Discussion
Have a search under 'nicasil'.
In basic form, cylinders lined with nicasil didn't suit uk petrol, this munched through the liners causing excessive oil use, bad running..eventually leading to a new block (and bits)
Jaguar replaced them under warranty. Bmw also had the problem with their 2.8's and earlier 3.0 V8's.
I had an XJ8 sport on an R reg, it had had no nicasil problems and no engine change, so not all are affected but common concensus is that you are better off getting one with the engine change already done for obvious reasons.
However, I think by T reg, they had different liners. I know for definate BMW had sorted their act out by May 1998....I am sure Jaguar had sorted their engines by then.
Good cars though, my only gripe was a crap boot and the fact that if I drove it a short distance (daft to do that anyway) it didn't start very well.
One of the only cars left on my wish list (well, reality cars) is an XJR V8....
Hope that helps a bit.
Mike.
In basic form, cylinders lined with nicasil didn't suit uk petrol, this munched through the liners causing excessive oil use, bad running..eventually leading to a new block (and bits)
Jaguar replaced them under warranty. Bmw also had the problem with their 2.8's and earlier 3.0 V8's.
I had an XJ8 sport on an R reg, it had had no nicasil problems and no engine change, so not all are affected but common concensus is that you are better off getting one with the engine change already done for obvious reasons.
However, I think by T reg, they had different liners. I know for definate BMW had sorted their act out by May 1998....I am sure Jaguar had sorted their engines by then.
Good cars though, my only gripe was a crap boot and the fact that if I drove it a short distance (daft to do that anyway) it didn't start very well.
One of the only cars left on my wish list (well, reality cars) is an XJR V8....
Hope that helps a bit.
Mike.
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