I have a 2000 jaguar XJR loud knocking noise coming from engine area car has 210k km on it took it to mechani they said it the s/c when I put my ear to the s/cu can tell it I but he said need to change the whole s/c is there any way around it please helpppp!!!!!

 

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Welcome to this friendly Forum.
Don't run the engine again.
It may be the secondary timing chain tensioners.
You'll find some info in the stickies for your car XJ ( X308 ) XJ8 / XJR - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum
and you'll find more detail here primary-and-secondary-tensioner-replacement-xj-xk8-xkr.pdf

 

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Dear Nas187 - As I also have a problem with a "knocking sound" on my XK8 from 1999 - please listen to my videos and tell me if the sound is similar??!!

I don't know what a s/cu is - but my servicerepair tells me it is the VTC - but they are not sure - I have had 5 different mechanics to have a look - and they more or less comes up with different answers. Anyway - please tell me what a s/cu us and let me know about the sound. The VTC is a 1000 $ spare-part and the repair time is around 12 hours.

Brgds

Niels Juul-Jensen

PS.: What a pity that Jaguar International doesn't make a pride in giving answers on these forums - they must have experienced mechanics that have been around!!!

Thanks in advance