Ok, I tackled the "simple" task of replacing my air filters.I had read somewhere, either forum info or owners manual about where they are located and that you have to dissect the front end to change them out!


After the first one was done, the second was a lot easier (not that I wouldn't have preferred an underhood location). Overall, I liken it to working on my Harley, meaning there ain't no real easy job!


That said, remove the wheel and the front inner fender liner (dozen screws or so) and then remove the two screws holding the lid on the airbox. Then you have to get Giggy and pull hard to remove the sliding holder for the air filter.
Piece of cake! Insert the new filter, re insert the sliding filter assembly and all the pertinent screws, wheel and Voila, all done!


I like the K&N filters, so that's what I used. K&N 33-2445 They come as a pair.

 

Walt,

That reads very much 'On Topic' to me.

Do you want it moved to XK / XKR 2006 - Onwards forum?

Graham

 

Ok by me. As you know, I'm not very adept at navigating the forum at this time, so thanks for keeping and eye on me! Hope it can be of use to someone like me who's just learning the ropes of maintaining their XK .

 

Walt,

Moved to XK/XKR.

I'm sure it will be useful to members who haven't yet done this filter replacement.

Graham

 

Thanks for the post, very timely as I am getting ready to do this myself.

Did you use a lift or just lay on the floor to remove the wheel panel?

Did you use this filter, (which I have already ordered)..K&N 33-2445 High Performance Replacement Air Filter?

Have you had any "Check Engine Light" since installation?

Did your K&N filters come as a pair?

Thanks for your time to answer these questions.

 

What is the recommended mileage for air filter changes for the 2010 XK?

 

You have the correct K&N filter model and yes they come as a pair.
No check engine light yet and the wife put over 100 miles on it today.
A lift would have been awesome but alas I used a floor jack and worked on one side at a time. Torx 25 and 30 and 10mm socket to remove all the screws and one nut that holds the inner fender panel in place. Once I put the first one in, it was only a thirty minute job on the other side.

 

Don't know what's recommended but since I just bought the car I wanted to know where I stood. With the K&N filter, it is recommended that you service them every 50,000 miles. I set my alert on my handy dandy iPhone app for 25,000 or two years.

 

I just did this myself, as well as the cabin filter (which is a lot easier under the hood). No need to remove the wheels, I just turned them hard left and hard right as I was under the car, and no need to remove all the screws. I could remove about half a dozen, then the lining easily bends backwards to get tot he air filter boxes.

The issue I have is about 30 miles after changing the air filters, the Check Engine Light came on. Granted, the previous filters were pretty clogged up, so maybe too much air is coming in now? That would almost be ironic... but it brings a tear to my eye to think improvement would lead to anything less than what I had previously.

Anyone else this has happened to?

 

Did you use a MATCHED set of replacement air filters?

 

I had to Google what you meant by matched set, and it brought me back to the Jaguarforums.com LOL.

I bought 4 filters from the dealer over the weekend, and they were bagged in twos. I'm thinking they "should" be matched based on how they were packaged, but theni'd have to assume . I'll try to find something on the other two that may indicate if they were matched or not. I have an appointment with Jag dealer Thursday morning and will take my other two filters in as well.

 

Thanks Brutal! I sent Brutal a PM with some details and he advised the CEL was not likely a result of the air filter installation. I now believe this was a coincidence with a "Check filler cap" error I had been receiving the past few days, and it was the check filler cap that threw the code. Code P0442 identified after I bought me a handy dandy code reader from there auto parts store. In hindsight, I probably should have checked the gas cap after one of my kids helped me fill up last week (willingly!). I did learn a lot about what NOT to do though! I filled up, reset the filler cap, then cleared to code. I figure if it comes up again, I'll replace the filler cap.