Hi,

I have a 2005 S Type 2.7D. Never looked back. Mine is one of the last before the DPF, I have been informed. I don't know if this is accurate, but I read on the UK Jag forum that the way to tell is that the non Euro compliant engine (older) has tail pipes facing down and the newer ones (with DPF) have them sticking straight out of the back. Perhaps somebody can confirm or put me straight?

I love my car. The engine is smooth, the auto box creamy and other than an initial slowness taking off at the lights (till the turbo says hello) is a powerful fun car to drive. I get about 35 mpg and a run on motorways gets this well over 40 mpg.

Bad points? If you have looked around the car, you will agree the back has little leg room and not much head room. The boot is amazingly shallow (got the diff under it,) and at the risk of sounding bad about my car, I decided that when McCallum designed it, he did the front half of the car and left the back bit to his apprentice. For me, not a problem but if you regularly have people in the back and / or use the boot a lot... Beware.

I love my Jag, still raving about it.

 

So there you have it.

DervDave put us right, (I couldn't verify it, hence my not quoting it as gospel until we knew. Looking at cars around 05 / 06 allows a quick & cheerful way of telling what you have. Assume the XJ is similar?

In reply to pad, DPF stands for diesel particulate filter. This burns off excess "soot" in the exhaust by trapping it in the filter and using residual heat to burn it off. The downside is that if the exhaust doesn't get hot enough, it collects and starts to bung up the system, causing a light on the dashboard. The answer (according to the book) is to drive at higher revs / speed for a short time. ie., give the car a good thrashing (Italian tune up.) Makes sense.

Older cars do not ahve this feature. The DPF makes the car compliant with the latest Euro regs, so would make a difference if you wished to run one as a company car in The UK, as emissions are important. If you buy and run private, the difference in emissions are not much at all, so don't think you are doing the planet a disservice. In fact, when I found out mine was one of the last without a DPF, I decided it was a bonus. (Perhaps somebody more knowledgeable could point out more advantages of the euro compliant engine variant?) My wife has a VW with such a beast, but her driving does not allow a build up, believe me. [sm=teetertooter.gif][sm=teetertooter.gif]

 

I only know the diesel engine has the 6 speed ZF auto box. Previous forum threads on the UK forum speak of transmission oil despite being sealed for life and software reloads. These seem to be fairly isolated events rather than recall territory, but as always, perhaps somebody may know more?

Whatever, what I read did not put me off buying one. (Funnily enough, my last car was an Audi A6 and I tossed a coin between the Jag and a new Audi. I later found the Audi has the same gearbox anyway.)