I'm in Atlanta looking to possibly buy a 2006 Jaguar XJR and when I took it for a test drive I found both tie rod ends were shot and I can't hear the supercharger whine. They are working on get new tire rods fixed by tomorrow sometime, but the supercharger worries me.

I had bought an 2005 Jaguar XJR but only owned it for one day when a mile deer in Utah decided out wasn't the case for me. That car I could clearly hear the whine of the supercharger.

i checked the belt and it's on, grooves on both sides of the belt so not installed upside down or something weird, and I can't visually see it slip when they give it gas, but I hear no whine.

It doesn't feel underpowered but I don't really have any xj experience to compare it to. The 05 I owned for one day had a broken motor mount so i drove that like Grandma would, so that didn't really give me a reference to go off of.

Any way to tell if the supercharger is working? I have the harbor freight scanner, Zurich pro, but I'm not a mechanic and not sure what to look for. All DTCs are currently pending, so I'm guessing they reset them and it hasn't completed the drive cycle yet

 

Daniel, try posting in the X350/X358 section of the forum, this is the X308 section, you may not get the responses you are looking for here.

 

Ah, my bad, thanks.
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