Had the seam split and agree that trying to fix a plastic tank that holds some pressure might not be all that easy. So we ordered a new one. Arrived with Jaguar markings and in a Jag labeled box. When I was looking at (admiring) it something seemed off. There are four places for hoses…a medium sized one about the middle on the bottom and a space for a temp sensor and at the front two small hoses out the side and one slightly larger out the bottom. Looked like some trash in one of those so I tried to run a skewer through it. Could not get a skewer through any of the last three locations for hoses. Tried running some brush cutter twine with the same result. No luck. Looking at the old one it is no problem getting brush cutter twine in the holes and running it far enough in to see it through the filler cap. Water does not go three the three holes either…
I am assuming there is a problem but I am checking to see if there is some change in how they plumbed the coolant hoses on the beast…wouldn’t make sense but getting a part that has three outlets blocked doesn’t make sense either. Anyone else have a problem with the quality of Jaguar parts recently. Not sure but my understanding that the XJ12s used a different tank that the XJ6s at the same time.
Thanks for your help.