Hi

Ive researched on internet and Jaguar Forum but I cant find an exact location where my engine number is located, just a close up of the number on Google but nothing else.

I want to know if my car has the new metal liners in or not and have been told that if it's a new engine replaced by Jaguar then there should be a green and cream metal plate with the number.

Not only can I not find the plate but I cant find the actual place where the foundary/Jaguar has stamped the number.

As I said I have spent quite some time looking through all your forums on XK8 and Engine Numbers but nothing.

I list below the car details :
XK8 1998 Blue cream leather, 120,000, Coupe.

 

Next to the thermostat tower on the left side for the early engines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bob

 

It's very difficult to see, but it is stamped on the aluminium casting next to the thermostat housing. See Bob's pictures in post #8 here :

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x.../#&gid=1&pid=1

If you have a replacement engine, the "tag" looks like this. Mine was actually tucked into the leather wallet with the manuals, but it is supposed to be stuck to the engine .



Problem is, it doesn't gave you a "proper" engine number so you're not really any better off. My replacement engine had "second generation" tensioners which were beginning to crack so I replaced them anyway. The *only* way to be 100% sure with an early car is to check with your own eyes.

 

Yeah, JagJoe80, I was in that same bind.

The number stamped on my '97 is so faint that I'd looked right at it a few times but hadn't made it out. In the end it was right where it was supposed to be, near the thermostat housing and that engine lift point.

Get a bright light and try looking from a few angles.

 

Here's Bob's picture from the linked thread David gave in post #3:



The number is so difficult to find, it's worth a repeat of such a clear picture.

Graham