Howdy,
So, the small plastic hose/pipe going from the top of the coolant reservoir near the cap to the front of the engine into a plastic T near the oil filter cartridge has cracked by that T. Where should I look for one of those?
Thanks

 

I just replaced mine.
wj


https://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/20...sion_tank.html

 

Thanks for the link, Just ordered.
Do I have to bleed or do anything else when replacing?

Cheers.

 

nope, I sucked the fluid from the old reserve in order to reduce the mess. Removed one bolt for the tank, removed the front bolt to the rf support strut, removed the two hose clamps and hoses...raised the support bar and slid the old tank out.
Reverse the order, refill, check after short drive, fill if needed, be happy.
wj

 

Thanks. It looks like you also replaced the expansion tank. I just need to replace the upper hose from the top of the tank to the front of the engine.

 

On the non turbo, I replaced a connector going to the coolant tank with a 3/8" copper plumbing tube. For a T there are plumbing Ts in copper.

 

My XKR is a non-turbo! Could I do this also?

 

At Home Depot, plumbing section, brass fitting section, there a Master Plumbing bags with fittings that have small tubes to fit inside the Jaguar hoses. The fitting can be soldered if necessary. There should be Ts, that barbed tubes as well as unbarbed. No need to go to a plumbing wholesaler.

 

@yidal8 how about posting up a pic of the broken part? By the description doesn’t sound like he’s referring to the expansion tank…

 

I replaced that same part (expansion tank hose) on my F-Type a few years ago as one of the two thin plastic tubes at the engine end of it had developed a small split/crack and due to the pressure of the system it was spraying coolant all over the engine bay and almost emptying the expansion tank.
Well not really the exact same part, sort of the mirror image, as the F-Type expansion tank is on the other side of the engine bay.
When I removed the old hose/pipe/tubes those two little end tubes were extremely brittle like uncooked spaghetti and crumbled in my fingers.
Also, the clips on the ends which hold them in place disintegrated when I tried to unclip them, so if DIYing this job watch out for bits of the old clips remaining stuck in the connection which you then need to dig out.

 

Thanks, yes exact description. The hose coming from the expansion tank to the front of the engine leaked and sprayed by the T. I did a 'roadside repair' in my garage with a small section of rubber hose and 2 clips which worked. But than one of the the other 2 small hoses coming from the T crumbled in my hand when I must have wiggled it the next day. I'm waiting for the new part so I can see exactly how those end- clips suppose to work, specially the one buried under the inlet to the supercharger..

 

The top clip (that goes into the upper cross-over coolant pipe) is easy, it just pushes in by hand.
But the bottom clip ("buried" as you say) is a bit of a pain, how I got it to go in was to hold it in place with one hand then push/lever the back of it with a flat blade screwdriver in the other hand. From memory there was something metallic in the area that I could lever against with the screwdriver.

 

Just did this job. Was actually surprisingly straight forward. Both old connections/clips were not difficult to remove and installing the new was also easy.
Thanks again for your feedback