Mitch Grooms my brother had 2004 xj8 and had to replace the tensioners due to rattle at cold start. $2000 job. Do you know if 2008 xj8 has the same issue or they upgraded to aluminum guides and tensioners? Thanks
Mine is a 98 as well ive had it 4yrs I drove it once on a long trip and now I barely drive it and seeing those tensioners I could imagine what mine look like. Your mechanic did one hell of a good job on yours. My jag is sitting right now because of this crazy Pennsylvania winter weather.
nice Jag! I just got a 2014 JAGUAR XJL RWD V6. I hope Jaguar knows what their doing when they did mines :-) You are right, JAGUARS are under appreciated, because of high maintanace cost and not too many mechanics know their quirks
Max, I do not know much about the new Jags, I know TATA is the owner now but do not know anything about this company.. it will be interesting to see how it works out in the future.
@@MitchGrooms Thanks for the video. Unfortunately it's not looking good for my 2014 XJL V6 engine Supercharged (X351) body style. I had to replace an oxygen sensor at 28k miles. Water pump and coolant outlet pipe failed at 32k miles, and know the supercharger makes a loud clattering/rattle/knocking noise when turning off the engine. Car runs great now, but I suspect the Supercharger torsional isolator and or the torsional isolator spring support shaft are wearing causing excessive backlash in the supercharger drive. Not sure if that's a catastrophic failure when it gives up and fails completely damaging the engine or if it's OK to wait for it to break, then it will be cover by my extended warranty. What you think? Best regards
Good to see a rust free example and the colour is great, I agree with what you say about the cars being under-appreciated but their time will come. Strange to see the guides were so bad but the tensioners had minor marks, normally the other way round, maybe the tensioners had been replaced earlier but not the guides. Any way its made my mind up to do all of mine, not just the top tensioners. If you ever replace the hose under the supercharger can you post that as that's a job for me in the future as these often get left?
How much did this job cost you, if you don't mind sharing? Also, what made you do the tensioners/guide job? Did you hear the infamous rattle, or any symptoms?
hey, it cost me $1,875 and that included updated water pump, all belts. I did not have the death rattle but as you can see the guides were failing so it would not have taking much more miles. All tensioners finally fail at a 100% rate. They finally got the things worked out on the 2000+ models. If you have one of these cars, do not chance it. Pull off a valve cover and get a boroscope and look deep down in the engine to see if the work has been done..
@@MitchGrooms Berkshire Jags in the uk are a good choice as the quality is first class,not sure if the XJR and XJ8 are different,the year is important though but happy to be proved wrong as all important information is welcome when you are doing this job which I am about to tackle.
do you know if 2002 xj8 were updated to aluminum tensioner? Ughh I may need to open mine ... I had a low engine pressure pop up driving and went away .. wondering if it’s mechanic (tensioner etc) or hopefully just electronics (sensor)
That's a fine Georgia peach, love that model! Considering getting a drop top XK8 but will be looking for '02 or newer. Does anyone know if the guides we're updated on those? Thx for this video.👍
@@MitchGrooms I was doing 45 mph and my secondary tenchnor and cam cam chain broke it went in to limp mode but still made it down my driveway are there any suggestions you think I can fix it/its 2001 xjr R1 package
Awesome! I’m looking at 2002 and heard that engines produced after august had the upgraded tensioners. Are there any other issues you know of for the 2002?
x308 98 sovereign lwb have replaced top secondary tensioners for metal ones 5 yrs ago ,no rattling, contemplating whether to do the rest, cars done 115k miles , they are great cars
@@InvictaHorizonJFM83 If you look closely, the guides fall apart. You will need to do all of them. Make sure you listen to that death rattle everytime you start your car up,
@@InvictaHorizonJFM83 Do not trust it. If you have a rattle, that is all it takes to jump 2 spokes in the chain, do not risk it. That jump will happen in a second.
You have an excellent mechanic! OMG he is good, he put the car back together very well.
thx, he can be trusted, your car should be fine being a 2002
Mitch Grooms my brother had 2004 xj8 and had to replace the tensioners due to rattle at cold start. $2000 job. Do you know if 2008 xj8 has the same issue or they upgraded to aluminum guides and tensioners? Thanks
Mine is a 98 as well ive had it 4yrs I drove it once on a long trip and now I barely drive it and seeing those tensioners I could imagine what mine look like. Your mechanic did one hell of a good job on yours. My jag is sitting right now because of this crazy Pennsylvania winter weather.
Oh yes, you get it bad up there, how many miles do you have?
Mitch Grooms now I have 67,000 she’s stored away for the winter I will make a video as I’ve been promising.
Thank you for posting this video, now I know where the tensioner chain location is :)
nice Jag! I just got a 2014 JAGUAR XJL RWD V6. I hope Jaguar knows what their doing when they did mines :-) You are right, JAGUARS are under appreciated, because of high maintanace cost and not too many mechanics know their quirks
Max, I do not know much about the new Jags, I know TATA is the owner now but do not know anything about this company.. it will be interesting to see how it works out in the future.
@@MitchGrooms Thanks for the video. Unfortunately it's not looking good for my 2014 XJL V6 engine Supercharged (X351) body style. I had to replace an oxygen sensor at 28k miles. Water pump and coolant outlet pipe failed at 32k miles, and know the supercharger makes a loud clattering/rattle/knocking noise when turning off the engine. Car runs great now, but I suspect the Supercharger torsional isolator and or the torsional isolator spring support shaft are wearing causing excessive backlash in the supercharger drive. Not sure if that's a catastrophic failure when it gives up and fails completely damaging the engine or if it's OK to wait for it to break, then it will be cover by my extended warranty. What you think? Best regards
Good to see a rust free example and the colour is great, I agree with what you say about the cars being under-appreciated but their time will come.
Strange to see the guides were so bad but the tensioners had minor marks, normally the other way round, maybe the tensioners had been replaced earlier but not the guides.
Any way its made my mind up to do all of mine, not just the top tensioners.
If you ever replace the hose under the supercharger can you post that as that's a job for me in the future as these often get left?
Paul, yes change them all and the hose under the supercharger is a huge undertaking, you have to remove everything, what a stupid design
How much did this job cost you, if you don't mind sharing? Also, what made you do the tensioners/guide job? Did you hear the infamous rattle, or any symptoms?
hey, it cost me $1,875 and that included updated water pump, all belts. I did not have the death rattle but as you can see the guides were failing so it would not have taking much more miles. All tensioners finally fail at a 100% rate. They finally got the things worked out on the 2000+ models. If you have one of these cars, do not chance it. Pull off a valve cover and get a boroscope and look deep down in the engine to see if the work has been done..
Mmmmh I see. I may try looking down the valve cover to see if any work has been done to mine. Thanks!
OH no the tensioner issue :( Were you able to fix it? It is going to a fun day for me if my tensioner breaks.
did you watch the video:-(
Yes, I am scared now :(
i have a 2002 jaguar xj8 vanden plas .. do you know if this corrected on that year? .. ps great channel by the way def will subscribe
Great video and very interesting, I had not realised you had only got the car 18 months ago, I had assumed you had been the owner for many years.
Hey buddy, I had to just now go look and it will be 2 years at the end of this month. She just turned 51,000 miles when I took delivery of her..
Interesting and informative video where did you get the tensioner from?
You can get on eBay and Amazon, make sure you get the right ones, XJR and xj8 are different
@@MitchGrooms Berkshire Jags in the uk are a good choice as the quality is first class,not sure if the XJR and XJ8 are different,the year is important though but happy to be proved wrong as all important information is welcome when you are doing this job which I am about to tackle.
do you know if 2002 xj8 were updated to aluminum tensioner? Ughh I may need to open mine ... I had a low engine pressure pop up driving and went away .. wondering if it’s mechanic (tensioner etc) or hopefully just electronics (sensor)
do not drive until you figure out the issue, yes, 2002 is a safe year,,
my dear
I have a JAGUAR XJ8 cam timing chain failure my dear
Tried twice and the engine didn't work
can you help me
That would s not good, engine is no god any longer if this took place
That's a fine Georgia peach, love that model! Considering getting a drop top XK8 but will be looking for '02 or newer. Does anyone know if the guides we're updated on those?
Thx for this video.👍
2002 is pretty much safe, but again, they had failures but nothing like the earlier years
@@MitchGrooms I was doing 45 mph and my secondary tenchnor and cam cam chain broke it went in to limp mode but still made it down my driveway are there any suggestions you think I can fix it/its 2001 xjr R1 package
Awesome! I’m looking at 2002 and heard that engines produced after august had the upgraded tensioners. Are there any other issues you know of for the 2002?
I should clarify, I’m looking at an XKR.
Not really, they had all the bugs worked out by then
thanks for this video. guess what i'm going to be ordering for my 63000 mile super v eight.
good idea Kenneth
@@MitchGrooms yeah. you did a great job there. quite scary to think what might have happened if you hadn't changed it all. gorgeous car too.
@@kennethtalbott2233 thx
Hi did you replace the chain aswell?
Hey Dee, we did not. Chains will last until you have failure on the tensioners and guides. What Jag do you have?
x308 98 sovereign lwb have replaced top secondary tensioners for metal ones 5 yrs ago ,no rattling, contemplating whether to do the rest, cars done 115k miles , they are great cars
@@InvictaHorizonJFM83 If you look closely, the guides fall apart. You will need to do all of them. Make sure you listen to that death rattle everytime you start your car up,
@@MitchGrooms it did have a rattle but i did an oil change in january and now no rattle but I will have ago at doing it all
@@InvictaHorizonJFM83 Do not trust it. If you have a rattle, that is all it takes to jump 2 spokes in the chain, do not risk it. That jump will happen in a second.
Oof!
lol, yes..