Jaguar XJS

Saturday, 23 December 2017

Car Cover & Wing cover

It has been a while. I ordered this car cover already a few weeks ago. It turned out it was no longer on stock and new ones had to be made. And finally it arrived earlier this week. And today I visited the car storage to put it on. As posted earlier, I have this Jaguar flag but am not sure if I will stitch it on:

http://erwinxjs.blogspot.nl/2017/08/jaguar-flag-car-cover.html

Oh, shortly after I purchased my car cover I noticed these tailored made covers with the Jaguar logo printed onto it. Pretty cool but a bit pricey too:

http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Jaguar-XJS-Bespoke-Luxury-Indoor-Car-Cover-/252734171469?hash=item3ad821694d:g:5xkAAOSwNnRYgiJJ

And talking about covers, I also spotted these nice Jaguar wing covers:

http://www.xk8-parts.com/2013/09/jaguar-xk8-xkr-x100-protective-wing-covers/

Anyway, my car collected a bit of dirt and dust so before putting on the new cover I had drove it thru the car wash. A nice opportunity to make little drive. It started instantly and ran very smooth.

And clean back at home:

And unpacking the new car cover:

As for the cover, I have ordered it at this company: https://www.autopyjama.com/home-engl/

It's the Satin version, very good quality with soft flanel fleece on the inside. It costed € 133,- + € 20 shipping costs. So I will update the cost spreadsheet as well. At the time I bought a similar cover for the 400 (the Pyjama Extra - cotton).

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

MISS DIOR – The new Eau de Parfum - XJS Convertible cameo

I'm not a huge fan of convertibles (except true spiders) but thought this cameo was worth sharing.
I got triggered by this FB post:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/350319041788353/permalink/948589381961313/

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

XJS lady piccies

Enjoy

Monday, 27 November 2017

Engine overheating cause

Yes, it has been a while since I've been working on my XJS. But as said, I have other more important priorities for now. In any case I'm still following closely interesting XJS updates. Yesterday I came across this interesting posting on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/350319041788353/permalink/940303346123250/

To avoid potential overheating of the engine this guy had his A/C compressor and dryer removed. Apparently this also resulted in obtaining a higher top speed. Personally I do like my comfort in the car, so disabling the A/C is certainly I would not fancy. When flicking thru the comment fields I noticed the following remark in red:

William Dampier The V12 is anything but delicate. If you’ve ever taken one apart it looks like a 8000 horsepower top fuel dragster engine with 4 extra cylinders.
The worst thing for a Jaguar is ignorant mechanics. Mechanics who replace the radiator, the waterpump, headgaskets and even rebuild it simply because they fail to oil the distributor. If not properly oiled the advance freezes and causes the timing to be off. That’s the usual reason for overheating.
Mechanics who fail to properly adjust the throttle linkage or replace cracked rubber hoses. Mechanics who neglect the rubber fuel line and allow the engine to catch on fire.
Mechanics who replace whole computers and a lot of company’s because a sensor is loose or contacts corroded a bit.

Then an interesting spin off discussion takes place on this matter. You can read the all the other comments yourself given the FB link above.

Clearly there could be other causes for overheated engines but this one is a easy one to check and to tackle. I did happen to have my rotor and cap replaced last year:

http://erwinxjs.blogspot.nl/2016/09/distributor-cap-and-rotor-replacement.html

As far as I can recall the rotor went smooth. Would have been an ideal opportunity to have it oiled ... If I only would have known this earlier ...