I have a 1995 XJS V12 with side mouldings that have some of the pointed ends missing, also the inserts have shrunk and distorted. Does anybody know who supplied these after market trim parts that are often on XJSs
and where replacements can be found.
Victoia. B.C. Canada.
1995 XJS convertable 6.0 liter V12.
1967 E Type convertable
1998 XJ8 VDP

Submitted by NW41-38077J on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 03:29

William,
Before I went tearing into the ECU, I would replace the engine temperature sensor first. It's located on the left side of the engine near the front. I have had this problem before. They are $25 at NAPA. It's worth a try.
Ray Papineau JDRC/NWA
1990 XJS V-12 CONV.
1990 XJS V-12 COUPE
1989 XJS V-12 COUPE
1987 XJS V-12 CAB.
1988 XJS V-12 CAB.
1988 XJS V-12 CAB.

Submitted by silver007@shaw.ca on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 21:33

Art Dickenson.
1983 XJS GT "Silver"
Pacific Jaguar.ca

Hi William,
I had a similar problem with "Silver" when I first bought the car. A friend of mine (Jag Master Mechanic ) suggested it was the engine ecu, he got me one ( good used ) put it in and it has been pretty good ever since. Unfortunately after 14 years of slalom and road race Solo 1 , the head gaskets started to go South and so I popped in another engine till I had chance to refresh "Silver's" original. It is getting close now, however changing a V12 is no task for the faint of heart.
My friend released the ecu and shook it, it stopped running and that was his check procedure. Try it,
Bye for now, Art

Submitted by Psupergenius@v… on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 20:53

Edited on 2007-06-13 21:29:51

Edited on 2007-06-13 20:56:51

Hello out there need some help I have 1983 jag XJS 5.3 v12 THE ENGINE RUNS GREAT ...WHEN IT RUNS! I have had this car since march 07 bought it for my wife's b'day it's in pretty good shape all around except for this starting issue it runs when it wants to and sometimes it will run all day and then just dies out and wont start again until it wants to ,I had it at jaguar of Exeter N.H. and they had it for until the end of may I paid 1300.00 in parts and labor they changed the potentiometer,throttle rod and bushings but to no avail that didn't do the trick i just traced the fuel system everything seems ok it looked like it was the pickup module changed that this weekend another 100.00 and my labor i have both fuel and spark but it still wont run I really love this car and want desperately to fix this engine because when it does run it you can barely hear it, it runs so nice but,my patience are wearing thin and i have a gm 350 crate engine with a rv cam and 27,000 miles on it that is just begging me to rip the 5.3 out and put her in but id really rather not only has 74,000 miles on it!!!!
please anybody have any experiences like this NEED HELP !!!!! i SAW ART DICKENSONS ON THIS SITE SOME WHERE FROM PACIFIC JAGUAR MINE IS THE SAME ONLY SEBRING RED WITH SADDLE INT PLEASE ANYBODY help!!!! b-4 I do the inevitable and rob it of it;s originality!!! HELP!!!!!!
William H.Paradise Jr.
1990 XJ6
1983 XJS