5.0 XK Coolant top ups
Discussion
I'm finding I need to top-up the engine coolant rather more than I've ever done in any car I've previously owned.
At the last fill, I replenished 75ml after about 300 miles.
There are no tell-tale puddles on the garage floor. No other untoward signs to give anything away, one way or another...
Anyone got any views on this, and is it "normal" ?
At the last fill, I replenished 75ml after about 300 miles.
There are no tell-tale puddles on the garage floor. No other untoward signs to give anything away, one way or another...
Anyone got any views on this, and is it "normal" ?
Edited by New Relic on Monday 23 October 14:36
I would suggest you get the water pump checked - pronto.
I've a 5.0 XKR, and a 5.0 RR , the same engine.
The RR started losing a bit of water back in the summer and I thought I'd 'keep an eye' on it. The water pump utterly shat itself a few hundred miles later whilst on the way down the M4. Thankfully I was able to get to my destination, just. AA truck to get home. I replaced the pump myself, not too bad a job on the whole, the old one was completely destroyed, the bearing just wasn't there anymore.
If the XKR ever displays any sign of losing water I will be replacing the pump immediately. Sitting in traffic in the RR with steam pissing out from all three sides of the bonnet is not an experience I want to repeat in the Jag.
I've a 5.0 XKR, and a 5.0 RR , the same engine.
The RR started losing a bit of water back in the summer and I thought I'd 'keep an eye' on it. The water pump utterly shat itself a few hundred miles later whilst on the way down the M4. Thankfully I was able to get to my destination, just. AA truck to get home. I replaced the pump myself, not too bad a job on the whole, the old one was completely destroyed, the bearing just wasn't there anymore.
If the XKR ever displays any sign of losing water I will be replacing the pump immediately. Sitting in traffic in the RR with steam pissing out from all three sides of the bonnet is not an experience I want to repeat in the Jag.
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