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Hi All not sure if I've done the sensible thing but I needed a cheap-ish estate to get to work and back and came across a 05 1 previous owner X-type 2.0 diesel estate 117K miles with no rust ...so far....for not too much money.
Any way I'm an experienced electrical/mechanical engineer and and now working as an electrical engineer at a large factory in Essex UK.....but living in Suffolk UK.
The X type has a few problems ... the ubiquitous turbo problems (sticking VNT system ) and a noisy crank pulley , needs a brake re-build (front and back) and I suspect changing a few bushes and a bloody good service probable wouldn't go amiss--- all things I should be able address my-self ... the only fly in the ointment is that I's awaiting a hernia operation ...not really too painful now but not looking forward to the recovery afterwards when I cant get my hands dirty for a while..
To put all that in perspective recently my wife's much newer Citroen required me to replace the whole rear axle including suspension including making new brake lines + re-building the turbo and new oil pick-up and sump...to get it through the MOT !!!.....and I can already see I've going to have to do some serious welding for next years MOT.... from an engineers point of view If you want to see a car built to the lowest possible cost buy a Citroen.
Hope fully ( crosses fingers and every other appendage he can) the Jag wont be as bad as that....I do love the way the X-type drives... even though I cant use full boost..... yet ......so I'm sincerely hoping I can keep it reliable enough to use as my work run about for a couple of years at least....time will tell.
Once you get on top of the missed maintenance items, the X-Type should easily take you beyond the next 100k.
I can see you've already found your way to the X-Type forum so there's no need for a link to it from me. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.
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Hello,
Congratulations on your new Jaguar!
I hope you get all those problems under control soon so you can enjoy the drive without thinking what's going to break next.
New X type owner
