This is a URO hose from a 1988 XJS with 175k kms (top left rad hose) of which ive been responsible for 4000. The hose has been on the car for around 6 mths and has done around 500km. The hose was replaced as part of a service where all hoses were replaced as were the thermostats and rad caps. The caps and stats are Jag , the hose came as part of a set from a reputed specialist that was a mix of Jag and URO hoses. The hose blew under mild acceleration in second at around 100kmph just as it was about to hit third.

l did research URO and found bad reviews, BUT i am inherently cheap and when i saw a set on sale over the winter I decided that them selling it was a good enough qualification for me. l dont think ive ever seen this little reinforcing in a rad hose before.

.............................and the car? Fortunately i was not out and about but up on a highway fault finding. l killed the motor and left the ign on, i managed to coast 3.5kms mostly down a gravel road to the cottage, which had its brown moments, with no assist the steering of a XJS is sublime at 100kmph + not so much fun at 10. l lost almost 3 gallons of coolant. lt was 10c and raining, the gauge never went over the top of the N (not even sure if it would having lost that much blood). Since repair ive done a few heat cycles and a 200km trip all seems ok.

Dont be like Markel, dont be cheap and have to do it twice

 

Glad you did not suffer any engine damage....

I installed two URO cooling system hoses on my previous 2005 S-Type 3.0 four or five years ago when the OEM hoses began to fail (a known issue on that vehicle). After just a couple of weeks they both showed evidence of pinhole seepage at their edges. I installed a second hose clamp in both spots but never managed to completely solve the seepage issue. Fortunately it was just a nuisance, not an engine threat. I made my S-Type buyer aware of it when he came to peruse the car and after he purchased it, he eventually replaced both those lousy URO hoses with OEM ones. As far as I know, that resolved the seepage issue. I now avoid URO hoses like the plague....