Can somebody help me. I bought a 2005 xkr with 20,000 miles. The
car is perfect except it has no pickup. I have had an older xk8
before and this does not seem any faster. If I was younger, I would
have noticed in the first quarter mile of test driving. The motor
seems to run very smoothy. I do hear a wine like I am guessing the
supercharge makes when spooling up. Can this car run without the
supercharger operating? Or maybe the belt is not tight enough and I
am not getting full rpms out of supercharger? Can someone help me
so I do not have to resort to selling this car and buying a
corvette? God forbid!lol My Girlfriend is talking non stop about me
buying an xkr instead of a vette! Please vindicate me somebody! @HOLDEN–
HOLDEN
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, United States
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In reply to a message from HOLDEN sent Sun 15 May 2011:
At highway speed (50 mph) When you floor the pedal, does the trans
downshift? You should immediately hear the results and after a
fraction of a second speed mightily along, passing anybody on the
freeway. Make sure your mats are not blocking the pedal travel. A
worn out throttle position sensor could also be a problem.
Sometimes the Mass airflow sensor could be at issue as well. If you
see no engine light you should have someone read the codes just in
case.–
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car is perfect except it has no pickup. I have had an older xk8
before and this does not seem any faster. If I was younger, I would
have noticed in the first quarter mile of test driving. The motor
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In reply to a message from HOLDEN sent Sun 15 May 2011:
Yes, leaks on the supercharger, esp. at the bypass valve or at the
intake ducts have already been noted on our cars, and do typically
bring a XKR to behave like an asthmatic XK8…
You are lucky to have had a xk8 before, as some people did drive
their XKR like this for months, thinking that Jaguar’s engines are
really not very performant…
Brdgs,
TC–
The original message included these comments:
Can somebody help me. I bought a 2005 xkr with 20,000 miles. The
car is perfect except it has no pickup. I have had an older xk8
before and this does not seem any faster. If I was younger, I would
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In reply to a message from HOLDEN sent Sun 15 May 2011:
Hi
I had a problem similar to this and I also had previously owned the
NA XK , it was a duff spark plug that caused my lack in power,
hope your problem is as simple to fix
Bob–
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car is perfect except it has no pickup. I have had an older xk8
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In reply to a message from HOLDEN sent Sun 15 May 2011:
I had an almost identical problem, from another forums advice
adjusted the stretchede throttle cable initially. but the major
cause was a split in the air intake plastic piping bellows
underneath which could not be seen. After- what a difference a new
car compared ot the drive beforehand.–
salmon
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