My 02 "R" bought new just hit 75K .... Hate to muck around with an untouched car. But, maybe time to think about Valley Hoses. Comments state dealers want $1700 to replace. The early TSB lists the job as 3-4 hours ... now I get that it's manufacturer paying dealer .... but how do we get to $1700?

Not sure this is a job for my local independent. He is a great mechanic -- but, few Jaguars. He did do my fuel pumps. There is a Jaguar majority shop in the area -- have not used because my cars have never needed anything major. May stop and ask.

Some say do the breather hose --- looks like the hoses (two) around the TB would be wise. New coolant and Tstat -- refresh the SC oil when out on the bench.

Recheck the tensioners.

 

yeltdog,

Not sure how much this helps but I did a walk-thru of when I did the manifold hoses on my NA. Obviously you have to add the time to remove and replace the supercharger on your R (and I'm not sure what other minor differences there are on an R) but it isn't a difficult job, just a bit fiddly, and as I stated in my walk thru those Jaguar-type plastic fasteners can be frustrating and sometimes time consuming.

As with all such things, once you have done one, you can do it much quicker a second time, I was slow and careful and I don't remember it being a particularly long job but would think 3-4 hours would be fair. (add SC removal/replace for an R)

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x..._hoses-214200/


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Warranty time with diagnostics would be about 4 hours for the SuperCharged engine.
A REAL WORLD time would be more like 6 hours (warranty times time and a half)
I would add time to that some time for age and corrosion plus the SC oil change.

Lets say 7 hours +.

At $150/hr that would be over $1000 labor plus a few hundred for parts (hoses, thermostat, SC oil change + whatever else you want while there).

They will charge whatever they can get and whatever you will pay.

bob