Back On The Road Again!
I am not the fastest mechanic in the world, but I have succeeded nonetheless. From my "Sudden Fail" post back in June I am now very happy to say my XJ8L is back on the road and running smooth as buttered glass!
Except for restoring the heads and fuel injectors, I did everything myself in the driveway. For the record, the project included: - Restored both cylinder heads - New primary and secondary chains, guides, and tensioners - Fuel injectors cleaned and balanced - Replaced spark plugs - New aluminum T-Stat housing & new coolant pipe & temp sensor - New part-load breather hose - New heater hoses - Cleaned throttle body and intake plenum - Cleaned oil pan and pickup screen - New gaskets throughout She started right up and really purrs. At 71K on the meter she is running like a new car. A huge thank you to everyone here at Jaguar Forums for all the helpful information and good advice along the way. Huzzah! |
I forget jaginblack, what was the original issue...tensioner lead to a chain failure?
And, how much did you end up spending, knowing your own labor is not in this figure at all. I would be curious to hear. Its very good to hear you stuck with it and persevered in the end. :) |
Nice to see, things are good with your ride and you're happy with that :D
It makes me feel so brilliant that forums help you out solving your problems associated with the car ,thanks for the feedback much appreciated Enjoy your ride |
My laptop armed with AllDataDIY, Google, and JaguarForums.com was a most essential element - along with my Visa debit card!
h2Oboy - a secondary tensioner failed and the chunk lodged in the exhaust sprocket, snapping the secondary chain. I spent almost exactly $2000 on my rebuild, roughly $625 was the head job and $175 for the injector servicing, both outsourced. The rest was all parts, cleaners, and new fluids and filter. I did things I didn't really have to do like the injector service, t-stat housing, new coolant pipe, or heater hoses but it seemed silly not to, as far as I had gone in. And, even with a pretty good toolbox to start with, I spent maybe $100 or so renting the timing tools and buying some other misc. sockets, etc. Total out of pocket was around $2200 plus liquor. |
So . . . about $3k . . . not bad.
Congratulations! No one will understand how much you can love a car until you love it back to running status from complete failure. Great example for the forum! |
It could have been $800 in liquor... but I can't recall exactly.
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In case anyone else is interested in exactly where the money went on my project, here is my list. Some of these costs are rounded off a bit, but this is everything.
Primary Guides - Curved $75 Primary Guides - Straight $50 Primary Tensioners $90 Primary Chains $60 Secondary Chains & Tensioners Kit $299 Coolant Outlet Pipe with O-Rings, Water Temp Sensor $70 Heater & Bypass Hoses $34 Part Load Breather Hose $35 Upper Engine Gasket Set $275 Oil Pan Gasket $38 Cylinder Head Bolts $138 Oil Pump Pickup Seal $19 Aluminum T-Stat Housing with gaskets & t-stat $76 Cylinder Head Machine and Restore $625 Injector Clean & Test $175 Replace Coolant $20 Oil & Filter $40 Tools, Misc Supplies, Shipping $138 Total $2,257 |
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