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It is located under the panel in front of windscreen

"Vapor lock" is a condition that occurs when fuel becomes heated to the point of evaporation. If your vehicle is truly vapor locking, it means that something hot is coming in contact with your fuel line somewhere, overheating the gasoline to the point of it vaporizing. This is HIGHLY UNLIKELY. If you truly do have a vapor lock condition, find out where the fuel is becoming heated and fix that condition. On a 1997 Jaguar XK8, it is FAR more likely that you have a bad fuel pressure regulator or a bad ICU.

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We can't give that Your asking for a guess at the unknown You get to the shop & into the service bay & be part of the solution & get your answers up close & in person,your paying,get the education Doesn't matter how it runs to you You have fault codes & a repair to be made

You need to have the code read to find out the problem. An OBD-II Code Reader can be purchased for about $20. Go to http://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xk8-xkr-17/ for specific answers to whatever problem the code identifies. Very helpful people there at the Jaguar Forums, you should consider joining, it's FREE!

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Don't touch it! it's very converluted and even the experts have trouble. sorry I can't help more. But half the car has to come apart.

There's an electric solenoid that locks the gear selector. It is controlled by the vehicle computer. The vehicle computer checks to see that you're good to go (engine running) before releasing the gear shift solenoid. I had the vehicle computer go bad on me one day and the vehicle gear selector was locked in park. Towed my XK8 to a Jaguar dealer, a recycled vehicle computer installed, and solenoid release worked again for my car.

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First does the light on the switch on the console light up? It's behind the gearshift, not on the dash or steering wheel. If not, check your fuse box then check the switch. If it lights up, then your cruise control is also connected through your brake light switch. I suggest renewing it before proceeding further. If it still doesn't work, there is a vacuum "T" on the passenger side of the throttle body, (US car that is), near your fuel rail and regulator. It feeds the regulator and the cruise control vacuum servo's in back of the front passenger side wheel well. Check this "T" for leaks. Make sure the vacuum servo (the big shiny chrome one on top of the throttle body, is connected. The error is probably electrical, not vacuum since it's bringing up a light on the dash.

if you mean the sill inside the door or the kicker plate or what ever you want to call it in your neck of the woods the its easy the silver plate is held down by a magnet strip so you just lift it with a screwdriver in one corner and then get fingers around it and lift it ,under this you will see 4 screws with a 30 head in torx --simple when your told as i was because i didnt know eithier

Try going through the set up of your key fobs like you replaced them and see if that works.

Hi, now it depends, I take you have a code reader? if so you should have a code reset? If the car is as you said, remove and clean injectors, I know its a pain, but as the car is not running this is the only way to clean them. I hope this helps. What code reader are you using to know its code: P1000

CHF 11S use a large syringe with a rubber or plastic tube on the end to suck it out of the bottle and get it in the oil tank. You will have to find out where the oil was lost from my guess is the rams that operate the conv top take out the back seat only a 2 min job and look on the floor pan and around the rams for oil good luck.

Need to use a stethoscope to listen for noise Could be you need a new radiator & thermostat & change all the hoses ,as well as the pump 15 year old vehicle,time to put some work into it. The pump, if it hasn't leaked yet, it will & you may feel play in it once free from any drive belt or pulley I was referring to ALL hoses,heater & others,they need to go around every 8 years There is no checking of a water pump other than removing it They don't last for 15 years Runs hot because the radiator is clogged or stat stuck or you have ignition problems,blocked exhaust converter,etc ALL ALL of those need to be checked once your done working on the cooling system New spark plugs,check ignition for misfires,replace any converter over 12 to 14 years old,oxygen sensors every 100,00 miles

inside the top up tank there is a little float, I usually locate it and just work it up and down with a screwdriver, lots of times as the float can get stuck, failing this check the little sender unit under the said tank, but I must stress KEEP AN EYE ON TEMP GUAGE. This is a proper pain as I experience this often but used to it now, once a week when checking water level I just put screwdriver in and bounce the little float. hope this helps

common prob. with early xk is the hood fluid turning to jelly, the answer is to clean out the system. ie pipework, resovoir etc. to open the hood, open the valve on the pump, located in boot rh, remove blanking plug in headlining. use allen key to release forward hood latch,the hood can then be worked manually.to change the fluid you have to remove the forward hood latch. disconnect pipes, press the hood switch to pump out the old fluid,remove the pump and drain out the old fluid, work the hood manually 3 or 4 times to extract the remaining old fluid, the correct fluid to put back is pentosill it will bleed itself.if this is not the cause of the prob. then its electrical. go to a auto electrician you will need a wiring diagram of the system to sort that out, its got loads of relays e.t.c. and is controlled through the body processor module.

Sounds like your starter may be shorted out. That is A LOT of juice flowing when a jump occurs, so most any engine will at least turn over. Load test the starter. Load test the alternator. Perhaps one of those is the culprit. Let us know what you find.

The pump is in the boot/trunk above the CD player