It's the one that runs from the thermostat housing(2001XJR) to the coolant tank. I had to Macgyver it, placed a wrapped screw into junction to drive home, still lost a lot of coolant, on the short drive home, intercoolers were cold , yet there was still coolant coming out near the thermostat so I figure there was still some in the engine.

What is the plastic hosed called and where can I purchase them?

Thanks!!

Chris

 

NM, I found the part #, MNC4582BC, I ordered it from Hampton Auto for 19 shipped! Too I ordered a new right rear tail lamp(mine got cracked while in storage somehow so water gets inside) and some touch up paint.

Phone number if you want is 1-800-948-2713. They are on Ebay as well and seem to have great prices when comparing with shipping.

Chris

 

Those things always break...

 

Yeah, that's what Im reading, I'm going to go ahead and order all the others and just replace those too.

Chris

 

Ok, follow up, as noticed in another thread, long nosed or needle nose pliers worked perfectly to release the fittings!

Of course it wasn't with out minor issues(getting the hose under the supercharger was a little time consuming..) as part of it self stayed inside the thermostat housing(thank God for my pick set).

It took just about 3/4 of a gallon to refill after bleeding and such so Im hopeful nothing was damaged. It started fine, no funny sounds other than my supercharger knocking until it warms up(being doing this since I bought it with 43k miles on it). Came up to temp fine(well at least to the idiot gauge), heater working...

But the low coolant light would not go off. I let it cool down, checked the level, everything was fine, opened the bleeder again on the supercharger, no issues found but the light would not go off.

Come to find out the sensor was hanging out of the reservoir?? Anyone have this happen to them? It was not leaking any coolant from there, so I just placed it back in and viola! Everything is fine.


Chris

 

The sensor snaps in place on earlier model reservoirs and is permanently fastened to any new reservoir you purchase.

With my 'snap in place' sensor that I removed I cannot understand how it would have come loose without serious human intervention unless it was not completely installed correctly.

 

They break if you even look at them, buy some spares. Fortunately any Jaguar dealer has them for a reasonable price.