Hello everybody

i bought my jaguar a few days ago but i found out yesterday when i was changing engine oil that the oil level was very low. indeed i collected only 2.2L of oil instead of roughly 6.5L expected... !

fortunately the last oil change has been made by the last owner only 2000Km before (and 1 and half year) so i think the car has been driven for 2000Km (or less but i have no proof about) without a good oil level...

low oil pressure light has never lighted since i have the car, i don't know before. The engine doesn't have any lack power, exhaust smoke or strange noise when running...

Do you think the engine could have suffered any damages ?

Thx you

 

NOPE.

Its a Jaguar, it will survive, it already has, worry not.

Your in France, sit back, relax, have some NICE Wine and Cheese.

You have done the right thing obviously, and what you have discovered is NOT recommended by any means.

I would monitor the oil level for a week or 2, just in case there is a leak or burning going on. Neither are common with the V6 engine.

 

Sit back, enjoy the red, drive it and check the oil on a regular basis.

 

Good advice above, keep a close check on oil and vin levels and stay calm.

 

It was isis!!!! Dammit!!! This means war!!!

 

Did you not check the oil level at all before changing it or when you were looking at it before you purchased it?

 

Likely little to no damage occurred.

The sump is a reserve meant to keep the oil above the level of the pickup screen at all times despite oil sloshing around during braking, acceleration and cornering. It also adds to the volume of oil available to sink engine heat. As long as the pickup screen never saw air, the engine would never have seen a lesser oil volume or pressure than if the oil had been at the recommended level.

 

Zacktly! I was like, "Who buys a used car without checking the oil level, maybe give the dipstick a sniff?"

 

i looked at the oil level yesterday and all seemed to be ok since last time i looked at. the level didn't change.

i didn't controlled the oil level the day i bought the car and i never did that, although i m used to buy car... however i always control oil level (and others) a few days laters.

 

Guess you won't be buying a modern Jag then.

 

Aesthetically, nothing they've launched after MY2003 holds much appeal..... but surely you are not telling me they've sealed their engines "for life" like the gearboxes?
(I was speaking of fluid reservoirs with an integral level-check provision- but good point about the gearboxes...)

 

Maybe not sealed for life but the 5.0L V-8 has no dipstick at all just like the transmission. Now they do give you a cool electronic level indicator but of course you have to wonder how acurate that is?
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Yep.

As long as that sensor has NO Lucas stamped on it, maybe half reliable.

Stuttgart have had no dipstick on the engine for a good many years. We see them at work, and simply drain whatever is in there, replace the filter and pour in what the book says. Still rather strange when the brain says "pull the dipstick and check that level", but it seems to work.

 

Sheesh!
Then Mikey's correct. I'll not be buying any such.....

 

If our old-school S-types had an indicator instead of an dip stick, the OP would have received a warning about the low oil level.

Hmmmmmm...

 

And presumably the warning would've been present at time of purchase..which begs the question: Would the OP have completed the purchase? I think I'd walk if presented a car containing insufficient engine oil.....but our OP couldn't be bother'd to check it prior to purchase so perhaps would've been undeterred?

In any case, very glad he's got it sorted with no apparent damage.