Rescuing an xfr

[fred bloggs]

Hello. I’ve had this xfr for a week or so now. It’s been eventful already.

One shredded tyre

First time driving in traffic it’s overheated, fan unit failure.
Upon fitting a new fan unit , I’d jacked it up, then found this delight.



The near side is actually not as bad. I’ll bet a lot of them this age are similar under the sill covers , as the foam is great at holding the moisture to ensure a nice damp area. I’m ok with a welder .

I do like the car, it’s non sunroof and decent colour. It also needs a good machine polish, and the wheels and callipers refreshing. The cam chain is tight and the supercharger play is minimal, the coolant pipes and disks and pads have been recently replaced, so that’s nice.




Anyone know a regular problem causing the po441 code to keep popping up ?

Edited by fred bloggs on Tuesday 27th May 11:29

[jamieduff1981]

Nice one! I owned an XFR-S which was a nice car. That sill will fix up just fine and if suitably filled with cavity wax afterwards and well protected outside before the skirt goes back on it'll be fine long term. Enjoy!

[snotrag]

Following.... I test drove (and loved) an XFR a few years back - same colour, and I'm pretty sure it was a 60 plate.

I didnt buy it mainly because I persuaded the garage to stick it on a ramp as I suspected it was somewhat crispy underneath - it didnt take long for me to turn off. Hadn't realised they rot like an old Ford Escort!

I was after a daily driver to just put (lots of) fuel in, not a project car, but that will be an absolutely mega car once sorted!

[fred bloggs]

I kind of knew it would need work. However, it owes me nothing and it’s a lot of smiles for the outlay. The dash will get done too.
It’s got a top pulley done.
It’s not quite as cool as my last car


But it is more comfy, faster, and more useable especially as I live just inside the ULEZ zone

[fred bloggs]

Not the most pretty welding, and I didn t grind back much, but it s solid now, and definitely good to get rid of the stupid sponge stuff.





And the near side

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Edited by fred bloggs on Wednesday 28th May 19:04

[snotrag]

Yep, that'll do. I had an old X-type that I did sills on many years back and the nice thing was the Jag use a plastic outer cover for the sill so it just needs to be functional, not pretty!