Greetings everyone,
My name is Bob Gold, I live in Escondido, California and my car is a 1998 Jaguar VDP with 159,000 miles on it. I'm the forth owner, bought it from a fellow in Las Vegas, Nevada a few years ago.
I had to do the chain tensioner total replacement and she's behaving herself now. (More or less) I'm having to replace the front upper shock bushings, and I've got to fiddle with the float in the water reservoir so the warning light goes out.
When I did the tensioner job I also replaced all the water hoses, installed a rebuilt water pump with a metal impeller, replaced the plastic thermostat housing and thermostat with an aluminum one. About $1,600 in parts at wholesale.
Right now I have some more problems to deal with, a whining in the left rear which I suspect is wheel bearings and I have to take the ABS apart and check for bad solder joints. (I've seen the fine tutorial on this site to do this)
Well, that's all for now,
Bob Gold

 

Welcome to the forum Bob,

I've moved your Intro to its own new thread.

It sounds like you already know your way around here but if not, follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xj-x308-xj8-xjr-27/ to the X308 section for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top there is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

Remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User CP button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.

You may also like to visit the US Western Region section by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/regional-34/ to find other members in your region.

Enjoy the forum.

Graham You look to be working your way through the usual weaknesses on the

 

Welcome to this friendly Forum, Bob, obviously getting the old girl under control.
Follow Graham's advice and enjoy your membership here.

 

Welcome to the forum Bob,
Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum

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

 

Hey Bob and welcome aboard....... good to have you here with us here at Jaguarforums

Any useful site information you may need such as how to post pictures, edit signatures, add videos,
use the search facility etc, can be found here within the following link Helpful_information

Please also take the time to check out the regional section for your area!
There are lots of members local to you with the same interests with info on local dealers and possible meets.
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I've manually upgraded you to Full forum access so you can better view the site and all its features
Please Jump on in and enjoy the site.................