Any advice on oil changes? I don't live within 2.5 hours of a Jag dealership. Is the Oil and filter easy enough to get changed at any Express Lube shop? Anything I should be aware of?

 

Just make sure they use 5w-30. And that they put the air dam back.

 

Do it yourself! Believe me, if you can drive a car, you can change the oil. Its amazing how many things appear harder than they really are.

People always scared me from attempting my first brake job when I was younger. True, it took me about 4x as long to do it my first time, but it was neither hard nor impossible. Even when I had my Saab, everyone said its a "euro" car, you don't want to mess with it and its different than American cars...humm...not really. Took me 30 minutes to change both rear sides with EBC pads and rotors. Saved myself over $1000 and with better quality brakes.

Same goes for the oil change. These days since you don't have to lube the chassis (since they're sealed), draining and filling your engine oil is done under 15 minutes. The best part, instead of paying $35 at your local shop or $100 at the dealer for normal oil that you need to change every 3000 miles, you pay $25 for Mobile 1 Full Synthetic oil that you change yourself (plus $10 Mobile 1 or Jag OEM oil filter) and its a lot better for your car and depending on how **** your are, you can run it from 5000 miles to 10000 miles.

 

I know how to change my oil

I have installed Turbos and Superchargers in imports for a long time. I pulled the engine from my 96 TT 300ZX back in the day. I even reran an entire electrical system for a Toyota Supra...

I'm just really pressed for time lately and convenience of not having to do it myself outweighs the benefit of doing it myself.

 

Yeah thats what you think now! Wait til those idiots forget to put your oil cap back on or the plug back in the oil pan! Overfillled my dads brand new ram 2500 couple of years back right before taking a 4 hour road trip up to alpena, mi and his truck had a really funny smell to it. Just trying to make you a little uneasy!

 

doesn't make me feel uneasy..but if any of that happens it will make their insurance company feel a bit uneasy

 

Buddy of mine took his dodge truck to get his oil changed at one of them local lube places....(his schedule was tight and he didn't have time to do it himself like he normally does...) well they forgot to put the oil drain plug on tight....he got about 20 miles before the check engine light came on.....

The lube place denied that they were at fault.....so the battle begins.....

 

Hey Fellas, Is it true that you cannot lube the chassis on the X? I hear the chassis is sealed and no lube/greasing knuckle/ball joints etc. is required or possible.

I'm much more comfortable changing the oil myself. The only reason I would take it in for an oil change would be so they can lube the chassis.

 

The best reason for changing the oil yourself, besides cost and peace of mind, is that it's a good reminder and opportunity to grease that propshaft bearing. On older Jags if you forget that bearing....well, most of us have heard the noise it makes. Although, I have to admit, if I could afford it, I would probably just drop stuff off at the dealer/mechanic so I wouldn't have to fool with it. My time seems to increase in value as I get older

 

If your engine drains out of oil twenty minutes after an oil change, you know exactly what the problem is...