Another newbie - C63 AMG Coupe

[ALFAitalia]

Could have fitted a removable one......?

 

[Richw63]

I had the XFS 2010 for 3 year's with no issue's what so ever only sold it as i didn't want to ruin it with a towbar

Hi
Mine was a very reliable car running wise, it was all the problems underneath that did it for me in the end started to become a money pit so time to go. It was looked after by Nottm Jagtech as well they gave me no indication of what was coming especially between the last two mot's.

 

[8bit]

I had two XKRs over the space of 11 years - fantastic cars and I didn't really have anything unusual or serious go wrong with either of mine. My wife however had an XF S Estate which was definitely a "Friday afternoon job".

Jag interiors are lovely and they always seem so well balanced and comfortable but sports cars they are not. I really wanted to like the F-Type and planned on going there after my XKR but it turns out the best handling car Jaguar make is not the F-Type "sports car", it's the XE small executive saloon and besides the handling they just don't do it for me. The F-Type was built on a modified XKR chassis, if they'd based it on the XE they'd have had a pretty serious sports car there. Jaguar have loads of potential and promise but so many near misses.

 

[freddie206]

Injectors are on my to-do list too. I don't think they have ever been changed (2009 73,000).

Prices seem to vary though. Where did you buy from?

 

[8bit]

You'll know when you get the old ones out, they'll have the manufacturing date stamped on them. I was quite pleased to find mine dated May 2013 as it meant my time and money were not wasted

I got them from sparkplugs.co.uk, price last November was £256 delivered. Might have saved a couple of quid if I'd shopped around further but I've used sparkplugs.co.uk a number of times and they've always been spot on so I keep going back.

Actually, speaking of spark plugs - what's the replacement interval for these on the M156?

 

[freddie206]

Thanks for that. I'll take a look and get some ordered.

I think the recommended spark plug interval is 60,000 miles or 5 years.

 

[8bit]

Thanks for that. I'll have to take the existing plugs out to turn the engine over when I do the cam adjusters, the car is now 11 years old and showing 53k on the clock so I may just get fresh plugs to put back in.

 

[Skd884]

Thanks for that. I'll take a look and get some ordered.

I think the recommended spark plug interval is 60,000 miles or 5 years.

Incorrect

Every 4 years or 46.5k.

 

[freddie206]

Incorrect

Every 4 years or 46.5k.

Interesting. Where did you find that information?

 

[Skd884]

The manual for my MB.