I have a 2013 Jaguar XF, 3.0 V6 supercharged. Stock they are 340 HP, I have mine tuned to an untested 475.
I am the second owner and have no records. The car has done 90K miles ( I got it 13 K ago from a jaugar dealer who made an oil change.) OIC are 15K, I did mine at 5k.
The 8 cyl versions of this engine are known to die of oil starvation. The 8 Also has chain guide wear that stretches the chain and destroys the engine. Guesses for this reason are not checking the oil ( these cars have no dipstick and no oil pressure gauge or idiot light)
There is a oil level indicator that requires a process to get a reading -the engine to be run 20 minutes, sit 20 minutes and checked using a magic wand (lol, no a button on the stalk) So many people ignore them they could be gong for that reason) Also overfilling is a concern, for the same reason, shops don't check the magic wand because of this invovled process and hope they fill with what the pull out so over-filling is an issue as well and can cause the starvation
The oil required is an 0W-20 european grade " Professional" Castrol not available here except through the dealer.
Oil changes are done with a siphon tube in the oil filler ( really a nice feature. The dealers supposedly use this process.) I made one change using valvoline and am looking to do another.
Choices are limited in oil selection. Only Ravenol is up to Jaguar specs (besides castrol from the dealer or shipped from UK.
A couple of things, the location of the siphon as well as the drain plug leave about 1/2 inch of oil in the sump. Since the car may have had extended OIC, I wnat to see if there is a way to do a quick clean before the next change.
Some thoughts from the jaguar boards, ( use 2 bottles of injector cleaner in the tank before the change? Anyone ever hear that that can loosen sludge??)
Any ideas about something I can do to to gently just loosen/dissolve any potential residue in the sump left after long OIC? Should I just do short OIC with good oil? HDEO? Use an additive? Do a flush?
Any comments would be appreciated ( except for the criticism about buying a jag, I have had British cars, including 2 other jags, for years and an just a sucker
I am the second owner and have no records. The car has done 90K miles ( I got it 13 K ago from a jaugar dealer who made an oil change.) OIC are 15K, I did mine at 5k.
The 8 cyl versions of this engine are known to die of oil starvation. The 8 Also has chain guide wear that stretches the chain and destroys the engine. Guesses for this reason are not checking the oil ( these cars have no dipstick and no oil pressure gauge or idiot light)
There is a oil level indicator that requires a process to get a reading -the engine to be run 20 minutes, sit 20 minutes and checked using a magic wand (lol, no a button on the stalk) So many people ignore them they could be gong for that reason) Also overfilling is a concern, for the same reason, shops don't check the magic wand because of this invovled process and hope they fill with what the pull out so over-filling is an issue as well and can cause the starvation
The oil required is an 0W-20 european grade " Professional" Castrol not available here except through the dealer.
Oil changes are done with a siphon tube in the oil filler ( really a nice feature. The dealers supposedly use this process.) I made one change using valvoline and am looking to do another.
Choices are limited in oil selection. Only Ravenol is up to Jaguar specs (besides castrol from the dealer or shipped from UK.
A couple of things, the location of the siphon as well as the drain plug leave about 1/2 inch of oil in the sump. Since the car may have had extended OIC, I wnat to see if there is a way to do a quick clean before the next change.
Some thoughts from the jaguar boards, ( use 2 bottles of injector cleaner in the tank before the change? Anyone ever hear that that can loosen sludge??)
Any ideas about something I can do to to gently just loosen/dissolve any potential residue in the sump left after long OIC? Should I just do short OIC with good oil? HDEO? Use an additive? Do a flush?
Any comments would be appreciated ( except for the criticism about buying a jag, I have had British cars, including 2 other jags, for years and an just a sucker