Oil Burner

[Bat21]

Hi, my S Type 2.7 Oil Burner has developed a rather disconcearting habit when the ambient temperature on start up is below 0 deg.
The car starts and runs normaly, but after about 5 mins it belches out a cloud of vapourised fuel from the near side wheel arch, it has done this twice recently, but only when very very cold. Does anyone know how the preheat functions ?

[tvron]

mine does same but apparently there is an extra heater fitted to speed up warm up and this only comes on when very cold.I was alarmed atfirst but my pal works for Jaguar assist and laughed saying he had several calls by worried owners. It can be a bit smelly for a while

[Bat21]

Jaguar Customer affairs confirmed that this is from the preheat and only happens breifly if the car is stationary at a critical stage in the warm up, it has alarmed a number of customers. I can testify that the other morning whilst held up at roadworks, it alarmed not only me but the drivers of vehicles in close proximity and caused pedestrians to point and wave. Do you know how the system works?