Why does my Jaguar XF engine have vibration?
Vibration at 1500 revs, regardless of gear and road speed. The engine is smooth, I dont beleive it to be an engine issue. Its more pronounced under heavy load. This is a 66 plate xfs with 3.0 v6 diesel that has done 15000 miles. Its going in for a fix in September. At the risk of resurrecting an old thread, I came here from a Google search.
What kind of engine does a Jaguar XF SV8 have?
The press launch proper takes place in Europe in February but we grabbed an early drive by travelling to Arizona, although that meant only the two V8 engines were available to try. There’s a naturally aspirated 4.2 V8 with 298bhp and a supercharged version of the same engine that offers 410bhp.
Is the Jaguar XF made out of steel?
Cost and the fact that Jag needed to get the car to market quickly means the XF is made from steel, although the suspension, which is shared with the XK, is aluminium. Weight is up fractionally, but not enough to warrant any big changes in the engine line-up just yet. About those engines then…
Is the new Jaguar XF a good car?
There’s nothing wrong with the refinement of the current diesel but rivals have moved the game on in terms of performance with cars like the BMW 535d. The XF is an impressive car for Jaguar and welcome confidence boost for a company anxiously waiting for a decision on its future.
What makes the XF SV8 a Q car?
Too right, and it makes the SV8 something of a Q-car because only the 20-inch wheels really differentiate it from the naturally aspirated V8. It’s automatic of course, as are all XFs, the S-type’s little bought manual alternative having been dropped along with the 2.5 petrol V6.
How manybhp does a Jaguar SV8 have?
The latter is effectively the drivetrain from the old S-type R, although here it’s called SV8 to make it clear that some thing hotter is on the way. That something is likely to have close to 500bhp and an electronic rear differential to tame it. But 410bhp isn’t shabby.
There’s nothing wrong with the refinement of the current diesel but rivals have moved the game on in terms of performance with cars like the BMW 535d. The XF is an impressive car for Jaguar and welcome confidence boost for a company anxiously waiting for a decision on its future.
What to do about steering wheel vibration in XF?
The XF has hydraulic bushes on the front lower suspension arms (the curved ones) and these will be tuned to match the shimmy frequency to stop it vibrating at the steering wheel.Jaguars are very sensitive to this problem but there should be warranty fixes in place and is definitely not a condition you should accept.