Hi. new to the 300,had a 98 v8 sport for 7 yrs but the engine lost compression in 6 bores!!! so pretty buggered. now got a 96 xj exec,changed the wheels to 17" gemini wheels coloured code grille surround and added a mesh grille. couple of questions...anyone got a diagram for the exhaust?and what kind of price could you be looking at for cat and right side system, one more thing what coolant is used in the 3.2? thanks for your time all. cheers robo. 

Robo, on the anti-freeze front,it would prob have been blue stuff when she rolled off the production line, but nowerdays most people use the green (OATS) stuff, which is good for 5 years. Be aware that the blue and green must not be mixed, it turns to a sludge. I always fit a new thermostat at the same time, you only want to drain the system once and X300 have a tendancy to run below normal temp, genuine stats seem better than patten.
    All the best Brian

Brian wrote on 25.04.2012 at 15:15:30:

you might be opening a can of worms here bri
try googling "can i mix green with blue antifreeze"

but i say use same colour of what you already have





i think

On the subject of coolant, I run the tradittional blue stuff in my jags but the pink VW stuff in motorccles as it gives better corrosion protection.
My understanding is the green OAT is Jap spec and the Orange OAT is Ford spec.
There is rumours that mixing the blue and orange stuff causes it to gel but I have never seen any evidence of this.
Cheers