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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 08:59 AM
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Exclamation 1992 XJS v12 won't start

I drove my jag about 100 miles on Saturday. Everything worked great and she's been running great for the past month always starting without hesitation. I went to start up the car on Sunday and it won't go. The starter works, battery is strong, plenty of gas but for some reason - it just won't start. Any suggestions as to where I should start?

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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 09:16 AM
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Does plenty of gas mean the tank has gas or that you're getting gas to the engine? I'd be tempted to disconnect a fuel hose and pump some gas into a suitable container to check. If you are getting gas then check the spark. If you have both fuel and spark then it should start.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 10:17 AM
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I always start with the 3 components of combustion. When you let on without cranking, do you hear the fuel pump kick on for a couple seconds? This tells you the ECU is alive and the fuel rail is probably charged.
if you have a timing light, you can clamp it around a spark plug wire to see if you have spark.
Do you have any codes?
 
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Old Aug 24, 2020 | 11:17 AM
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Read this:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...he-v12-178286/

Good luck.
 
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