Greeting all, I am now in the process of searching for best metal coolant pipes to replace the plastic ones, I read a lot about some metal pipes which are not good quality and some of them which had been bought has the casting sand still in them! I just need to know if there is any well made ones available that you can recommend, your help is much appreciated.

 

Jaguar will sell you a JLR branded aluminum coolant pipe now if you need OEM. I purchased the EuroAMP kit along with many others on this forum. I haven't installed the parts yet, but I have inspected them and the castings are clean with minimal flash and certainly no casting sand left in them.

 

I noted on another forum JagInfo.org that they had identified aluminum cooling pipes for Land Rovers, v6 supercharged. But no info for fitment on Jaguar. The Y-pipe and the front cross-over LR186859 and LR186917. Included the following image:

Recently available from Land Rover
When I searched a dealer's web, they do not supposedly fit a 2016 Supercharged Range Rover. Is that the best Land Rover match for a 2016 AJ126?

 

Sorry, here is a better pic

Made in India, not China.

 

I recently asked, either in the F-Type sub-forum here or on another forum can't remember now, if those two LR pipes will fit perfectly on a Jaguar installed AJ126 (e.g. my F-Type) and/or AJ133 SC, and so far no-one has come back with an answer.
May well have been JagInfo and the OP may be referring to the same thread over there.
I reckon those LR pipes probably will fit perfectly OK and I'm just waiting for someone else to be the guinea pig!

 

When I read the JagInfo thread, JohnRS clearly says he has a 2016 XF X260 with the 3L SC, and the picture is a match to my 2016 XJL AJ126.
I think it is worth the gamble.

I see a previous thread identifying these Rover parts with clubairth1 observing the revision to the cooling tank overflow.

EuroAMP is out of parts, perhaps researching some of the reported fit-up issues. Maybe they will help verify the fitment.
But the EuroAmp Xover pipe, doesn't even look right, with the upper radiator outlet in the middle, rather than the side.



Xover pipe comparison

 

Thanks much for the added info as I have been following this as well. Odd that it only has LR part numbers as just about all parts carry both Jaguar and separate LR part numbers. I guess they have only been installed by the factory on LR vehicles?

Good point on the different positions of the cooling return hose. I had not noticed that before.
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hi hope you are doing fine. you can find very good quality online, you should find the whole kit from aluminum that's the best way to prevent heat.

 

Excellent info guys, very much appreciated, thank you. I will try the dealer first to see if they sell the aluminium ones for the v8., if not I will go with EuroAMP kit.

 

I am chiming in late, but, for whatever its worth, I did see the front aluminium pipes on a stock Jaguar F-Pace SVR (new) at our local dealer a couple of months ago.