I am an owner of a 2001 Xj-8 base sedan that I purchased two years ago and have been gradually refreshing.

It was a very in fine shape when I got it from the original owner. I gave it an early 100k mile redo -- hoses, brakes, tune, shocks, fuel and water pumps, and then began addressing issues like vc gasket, a problem with diff seals.

I also bit the bullet and premptively replaced both sets of tensioners and chains. The tensioners were indeed cracked.

Today it runs and handles magnificently. New Pirelli P4s A/S seem to agree with me, and I recently got 24 mpg on the highway for a couple hours, which seemed better than what I had received on a nearly worn set of P6s.

I do not do my own work; I rely on an independent shop outside of Manhattan.

I read a lot and love driving the car. I look forward to learning from all of you.

 

Welcome, Len Apcar! 24 MPG on an XJ8 is great! See you around the forums.

 

Len, that gas mileage is very good. I have a 1990 Sovereign and have gotten almost 22 mpg. Hopefully, I will catch up to you soon!

 

Welcome to the forum Len,

Like the 'gradually refreshing' - see there's been a little more than a wash and polish involved.

You and your indy shop look to have covered all the usual suspects on the 2001 X308. Good to hear it's running well and you're enjoying driving it.

Thanks for adding vehicle details to your signature. It's a big help to everyone reading posts to be able to see this straightaway.

Graham

 

Welcome to the forum Len,

Good to have you with us.

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

 

Its a pleasure to have been met!

Welcome to the forum. Loads of information to be found here on your '01 XJ8.

Enjoy all the site has to offer!

 

Welcome to the forum.

Good to see you.

Nice to hear that you are helping keep an 'indi' guy in work.

 

Hey Ken & welcome aboard, good to have you here with us

Nice intro thanks for sharing..........pics??

There's a really great mix of information, camraderrie and fun here.....


I have manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the whole site and all its features

Please Jump on in and enjoy the site.................

 

Thanks, everyone, for the nice welcome. I look forward to hours of browsing!

 

That could be every day to work your way through all the info.

Graham

 

My gosh, welcome to the Forum Len! Glad to see you joining in. I've been a contributor here for a couple of years now, as well as over at JCNA. I think you will fine a great group of folks here. Lots and lots of things to learn, glean, read and compare. [though you should put away your editor's red pen ]
I haven't been here as much lately because of the heat and workload, so I didn't catch your introduction in a timely fashion. So, welcome again, and keep in contact; no reason to throw away the email address, feel free to use it, too.

I will work on some thoughts for your locate lighting. We'll get to the bottom of it.

Cheers,
Steve

 

Steve,

Really good to hear from you. I am have been missing you over at JCNA forums and wondered if you were OK. Sorry about the heat but glad to know you are busy.

The car is due this month for its annual inspect and with it we will try whatever you suggest on the lighting headache. After browsing this trove, I was reminded of the most important first step: Disconnect the battery. Shall I try that especially for the few lights that just mysteriously went during the last wiring search: trunk lights, one puddle and one of the rear window switches? Unlikely, right? But give it a try? How long to leave things disconnected?

 

The quickest hard reset is to take off the earth lead and touch it on the batt +ve for a few seconds.
When reconnecting be sure to do it in one solid move, don't 'dab' at the terminal.
You'll need your radio code and to reset the windows.
If that doesn't work navigate to the XJ8 forum and start a new thread, you'll get better results.