i was looking for a cheap way to fix the flexi pipe problem as mine is leaking fumes in and around the car. i seen universal ones on ebay but what i dont know is size in mm i need. can anyone help?

 

You'll get a better response if you post in jaguarforum.com (no 's', mainly UK, EU, NZ AUS). This forum jaguarforums.com is mainly US & Canada and the Tdvi wasn't exported there.

 

Something like this might be the best option - Not that I have a Diesel but there was a comprehensive write up of this repair in the May 2016 copy of the JEC magazine and this appears to the be the same parts as used by David Marks.

JAGUAR X350 2.7 DIESEL EXHAUST CATALYTIC CONVERTOR REPAIR KIT | eBay

Hope that helps.

 

Simon's bang on, although Jaguar are now selling these too for similar money and worth checking
Self fitting?


Jim

 

I had a chat with XJK Jaguar on this subject the other week, even though my car is a petrol. There are two types of repair section, (1) aftermarket with no flexible section - cheapest, and (2) the Jaguar one, with the flexible section.


I was told they get people in who've fitted the non-flexible kit and are complaining of vibration ! So Jaguar would seem to be right in the original and the repair section having the flexible section. Of course the Jaguar part is the most costly, so if one can put up with a bit of vibration fit the rigid pipe kit !

 

That's an interesting point Fraser, the reason I recommended the one without the flexi was as per David Marks recommendation in the JEC magazine, however they're both highly thought of marque specialists and I imagine both options have their pros and cons.

 

At the X350 Seminar last month he showed some photos of failures and showed where they had failed at the flexible section, hence his recommendation for the non-flexible repair sections.

As I recall previous postings in this forum some people have found the non-flex units fine, and some have had vibration problems. I suspect it's to do with how they are aligned before they are tightened.

Personally I'd go for the flexible ones.

 

The question has to be - why have a flexible section if a rigid pipe works OK ? I'm sure the Jaguar engineers had their reasons, but a rigid one works OK if you can stand some additional vibration.