To XJR or not to XJR

[naki]

Interesting to read your story.
I have been looking at an identical car to yours online.
Thinking of going to see it.

I think all Jags have issues, and more so as the years roll on. So hardly surprising yours had failed on occasions.
The new fuel filter should have been on the initial service list though clearly!

[dbdb]

They're not many cars where the term 'a lot of car for the money' is more apt than these. I think people must be scared of them because they're not very impressive, they're also good looking cars.

[deadslow]

I just sold mine last week. Had it 2.5 years and loved every minute of it. Never broke down once and always blasted along the road with most satisfying rapidity

[Rubin215]

Well, I hope I never have to change the plastic bit of an X308 fuel line ever again...

Where the metal fuel lines come out of the tank they pass through a hole in the boot floor and are then joined to the metal lines running under the body by a short length (20cm max) of plastic hose; it was this hose that had stretched and kinked to shut off the flow of fuel almost completely.

To say that replacing it was difficult is a massive understatement; clearance from any angle is absolutely minimal with the differential and rear sub-frame in the way no matter what angle you approach it from. The hose sits above the diff.

If I were to do this job again, I would be tempted to simply cut the plastic lines where they join the metal lines under the body, take the tank out completely and fit new rubber hoses to the tank lines (fuel pressure is only 40 psi so rubber is fine).

Ah well, car in for it's mot today, so we'll see what that throws up.