Jaguar s type

neilmcl

Sur wrote: »

Shouldn't a car engine last longer than 39,000 miles.

Please answer the question - how old is the car?

ess0two

Full documented service history will go a long way to help.

Fosterdog

It has to be at least 8 years old as they stopped producing the s type in 2008 so really any engine problems after this length of time is likely to be a maintenance or wear and tear issue rather than manufacturing defect.

I'm assuming the first 19 months it was owned for it ran well and has only recently developed the fault, surely if the hole had been there from the start there would have been problems before now.

Sur

Sur wrote: »

The car is immaculate and there was 24997 on the clock when bought

The car has also a full service record.

Sur

ess0two wrote: »

Full documented service history will go a long way to help.

There is a fully documented service history

k3lvc

Sur wrote: »

The car is immaculate and there was 27000 miles when bought

Sur wrote: »

The car has also a full service record.

Sur wrote: »

There is a fully documented service history

Unless you give all the details no-one will be able to help


Age, total mileage, model etc etc

Sur

neilmcl wrote: »

Please answer the question - how old is the car?

2007it had done 24997 miles

Sur

k3lvc wrote: »

Unless you give all the details no-one will be able to help


Age, total mileage, model etc etc

I don't think I can give anymore info, if you read all my replies they are all there.
Jaguar s type, bought for £11000 with 24497 on the clock. Now has 39000 on the clock age 2007.

arcon5

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

Not nessasarily, if those 39,000 miles had been made up of lots of short journeys then engine wear would be significantly higher than with fewer longer journeys.

Engine wear yes. Even local driving car engines still last well beyond what ops has done! Otherwise don't you think taxis would be pretty damn expensive if they had to replace the engine every 6 months! Yet I've seen taxis with half a million miles on the original engine. Most at least a couple hundred thousand. I used to drive some of the poorest maintained taxis about and even those was doing 150k +

k3lvc

Sur wrote: »

I don't think I can give anymore info, if you read all my replies they are all there.
Jaguar s type, bought for £11000 with 24497 on the clock. Now has 39000 on the clock age 2007.

Petrol/Diesel, any previous issues, bought from main dealer ?

Given the mileage it's either a 3,000 miles per year shopping car or a well clocked, well used example.

You're likely to get more joy on one of the Jag forums as you look to be well out of timings for any consumer recourse