Hi I have owned a 2001 XJR for over 4 years without any problems, then the other day it failed to start, I called the AA who came out and said that I required a fuel pump, I then arranged for the car to be taken to a local garage who advised me that the car has 2 fuel pumps which cost £200 each and then £100 to fit, is this right or am I being ripped off, any advise would be appreciated.

 

The XJR does have two pumps. The OE pumps are expensive. I spent about $500USD for the parts. Forget how much labor -- I think it was over 4 hours.

I went with the OE -- but aftermarket are available ... make sure you understand what is required if you go that route.

Do a search -- couple of threads on the subject .. including mine

 

Yep, two pumps. I managed to fix mine for about $120. Thread about it over here: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...4/#post1150242 .

Relatively easy job except for getting the fuel lines loose to get the tank out. Depending on how your pumps failed, there may be some wiring harness repair too.

4 hours of labor sounds pretty reasonable, as I killed a couple of weekends.

-Mike

ETA: Using google exchange rate estimate £300 = $435USD for parts and labor sounds very reasonable.

 

Yep!

 

Check this out- http://www.mediafire.com/view/377tqn...s_Rev._1.3.pdf

 

The tank does not have to be completely removed from the vehicle to replace the pumps. I usually place a sheet of plywood or some wood planks to slide the tank onto. That way you don't need to remove the wire harness from the filler neck area, you just need enough slack to get the tank top clear of the forward boot area. I also don't remove the boot lid gas struts. There is enough room to angle the tank out.

Cover or remove the battery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gasoline and electrical sparks are a BAD combination.

bob

 

This was the 1st job I had to do on my 99 XJR when she showed up at my door. Someone mentioned being able to source Ford pumps at the local auto parts store but I found (Chinese, almost everything is from China!) Delco pumps for half of that. Both pumps delivered from the ebay seller for $90.
Before you start pulling the tank and ordering pumps though I would check your fuel pump relays. Mine turned out to be "lightly" connected and may have been the reason my fuel pumps weren't working. I pulled the relays and used a soldering iron to flash a thin coating of solder onto each spade on the business end of the relays. It's an easy thing to try that is almost free.
If that doesn't work the tank may not have to come out but even just moving the tank within the trunk means the worst part of the job (IMHO), disconnecting the fuel lines, still has to be done.
Several resourceful individuals on this board have mentioned (and showed pictures of) cutting the steel above the tank, under the parcel shelf, which allows you to leave the tank in place, fuel lines undisturbed, but you may be trading the cutting and disassembling the rear seat area of the car for disconnecting the 2 lines. I'm not sure which is worse as I've only used the remove the tank approach.
I would suggest checking what the new pumps will need to fit your application. My inexpensive pumps needed to have the old connectors from my original pumps transferred which was a little bit of a pain as I needed to source fuel resistant heat shrink tubing to insulate my solder connections. Others have just used butt splices for these connections and not needed to insulate the splices but I'm always leery of my homemade crimps. If you have the right crimping tools crimp connections are probably at least as good as solder joints.
On the one hand the Jaguar parts will be exact fits (plug & play), on the other hand I've never had a car (knock on wood) that had the fuel pump fail so I wasn't too enamored with the idea of paying extra just to have them plug right in. This seems to be a common problem or our XJ's.
Hope it turns out to just be the relays!

 

Better actually. That is why crimp connections are the required method
for certain regulated applications.