Would someone be kind enough to post some pictures of the topside of the 5.0 NA motor with the engine cover removed, mine's been apart for almost three weeks now waiting for the second round of parts to arrive and there's at least one cover, and one routing that I'm not sure of due to premature senility I guess? A picture would really help.

 

You need a general picture of the motor or a specific zone of it?

 

Well, for example, I'm trying to figure out where this cover goes and in what orientation. I think it's up by the firewall, but if so it doesn't look to fit easily!
Damn my memory! I wonder what else I'll forget while waiting for the second round of parts to arrivve?

 

That cover is the rear "secondary bulkhead panel". It mounts at the rear of the engine bay and is mainly for sound deadening. See attached for fitment. From memory, it's a pain to get it to fit right, and mainly involves making sure tabs are located correctly into the left/right panels either side of it.

 

You won´t see that cover in a picture of the motor because it is hidden. It is mounted under the wipers and left and right plastic covers. In my car this cover was loose, no fasteners to hold it.



Orientation is pretty obvious because the fat air tube passes close to this cover thus the shape. In your picture it is upside down (excuse my poor english, hope you understand what I mean).

 

Thanks Guys! I hope not to have to bother you with more stupid questions.

By the way since a large number of the plastic "pins" got buggered getting them out I purchased a box of fasteners off ebay that are "supposed" to fit the 2011 XF. We shall see. If they do fit I'll pass the information on. Funny enough, the part number of one of the 5c plastic pins is crossed with the rear trunk/boot emblem in the online jaguar parts system and therefore they want $65 per pin!

 

LOL


Reassembling the top side of the engine bay and I find this:



Any idea where this goes? It might also be for under the car of course!



Aha, it goes on the bulkhead in front of the cabin filter.

 

Yep - mainly serving to channel water run-off from the scuttle panel away from the ECU I think,

 

Just have the undertrays to put on and I'm FINALLY done. I do have a strange dangling connector under the drivers side front wheel well, but I'm assuming it's a redundant connector on my car. Perhaps it's for front bumper sensors or something? Looks rubber capped anyway.

 

Yep, that's for the parking distance sensor loom.

 

Thanks for the info. You DO know a lot about these cars!