Looking to buy my first Jaguar
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From: perth western australia
Even the base model 2.5 is a very pleasant drive however - unless you are reasonable cluey about the mechanics of a car i would recommend some sort of extended warranty. its not that they are less reliable than other cars but genuine jaguar parts can be surprisingly priced even more than you might reasonably expect.
a waterpump for an x-type fitted cost $500.00 aud when the equivelent part in a ford would be less than half that fitted.
Shortly after i bought my 2003 S-type the transmission needed to be rebuilt which would have cost $6500.00 aud had it not been warranty work. this was at less than 50000 miles.
glad i had the warranty.
a waterpump for an x-type fitted cost $500.00 aud when the equivelent part in a ford would be less than half that fitted.
Shortly after i bought my 2003 S-type the transmission needed to be rebuilt which would have cost $6500.00 aud had it not been warranty work. this was at less than 50000 miles.
glad i had the warranty.
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From: Silver Spring, Maryland
Just passed 90K miles on my STR
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While searching water pump failure info for STRs, I just noticed a question for me in this old post. Sorry for the very late response.
In 2008, I did sell my 2000 BMW 540 6speed and purchased a 2005 STR with 7K+ miles. Initially my STR I had some alignment issues, but besides that, I've only performed standard maintenance such as installing a new battery, new brakes/rotors, cleaned air intake sys, change fluids and new filters - - - I did perform the DIY headlight repair a while ago...which is definitely a design flaw.
Today I noticed the smell of antifreeze and then saw steam/smoke a few moments later. Thank goodness I was less than 1/2 mile from my home. After running a coolant system pressure test, I noticed the problem was not a blown hose but rather the water pump had failed. It was extremely difficult to see where the coolant was coming from until the air filter box was removed. I leaned into the engine bay, placed my head where the air filter box was, looked to my left and saw a stream of coolant flowing from the bottom of the water pump's pulley. All the many many many hoses appear to be fine.
My STR just turned 50K miles and at this point I am trying to determine what hoses should be changed along with the coolant system flush, changing the water pump and thermostat.
What else should be done now that everything is torn apart?
While searching water pump failure info for STRs, I just noticed a question for me in this old post. Sorry for the very late response.
In 2008, I did sell my 2000 BMW 540 6speed and purchased a 2005 STR with 7K+ miles. Initially my STR I had some alignment issues, but besides that, I've only performed standard maintenance such as installing a new battery, new brakes/rotors, cleaned air intake sys, change fluids and new filters - - - I did perform the DIY headlight repair a while ago...which is definitely a design flaw.
Today I noticed the smell of antifreeze and then saw steam/smoke a few moments later. Thank goodness I was less than 1/2 mile from my home. After running a coolant system pressure test, I noticed the problem was not a blown hose but rather the water pump had failed. It was extremely difficult to see where the coolant was coming from until the air filter box was removed. I leaned into the engine bay, placed my head where the air filter box was, looked to my left and saw a stream of coolant flowing from the bottom of the water pump's pulley. All the many many many hoses appear to be fine.
My STR just turned 50K miles and at this point I am trying to determine what hoses should be changed along with the coolant system flush, changing the water pump and thermostat.
What else should be done now that everything is torn apart?
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