Can you remove the cylinder heads from a Jaguar XK8?

Can you remove the cylinder heads from a Jaguar XK8?

Removing the cylinder heads from a Jaguar 4.0 V8, normally aspirated, in a 1999 XK8 convertible. The inlet manifold is off, as is the water pump and the radiator fans. The engine has 56k miles on it and is one of the original Nikasil bores.

How to remove cam chain from Jaguar XK8?

The engine has 56k miles on it and is one of the original Nikasil bores. One secondary tensioner is definitely cracked, but as it turns out, all the timing chain tensioners and guides were cracked. We start with the front pulley removal, then the timing chains, cams and then the heads. Loading…

What kind of engine is a 1999 Jaguar XK8?

Please try again later. Removing the cylinder heads from a Jaguar 4.0 V8, normally aspirated, in a 1999 XK8 convertible. The inlet manifold is off, as is the water pump and the radiator fans. The engine has 56k miles on it and is one of the original Nikasil bores.

Is the inlet manifold off on a Jaguar XK8?

The inlet manifold is off, as is the water pump and the radiator fans. The engine has 56k miles on it and is one of the original Nikasil bores. One secondary tensioner is definitely cracked, but as it turns out, all the timing chain tensioners and guides were cracked.

Removing the cylinder heads from a Jaguar 4.0 V8, normally aspirated, in a 1999 XK8 convertible. The inlet manifold is off, as is the water pump and the radiator fans. The engine has 56k miles on it and is one of the original Nikasil bores.

The engine has 56k miles on it and is one of the original Nikasil bores. One secondary tensioner is definitely cracked, but as it turns out, all the timing chain tensioners and guides were cracked. We start with the front pulley removal, then the timing chains, cams and then the heads. Loading…

Please try again later. Removing the cylinder heads from a Jaguar 4.0 V8, normally aspirated, in a 1999 XK8 convertible. The inlet manifold is off, as is the water pump and the radiator fans. The engine has 56k miles on it and is one of the original Nikasil bores.

The inlet manifold is off, as is the water pump and the radiator fans. The engine has 56k miles on it and is one of the original Nikasil bores. One secondary tensioner is definitely cracked, but as it turns out, all the timing chain tensioners and guides were cracked.