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Rolys mk10 Senior Member Offline BI-POLAR gone "tits up" Posts: 7384 forest of dean.glou/mon border Gender:	not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)? 19.02.2012 at 20:42:47 http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/news/great-british-cars-no-longer-made.html
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SV8Predator Ex Member	Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)? Reply #1 - 20.02.2012 at 20:27:30 You'd be great at writing 'clues' for cryptic crosswords Roly! But here's my informative post for the day: Jaguars are still in production! (As far as I know. . .)
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Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)?
Reply #2 - 21.02.2012 at 22:38:09

SV8Predator wrote on 20.02.2012 at 20:27:30:

You'd be great at writing 'clues' for cryptic crosswords Roly!

But here's my informative post for the day:

pistonheads.co.uk/inc/images/shout.gif Jaguars are still in production!

(As far as I know. . .)

Are they really jaguars??? Sad

The V8 jags if that is what they are.. are so poor with the engines.... seems jaguar lost the plot after the V12 aj6 and the xk engine... i am just glad I still have a real Jaguar.

Are you glad Sad

that i am glad?

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Brian Senior Member Offline Posts: 739 east anglia Gender:	Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)? Reply #3 - 21.02.2012 at 22:49:47 Roly, the XK engines had their problems, timing chains and bad oil pressure, the 3.2 and 4.0 ltr X300 seems to be the best engine so far IMHO, the V8 had problems, but they seem sorted now, took far too long and caused Jaguar to lose many sales on the way, hopefully all in the past.
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M80XJR Junior Member Offline Posts: 74	Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)? Reply #4 - 21.02.2012 at 23:29:53 you will find even so called bullet proof engines have there own problems take toyotas d4d engine prone to pumps failing same as ford diesal pumps . jaguar went to v8s as the xk unit was getting long in the tooth and a bit old .
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Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)?
Reply #5 - 22.02.2012 at 11:42:28

Rolys mk10 wrote on 21.02.2012 at 22:38:09:

The V8 jags if that is what they are.. are so poor with the engines....

My X308 is every bit as much a Jaguar as any of your cars Roly.

And the engine is the best part.

Most of your posts are of the problems you are having with your cars' engines!

Keep taking the tablets old chap.

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Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)?
Reply #6 - 22.02.2012 at 11:56:25

SV8Predator wrote on 22.02.2012 at 11:42:28:

Rolys mk10 wrote on 21.02.2012 at 22:38:09:

The V8 jags if that is what they are.. are so poor with the engines....

My X308 is every bit as much a Jaguar as any of your cars Roly.

And the engine is the best part.

Most of your posts are of the problems you are having with your cars' engines!

Keep taking the tablets old chap.

All mine have been to the moon and back mileage wise..... guess they were due to get a "touch of the Apollo 13's".. but these jag V8's seemed to have had problems right from lift off. Wink

still taking the tablets

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ng4xjs Senior Member Offline Posts: 1469 Kent Gender:	Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)? Reply #7 - 22.02.2012 at 13:18:22 I had a timing chain go on my previous AJ6 4.0L. Still ended up needing a replacement head. Happy days Nick
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Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)?
Reply #8 - 27.02.2012 at 12:21:08

All engines are a compromise - make them truly bullet proof and they will be too heavy and consume too much fuel.
The original Jag V8 was pretty well spot on. Nikasil bores had proven far superior to steel or cast iron over many years so jag was right to use them. It was just an unfortunate combination of high sulpur fuel and short Journeys that did the damage, BMW got caught out as well.
The cam chain failings were a design mistake and its difficult to understand how Jag got this wrong. The problems were known and many manufacturers had come up with solutions such as duplex or inverted tooth chains or inserting a gear into the cam drive.
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Jacqueline Senior Member Offline Posts: 1748 Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire Gender:	Re: not much on jags if any??(TATA and rover)? Reply #9 - 27.02.2012 at 19:31:07 Saw a bright yellow Austin Maestro this morning being driven through Bradford. Havent seen one in years and didnt immediately recognise what type of car it was as so many years since seen one
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