!!! i fixed it !!!

on 2010+ jaguars there is sound dampening material cover the hole for the duck bill,
however there is a seam which u can pry open
with your hand and stick your hand in,
i then stuck a tube inside the duck bill withmy finger tips. difficult but doable.


your hand can fit between there from passenger (us cars) side of the vehicle.

 

Congrats! Who'd a thunk they'd cover the damn hole?

 

I bit the bullet and dropped my '07 XKR off at the dealer for the A/C condensate/duckbill repair this morning. Jaguar of Farmington Hills (MI). They are also checking a frozen infotainment screen, which happened to pop up this morning. Car has been sitting for 12 days on the CTek, so I don't think it's a battery issue. Also getting a quote on a second key fob. I've also opened a 'case' with Jag NA asking them to assist with the A/C fix. SUpposedly Jag NA will get in touch with the dealership and make a decision after the car is diagnosed. I brought a bunch of pix, diagrams and info on the A/C issue with me, along with info on the TSB re the A/C issue - tech was uninterested. Weird. Keep you posted.

 

Update: Duckbill repair (lowering exhaust and trans) is $629. Infotainment screen software update* is $225. New key fob with programming $400. Still waiting on the decision from Jaguar North America to assist in covering the AC repair.

*I was informed the software update carries a very small risk of frying out the entire unit. I'm rolling the dice.

 

If you decide to get the duck bill problem fixed, rather than replace it, see if they will just cut the thing off. They have to lower the transmission to do either. The cut off is a permanent fix, the replacement will last you a few years.

 

Jack: They are cutting it - not replacing - permanent fix. Thanks for following up. MKMc

 

Jag NA followed up and is sending me $500 in owner loyalty cash usable at any dealer for service, parts, accessories, cash toward car, etc...

Not a total win, but I'll take it. Maybe I can get the dealership doing the repair to do a 'return' on my credit card bill and take this 'cash' when I receive the cert in a few weeks.

 

Not bad. they picked up 80%.

 

My 2007 XK broke it's water this week wetting the passenger foot well. HVAC Drain clogged. Same thing happens in my XJS and Vette. Took a 1/8" piano wire, bent a 90 in it with a hook at the end and stuck it in the drain from above following the center line of the trans. Kept the wire long so I did not even take off the engine cover. About a gallon water came out. It took me about 5 minutes total repair time and that's after having a few pints of ale. Cheers

 

Hey Kenny B, can you post a picture of the wire that you used. The duck bill opening points to the front of the car, so curious how you had room to get the wire in there.

 

OK,

 

Does your car have a supercharger?

 

I have had the water flooding problem for a long time
I tried the solution suggested by one member of drilling a hole with a plastic pipe
It didnt work mainly because where the hole was drilled was too high and the water ran into the fan motor before the new drain worked
I purchased a new rubber drain elbow but then realised how much work (or cost) was involved to fit it, so instead I decided to have look as to why it wasnt draining
I bought a cheap Chinese endoscope and attached it to a piece of bent wire and found the existing "ducks bill" elbow.
The end of the elbow was covered in green slime, looking just like the drain on the a/c in the house. That clogs up and has to be cleaned every few months, so why should the car drain be any different?
I removed the fan and used a plastic pipe to blow two cups of soapy water into the a/c housing. Doesnt taste gňod and small pump would be better.
Watching the elbow using the endoscope the soapy water started to drip slowly at first but then turning into a steady trickle
I then put a quart of clean water into the a/c housing which ran through the drain.

Refitted the fan and ran the car and a/c for several days. Drain works as it should.
From now on I will put soapy water through the system once per year to ensure it doesnt clog up again
So my solution costs nothing (next time I wont need the endoscope) and at least so far is a 100% fix.

 

Wait... What does that have to do with anything? Anybody please respond who knows. I know this is an old thread.

 

My guess, is that the duckbill was not fully open, so the poster was just getting just a dribble out, and that just ran off one side of the transmission.
After blowing open the duckbill, the flow increased, and was then running down both sides of the transmission.

 

No, I mean the part about driving with the top down and the AC on automatic...

 

I would like to try this method, but I'm having a hard time finding an image or graphic to inform me of where this duckbill exits the underbody. It would be good for someone to post a video or at least progressional pictures of where to go in through the engine bay with this coat-hanger method. Any ideas?

 

 

Thanks a TON!!! I found it and it looks like this is the solution. Here is a link for anyone that finds the end of this thread and needs to get to the other:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...lution-149349/

 

First, as noted, I have an '08 XK-R. Since joining this XK150 forum, and leaning about this issue, I've chosen the option of closing all vents and turning on the blower full "tilt" and running it for a minute or two. I do this, ever so often, during periods of high humidity. Thus far, it seems to work. I haven't experienced any wet passenger legs.,,,,,,,yet?