Jaguar engine problem - won't start

societys_child

. . . compliant against the recovery company especially as it drove in a fashion prior . . .

No not really, it had given up the ghost by the time recovery man arrived.

The guy came and kept trying to start it, but it wouldn't start

Bantex_2

Bet it was a cheap recovery company that don't use their own employed techs.

topdaddy_2

societys_child wrote: »

No not really, it had given up the ghost by the time recovery man arrived.

Its this bit of the op that worries me:"It sort of started, made a funny noise and then stopped. Then he started spraying like mad. The he told me to try again, and he kept spraying. The engine started and revved up like crazy, but made a terrible noise like someone had put bricks in a washing amchine. Then the car sort of convulsed and the engine stopped."
Maybe just maybe try it once with easi start, but dont"spray like mad", that means its a bigger problem than easi start can solve.

AdrianC

topdaddy wrote: »

Its this bit of the op that worries me:"It sort of started, made a funny noise and then stopped. Then he started spraying like mad. The he told me to try again, and he kept spraying. The engine started and revved up like crazy, but made a terrible noise like someone had put bricks in a washing amchine. Then the car sort of convulsed and the engine stopped."
Maybe just maybe try it once with easi start, but dont"spray like mad", that means its a bigger problem than easi start can solve.

Read the para before...

When I finished, it was very difficult to start, it started on about the 4th or 5th attempt, and it was running quite rough and the car was shaking a bit. I stopped it and called my car insurance who called a local recovery guy.

That was the point at which the damage was being done. All the recovery guy managed to do was get an already fubar engine running again briefly.

topdaddy_2

AdrianC wrote: »

Read the para before...

That was the point at which the damage was being done. All the recovery guy managed to do was get an already fubar engine running again briefly.

Yeah but the engine wont be doing its self any good turning over at all, by the op or technician. Its shagged. Dont make it worse by keep trying.

bigjl

They didn't make an XF 2.2d on a 58 plate.

If it was actually a 2.2 X Type then i thought it had a chain like the 2.0.

But i could be wrong on that.

The 3.0d as fitted to the XF has a belt with replacement interval of 112k, certainly it does in my car.

It sounds like a high pressure fuel pump issue.

And god knows what the recovery driver thought he was doing with easy start.

Common rail engines area bit too complicated for that kind of stuff imho.

They can help to bleed a common rail that has trouble starting after running out of fuel but then you would not really rev it after it starts.

AdrianC

topdaddy wrote: »

Yeah but the engine wont be doing its self any good turning over at all, by the op or technician. Its shagged. Dont make it worse by keep trying.

You couldn't make it worse. It was already f'kd.

topdaddy_2

AdrianC wrote: »

You couldn't make it worse. It was already f'kd.

But then why try? It shows the op didnt know what he was doing(which is to be expected) and it shows the technician didnt know what he was doing which isnt.

AdrianC

topdaddy wrote: »

But then why try? It shows the op didnt know what he was doing(which is to be expected) and it shows the technician didnt know what he was doing which isnt.

No, it shows the technician didn't take the driver's word at face value. Which, since we're all in agreement that the driver wasn't any kind of expert, is proper procedure.

topdaddy_2

AdrianC wrote: »

No, it shows the technician didn't take the driver's word at face value. Which, since we're all in agreement that the driver wasn't any kind of expert, is proper procedure.

Id disagree with that seeing as he repeated tried it.