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I have been thinking about picking up a post-2002 Jaguar XK8 and I notice
the bulk of them for sale are at about 70,000 miles. The earlier ones ate the
coating out of the cylinders or something like that at about that mileage. Is
there a particular reason for why so many of them are for sale at this mileage?
Is this when they get their first multi-thousand dollar repair bill?
I ran into a guy yesterday with a 1999 XK8 and he had put in a new block
at around 50,000 miles. He said something like the ceramic (?) timing chain
tensioners had taken out the engine. He paid $9K for the car and $6K for a new
engine after owning it only a short time.
TIA
-Bill Brewer
Tehachapi, CA
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font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande,
sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div> I have been thinking
about picking up a post-2002 Jaguar XK8 and I notice the bulk of them for
sale are at about 70,000 miles. The earlier ones ate the coating out of the
cylinders or something like that at about that mileage. Is there a particular
reason for why so many of them are for sale at this mileage? Is this when they
get their first multi-thousand dollar repair
bill?<br></div><div> I ran into a guy yesterday with a
1999 XK8 and he had put in a new block at around 50,000 miles. He said
something like the ceramic (?) timing chain tensioners had taken out the
engine. He paid $9K for the car and $6K for a new engine after owning it only a
short time.</div><div>
TIA<br></div><div>
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