Hi Everyone,

Just signed up today. I bought myself a really lovely blue/green XK8 on Saturday. It claims its blue on all the log books but appears to actually more green, any one any idea why that might be? It does look blue in sunlight, maybe thats it?

All well so far except 1 fault that I will raise in another more relevant thread, as I am fairly clueless when it comes to maintenance on cars.

I guess a bit about me, I'm Marc, 30 from S****horpe in North Lincolnshire. Car came from Manchester, but I think it has been living in Bradford. My first Jag, although my dad had about three when I was growing up.

 

Seems this site has a profanity filter on my towns name!

 

Car itself has a full Jaguar service history. It had an issue with tensioners in an earlier life and has had that part fixed.

Actual car itself can be found here, presuming facebook works properly!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

 

Welcome to the forum Marc,

Good to have you here with us at Jaguar Forums.

The forum does have a profanity filter hence the **** in your home town.

I know you've already found the XK8/XKR tech forum so no need for a link to it from me. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

For the exact colour of your car, post the three letter Paint and Trim codes from the Jaguar label on the passenger door pillar.



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Graham

 

Thanks Graham,

I think I have added the relevents bits. I will look for the paint code when I get chance. Its a brave new world of owning a Jaguar for the first time. I am just hoping stories about British car reliability woes have been exaggerated over the years!

Marc

 

Look for information in the XK8/XKR 'HOW TO/ FAQ's' on tensioners and cooling system. These are the two weaknesses on your model.

Graham

 

Luckily for me, the tensioners have been replaced at a Jaguar Specialist. I have the bills for it with my FJSH. Its the one big concern I had when looking for an XK8 that I had one with this work done already.

I will take a look at the guides though.

Marc

 

welcome to the forum and the Jag family - plenty of info and support here - by far the best tool in an owner's tool box. Nice looking coupe - enjoy!

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Marc,

Good to have you with us.
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Welcome to the forum. My guess it that your car is Antigua Blue, code JGZ, nice color and fairly rare in these parts. Nice that the tensioners are already done. The weakest parts I have found so far has been with the cooling system, Some of the plastic parts fail with age, thermostat tower, water pump, and of course all the various hoses. As soon as I replaced one part of the cooling system I found a leak somewhere else!

 

It'll cost you but you may want to change out the "A" drum in your transmission also. It's expensive but cheaper than waiting for it to go and you have to change the whole tranny. Check what year car you have and what year Jag decided to do away with this issue.

 

Hi and welcome aboard, its good to have you here with us here at Jaguarforums

Lol....The prfanity filter for Scun thorpe.
I used to do a lot of business down there, and was once sending an email re an order for Tarmac asphalt plant based in the steel works. That email would not go, got reports all over the place.

Yep, you guessed it was the towns name in the subject line that blocked it......for 3 days!

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Hi Guys,

Thanks for the warm welcome. I should be familiar with filters on the internet, as its part of my job to block inappropriate content on websites and emails in schools. I guess its just a novelty to have it happen to me when I usually cause it to happen to other people!

I plan on having a mechanic have a proper look over my car as soon as possible to see if they can find any issues. He has one of these himself, so should know what to look for.

Marc

 

I do have a question though. If I want to add my car to my signature block, does the website automatically shrink it, or do I need to find a way to shrink my photo?

 

you have to shrink the pic.

 

Hi Marc,

Welcome to the forum. My curiosity about what your town's name might be eventually led me to

S****horpe problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's nice to be famous for something, I guess!