My name is Nathan, my wife decided that she wanted a Jag. XJS to be exact. She found one. Nicely garaged it's whole life not a ding in it. The owner hooked the drivers side tail light with something and broke the lens. He parked it when "some white smoke came out of the tailpipe" No problem says I, just a head gasket. We fired her up and sure enough one cylinder missing in the a bank. No rod knock nothing. We have a builder. Seller was nice enough to have it towed under his AAA insurance to our place and we even drove her into the garage. Weeeelllllll! That was almost a year ago.

Pulled the engine Saturday.

After much deliberation as to what to do next we have decided to do a thorough rebuild with some mechanical and electrical improvements along the way. May punch out the cylinders or stroke it or??? But we are keeping the engine. No lump for us. The viper v10 was looking pretty tasty though. I will start my build thread in the next few days so that anyone that wants to steer me can add their input as it will be very welcome. Keep up the good ideas in the posts. Hopefully I can pull a rabbit out of my hat too.

Cheers

 

Welcome to the forum Nathan,

Good to have you with us.
I'll be looking forward to seeing your progress.
For any tech help or advice head this way https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xjs-32/ try and take a look in the regional section also Southwest US - AZ TX NM OK - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum
Enjoy the forum.

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

 

Welcome to the forum Nathan,

Good luck with the project.

Follow Norri's link to the XJS tech 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.

Enjoy the forum.

Graham

 

Welcome to this friendly Forum, NAthan.
Good luck with the rebuild.
Follow Norri and Graham's advice and enjoy your membership here.

 

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Welcome Nathan!
I had a similar dilemma when I got my XJS. Both head gaskets were blown but I found a low mileage V12 for less than what it would have cost me for the gasket set.
You'll be glad you kept the V12!

 

welcome to the forum and good luck with rebuild.