I cringed when I saw you close the bonnet from one side. closing the bonnet from center will always be best to keep from misalignment of the panel gaps.
my 2018 rwd p380 has had two lots of injector failures in 6 months, thank god for extended warranty. but debating to sell as its been at JRL services centres for a substancial of my ownership. just cant find a suitable car to replace it
Thanks for the video, really helpful. For my 2016 model the battery was different so I suggest to check it before buying the battery. I replaced it but still get SOS message, maybe I have to drive some miles to kind of "charge it" but the problem could be potentially somewhere else....
I get this message on my 2017 and always forget about it until the next time I start the car. Great to know I can fix this myself. Excellent video and instructions! Thank you for taking the time to document the process.
Design a car and drive it for five years so you can make fixes for all the stupid engineering you built in. Either that or buy your engines from Toyota or Honda. They seem to have things figured out.
Cheers Louis, I had the same on my V8 2015, but the battery unit on my telematics unit had 3 wires on the plug supplying 3.9V to differing parts of it I'm guessing. I did exactly the same as you pressing the SOS to test and a call came in LOL. I was shocked initially and there was a little speaker tucked away in the centre somewhere and whilst I embarrassingly apologised. I could hardly understand the caller, the speaker was squawking terribly! For some reason once I had removed the battery and replaced it back in, it worked fine and it has not come back. I didn't know about holding the spanner button so thanks for that! Good lad. I've got Michelins going onto my Jag too, soon.
You done a excellent job there. I replaced my Jaguar XF dashboard not so long ago, the leather came apart. My next mission is to find someone to replace the front windscreen, water has started to come inside. Is there anyone good, you can recommend to replace windscreen?
Nice Louis! Would have annoyed myself too with the leather being scratched. I saw two divots on the glove box leather, were you able to get them out? Great job though!
Changed oil on my 18R coupe both ways. Out the bottom and suction. Kind of a pain to get shield off. But I’m lucky to have a 4 post hoist. Not concerned about service records. I take pics of each service event. Also never intend to sell the car, as it is a perfect 50 year younger sibling to the 68 E type. Keep up the good info on videos!!
When removing the injector bolts warm up the engine properly. Like how you want motor hot to change oil filter, spark plugs, you want the engine heat to help remove the injector bolts. Instead of bad looking duct tape to help direct water away from the injectors, order the factory rubber pieces used on later model F types from the factory. Look and work much better. Plus OEM fit and function.
When removing your battery Positive connection, your Socket/Ratchet is flailing around….and if it is was to touch anything metal….😮 You should disconnect the negative terminal IMO. Good video, gave enough info for someone to have a good.
Hi Louis. Found your vid by accident….very interesting as this was the same reason I sold my Ftype. Discovering the amount of corrosion lower down scared the hell out of me as a long term car. Gutted as it was a dream car. I’ll put a vid with pics out when I get a mo. Mine had pooling on top of where gearbox meets block. Wiring harnesses was underwater. The design was clearly flawed and unacceptable in this day and age. DIY hell when out of warranty. Mine went back to dealer 😢
@@louismochine4756 very early 380s have the mesh vents. But they leaked water into the engine bay causing a common failure (can’t remember what it was) so they switched to a more covered version in the same recess on RWD cars.
@@louismochine4756 I’ve just checked. The ‘mesh’ vent on the V6 was replaced by the ‘louvred’ vent from the V8 for MY17, due to the mesh vents leaking water onto injectors. No idea about the 2.0. Those are the wrong vents for that car.
You did all that work, and didn't replace the rotos and pads? You were right there, with the car jacked up, all the necessary parts and tools ready to go, and you DIDN'T do the job? The pads had (according to you) maybe 6 months to go, and you just stopped when you were an hour or so away from actually doing the job? You must be retired. Or stupid.
Good video. I just did my V6 FType brake pads at 30kmiles. Two thoughts. My front brake pads wore quicker than my rears. I also opted to have my rotors “recut” or “turned” which was about 50 USD per rotor. Jag allows for 2mm of wear before the rotors are inadequate for use.
Hi Louis, not pointless at all. Always great to see people tackle jobs such as brakes on their own F-Types. You also jogged my memory for the maintenance mode for replacement etc. At my last service I was told that the brake pads were at 50% with a looming MOT, I just said, ok it should pass then!! No advisory either! except tyres, as usual!.
Nicely done Louis & thank you for sharing, this one option I don't have but must admit I've not missed it since I don't drive early mornings anymore ;)
Adding the deflectors will help, though corrosion between the head squeezing around the injectors is probably why these fail like other similar ones exposed to atmosphere. I definitely recommend spraying the shit out of it with ACF50 with a HVLP paint gun.
I lost number 4 injector on my v6s and it cost me thousands to get it sorted due to it being corroded in place and a bugger to remove. Once I had it back I took to taking my cheap rubber boot mat out and putting it over the engine whenever it wasn't in use.
Louis, I also don’t like the water ingress, but I have the luxury of garage parking. I have removed the engine cover many 1000’s of miles ago… no regrets, and I also pop the hood open when returning from a drive and parking in the garage. This helps remove engine heat. I am hoping to avoid bad injectors with high quality fuel and occasional 2 hour drives. Good Luck in 2024
@@louismochine4756 The lack of engine cover had no impact on engine noise, but a positive effect on under hood heat rejection and weight reduction. A win-win-win
My F-Type didn't come with an engine cover. But, thank for pointing this out. I do plan on buying an engine to use a template for making a carbon fibre cover. Knowing this, I can address it in my design
Crumbs that was pretty bad eh! Glad to see you got home safe & you both enjoyed a well deserved roast :) Nice to see the Brynglas tunnels too, I ran through those once!
