner s what would be the fix? The car goes in next Tuesday. ...

 

If it's got the original plastic tensioners fitted, it's on borrowed time. Don't bring it out again until it has these replaced with the latest generation metal tensioners.

Graham

 

Will do! I truly love the look of this car and will ask the mechanic to make the change if they are plastic. I did reach a dealership today after your post and he could not help me out with the vin in determining engine built date. Our mechanic knows his stuff so I'm sure he will get this issued squared!

Dealership said car dispatched 9/15/01 and sold 11/30/01. I'm guessing I have a high chance of plastic.

 

I'm afraid that's right but best to find out while you've still got an engine.
Please keep us up to date via the XK8/R section (Graham's link)

 

Welcome Jag Vroom- you've come to the right place....a wealth of information here when you need it
Bruce

 

welcome aboard Jagvroom....... good to have you here with us here at Jaguarforums.

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