I didn't use my 1999 XK8 for over a month and the battery died. I just charged the battery and with abs, limited drive, etc warnings on dash, I checked my abs control and the fan is not running. 2 years ago someone pushed a charge to the fan and my abs was fine till now. Does someone here know how to put an electric boost to the abs fan so the car will drive again?
Thanks
Jack 1999 Xk8 convertible

 

I never heard of a abs fan.

 

Hello and welcome.
Are you trying to tell us that the Airconditioner does not turn on the fan in the engine compartment?
Other than that I can't imagine what you are refering to.
Help us out.

 

I never would have thought of that, but yes, probably the fans do not come on with the A/C.

Check the #12 30 amp fuse in the engine compartment left side fuse box.

 

I wasn't thinking, sorry. I meant the pump on the side of the ABS unit. I usually can hear it running when the car is on. Two years ago in mid winter, it was 15 degrees outside and too damn cold to do my own work on it, I brought it to Jaguar. They told me that they had to boost up the pump as from not using the car it stopped working. I would rather jump it myself if someone here knows how to do it, rather than bring it back to Jaguar and paying their fees. I don't have a Jaguar brake reader. The dealer does. I do have a top of line OBD2 reader that reads brake codes but not Jaguar. The OBD2 reader does have a Jaguar setting.
Thanks
Jack

 

Its bad solder joints on the ABS module for the pins that the pump motor plugs onto. Fairly easy fix.



Dave

 

Don't know what I was thinking, I meant ABS pump.

 

Nothing to do with a/c. Abs pump needs a restart

 

Not A/C ABS pump needs a electric kick start and I am not sure how to do it.
Thanks

 

It's likely that the solder connections are bad, as Dave suggested. Here is a tutorial from Jag lovers on fixing them. If you are unable to do the repair yourself but can remove the module and cut the case open, any appliance repair service can do the solder repair.

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Another method of accessing the pins:
JagRepair.com - Jaguar Repair Information Resource

 

Given the need to recharge the battery, I would make sure your battery is good first. Low batteries do strange things to these cats and will throw all kinds of error codes. Plenty of things that will trip the ABS light that do not require fixing the pump.

Also try a hard reset of the battery. No cost and may clear up your error codes.

Always start with the easy fixes first.

 

After a second charge and battery was charged, I was driving. I shut down went out, came back, started and all reset.
Been good two days now. Go figure?
Thanks
Jack

 

Keep your battery on a maintainer during periods of non-use like and avoid these problems.