Engine Troubles - Please help!

I am having Engine troubles with my Jaguar. It is a 1993 XJ-6 Vanden Plas.
The car is a Canadian model in case it matters.

This Jag is equiped with a 4.0L Inline 6.

I have owned the car for 2 or 3 years now. When I bought the car the engine would start and
continue to run in a normal manner.

Latter on I notticed the engine developed cold starting issues. At this point once the engine was
started it would run very well. When the engine was warmed up it would aslways start as it should.

This past spring the Engine has become a pain in the ass to get started. Good luck keeping it
running. The engine seems like a piece of trash (atleast the symptoms make it seem this way).

The engine also has some knocking and pinging now when I try to get it to stay running.

Nothing (to my knowledge) has been changed / adjusted on this engine.

I have the FSM (Factory Service Manual) and Hayes manual which I am studying in a frantically
scramble to get the engine running. I am moving in approx 6 weeks, and would much rather drive
the car then tow it.


ANY ADVICE AT ALL WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Thanks in advance...



Matty

Take the car to a good Jaguar repair shop or a dealer to have them check the problem. Has the car not had a tune-up in at least two or three years?

The nearest Jaguar "SPECIALIST" to me is Cullingford Motors in Barrie, Ont.

I should look into weather there are any garages closer to me that have had experience working on Jaguars.

I have put in 3 new sets of plugs ( Type and gap set according to hayes manual). I have done regular oil Chnges and put in 2 air filters since I have had the car.

The car is my fathers. I am 23 and hate the fact that the car has never had a tune up (due to the fact he felt it ran fine and did not want to spend the money). I would have done the regualr mantanence religeously if it were my vehicle.

I have not changed the Distributor cap & rotor, or plug wires, o2 sensor (Perhaps sensors), PCV Valve. I would have done it if I could have afforded it, but my father did not want to spend the money.

I will be ordering these parts in today. They should be installed in the car by tommorow or the day after.


ANY thoughts anyone?


Thanks again :smile:


Matty

Well it seems the car starts regularly with 2 or 3 tries but almost the instant it starts, it stalls.

Will not idle / rev / stay running.

I was working on the car a bit today, I just thought I would post an update :)

How did the tune-up stuff go?