I've had my car all of 2 days (98 XJ8 77500 miles) it's near mint condition all around cosmetically. It has been in miami, FL for its whole life, then got shipped up here to 20F in Missouri. I've only drove it about 2 miles fromshipping truckto my house. Tomorrow it will be going to get checked out and inspected/licensed, but I have a few questions for the pros here if I may?

1) I Left it running in the cold at an idle yesterday for 30 mins, started to smell anti-freeze, it leaked out thefront left a bit not far from inside wheelbase the on the ground, Leaked so much last night while on the low coolant light came on, so I turned car off.

Today almost topped it off with anti-freeze andleft it on for about 45 mins no leak, then out of nowhere it starts pouring anti-freeze out the front left of the car like mad, literally pouring out on the ground. Any clues of the severity of this issue? Could this be a stuck thermostat or is this a radiator leak?Car temp stays in the middlewhere it should.

2)Should I disconnect my battery to reset the Computer to start fresh in this climate/elevation?

3) There is a knock/tick in the engine compartment that seems to go away when the car heats up (my buddies mazada 3 does that normally, withtumbler/intake in cold)is this normal for jaguars?

I was told the car was in tip top mint condition and obviously it is not mechanically. Could the car really get that jar'd around on the truck through the 1100 mile trip to loosen up hoses/etc or was the dealership feeding me BS (which is illegal no?)

Thanks in advance guys for any input, i'm rather saddened at this point sinceI literally just got it : \

 

refer to your other post in the general tech help forum.

 

yes sorry I was hoping a mod would delete the post here, sorry guys, and thanks for the quick response