My name is Aidan Killian
I have a 1999 XJ8 3.2 with 124k on the clock.
It has an AJ27 nikasil engine, which seems to be going fine.
I bought it in 2001 and it was very reliable up until 2009 when:
The stability control unit went
The timing tensioners went
Both cylinder head gaskets went

Needless to say I now use an independant Jaguar specialist:
Tom Lenthall, near Reading. I find him very good.

Please do not delete my account; I spend a lot of time online in places like this trying to figure out what is wrong with my Jag.

 

God bless eBay! Its the only reason I still have my Jag.

 

Why would we delete your account? If you don't do anything wrong, AND you are a reasonably regular poster (a couple or three per month), would give us no reason to.

So, Welcome to the forum, sounds like you have recently had a bit of a time of things.

You have finally found one of the best places for good tech' advice about your Jag + some off the wall stuff over in the Off Topic section.

 

Hi Jaidank,
Welcome to the Forum and hope you enjoy all the information available.
Nice to see another fellow UK member.
Regards,
Inver.

PS I'm making an assumption here Ascot Berkshire UK? I.

 

Hey jaidank, welcome aboard, good to have you here on one of the friendliest forums around!
Please get some posts in, we don't wanna lose you to the pruning!

There's some great members here, techs are the best and always plenty going on.....check out the off topic section / detailing section and regional sections too!

I've manually upgraded you to Full forum access so you can better enjoy all the sites features

 

Welcome to the forum!

 

WElcome, should you post and log in why we delete your account
And also you can also try buying parts from our vendors and you get a discount code for it too

 

My trusty x308 developed a bottom end knock and is gone to the big scrapyard in the sky (well, Wokingham, Berkshire, UK to be precise).
After a few months driving my backup car, I now own a 2000 x200 (3.0 V6 SEs) with all the goodies and only 70k miles.
It had spent 5 years sitting in a nice dry garage.
I am working my way through some teething problems:
misfire (oil on plug insulator) done
steering column electronics (disconnected when hand controls fitted) done
bad rear door lock (part sourced but struggling to fit)
de-laminated crankshaft pulley (looking for Ford, Lincoln or aftermarket alternative)

 

Welcome back from ElinorB.
(';')

 

Welcome back aboard.

 

Welcome back to the forum jaidank,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

As you've been a member longer than I have, you shouldn't need a link from me to the S-Type forum. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

Welcome back

 

Welcome back.

 

welcome back to the forum - enjoy!!

 

Welcome back to Jaguar Forums Aidan,

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.
If you need help with getting around and using the forum follow this link for some help Forum Help

 

Thanks everybody!
I never really left; I always found this forum invaluable as I kept my beloved x308 on the road; I just never posted much because everybody else seemed more knowledgeable.

 

Hi and welcome aboard, its 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, using the
search facility etc, can be found here within the following link Using JF "How To"

There are lots of members local to you with the same interests with info on local dealers and possible meets.
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Time moves on and I now have a second S Type, another 3.0 V6 (this time 2005 face lift, bought from my son who could not afford to run it).
I have take the mileage up to 86k miles and have retrofitted a CD changer, X Type bluetooth and voice.
(Jeremy Clarkson is full of sh*t; I am finding Jaguar voice great; reading the manual did not hurt though).
My next project is Jaguar sat nav retrofit (I know, the maps stop at 2011/2012) inspired by this forum.
I still have my 2000 S Type too; its just too nice to let go.

 

Welcome back Aidan,

I see the occasional post from you in S-Type forum. Good to hear you are still enjoying Jaguars.

Graham