Any reason to not leave it off? Mine's a mess after an oil leak I had and I've had an S-Type and an LS and the oil pan and trains sit lower in both of these cars and they don't have a full pan cover. I assume engine cooling would be slightly better too.

 

I think it's primarily for aerodynamics and keeping salt and road grime off of the undercarriage.

 

That's what I thought too. Curious to see if it affects fuel economy.

 

My advice is to clean up that oil tray and reinstall it. There is a lot to be said for keeping your Jag as original as possible apart from whatever advantages accrue from having it in the 1st place.

 

It's bad. I had to remove all of the fire retardant material from it because it was soaked in oil. It's off for now, but I haven't driven the car anyway. The leak was fixed not long ago and now I'm just playing finally doing some additional cleaning up to the car. I even removed the ride height sensors since it's now a coil over car.

 

MIne has had no undertray on since I owned it. Some (possible) electrical issues due to items getting very wet from water soaked roads, but resolved once it dried out.
If I had one I would refit it, but they are $$$ and not really on the budget list TBH.

 

It'll probably go back on. I may be moving to Wisconsin in the not so distant future and I don't want salt spray getting in the engine bay.

 

Or blowing snow. The most interesting Winter I ever experienced was in the Fox river valley. OMG

 

I reinstalled it. The shear amount of screws is irritating.

 

I recall modifying my tray such that all screw/fasteners were at least the same size.

 

I would have left the Phillips screws out, but the amount of rattle it caused just tapping the panel without them was crazy. Really considering modifying the panel for access to the plug and oil filter.

 

Looks like this is off now. The L brackets broke.

 

Still running mine without it on and not had one issue with it at all. Maybe a little more road noise but thats all.

 

Yeah, I noticed a bit more noise at high idle after first starting, but I haven't drove it yet. I'll take out today. Technically mine was just a plastic pan because I had to remove the sound mat a while back.

 

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