20 Most Recent 1998 Jaguar XJ8L - Page 2 Questions & Answers

bolts, see them , just look , you will see em. i promise.

the radio may have been removed or lost power to the internal battery. you may need to contact Jaguar to get an unlock proceedure for it and possibly an unlock code as well.

Try some staring fluid or a few tablespoons of fuel in the intake manifold at the throttle body.
If the car starts and runs for a few seconds, the fuel delivery has a problem ( like a fuel pump or clogged fuel injector).

If it doesn't start up immediately, then it's a possible spark delivery problem.

That should narrow things down a bit.

More than likely the door handle assembly is broken. The chrome handle has a pin running through it and through 2 "ears" of a plastic part that creats a pivit point for the handle. One of the plastic ears (probably the bottom one) has broken loose. Glueing it will not hold long if at all. The accepted repair is to replace the handle assembly which consists of a Plastic mounting block of which the "ears" are part, a chrome handle, and a pivot pin. You can buy this assembly used on Ebay at this time (August 2010) for between fifty and seventy dollars including shipping, but you are buying a seven to twelve year old part out of a junked car with the same inherrent weakness as your broken one had. How long the part will last is anyone's guess. My guess is "not long". You can buy a new one that will probably last as long as the original one did, or you can repair the part by fabricating a metal replacement "ear" and attaching it to the Plastic part with very small screws or nuts and bolts as I did. To perform either repair you must remove the inside door panel. In the plastic handle recess there is a small circular plug that can be removed with a thin pointed tool. It reveals a phillips screw that must be removed. Remove the plastic recess part. There is another long screw on the underside of the armrest/handle. With these removed there a number of male to female plastic plugs that can be seperated with a dedicated tool or a flat tool like a common screw driver. Insert tool between the door trim panel and the door at each plug and pry the panel from the door a half inch or so. With all the plugs seperated wiggle and carefully lift the panel over the verticle locking stud because there are 3 wires that must be un plugged. After unpluging the wires, put the panel aside in a safe place. The handle assembly is removed by sliding it toward the front of the car and then removing the cable. Repair or replace the assembly and reassemble in reverse order. Good luck.

V6 is 1,2,3 on the right and 4,5,6 on the left....Firing order is 1,4,2,5,3,6


V8 is 1,2,3,4, on the right and 5,6,7,8, on the left.....Firing order is 1,5,4,2,6,3,7,8
Jaguar labels this as 1A,2A,3A,4A on the right and 1B,2B,3B,4B on the left and the firing order is 1A,1B,4A,2A,2B,3A,3B,4B

common problem sounds like the engine is flooded its more than likely the old engine with nicosil coated liners they wear fast due to the high sulphur content in the fuel and loose compression you can restart by putting a small amount of oil down each spark plug hole in to the cylinders you need to check your engine no. with jag dealer to see if it is in the affected range never stop the engine when it is cold

replace the switch

most fuses on my 1998 xj8 are in the foot well in the rear of the passengers and driver side. I think they call it heal board? there are a panel at each ide, if you sit in the rear of the car the acces panel is by your heals. there is also one in the boot in battery side compartment. I hope this is of some help..

diesel or gas..

If you suspect you have a blown fuse, then you can find it in less than thirty seconds using my method. Instead of wasting time searching for the exact location, why not just remove each fuse 1 by 1, and keep putting them back (if good) as you go so you don't mix them up. If you have any blown fuses, you will find it! If you don't know the difference between a good vs blown fuse, ill post a picture to help you identify.

sounds like your brakes are still on. is this auto or manual transmission?

This iis a problem with the transmission. If you have a light, then there is a code stored in the ECU. Haven the code read and post it along with what engine and trim level this A4 is. AWD?

Since you lost power your "fob" and receiver may not be communicating any more.This is a process to for your fob to re-sync with your car.Note : All transmitters being serviced must be available. If the learning process is carried out without having all the transmitters present, all previous transmitter codes will be overwritten, rendering the missing transmitters inoperable.Hold headlight flasher back.Turn ignition key to position 1. Flash headlights 4 times. Alarm will enter programming mode.This will be confirmed by "beeps" from the alarm and flashing led on gearshift. Program each transmitter (up to 5) by pressing the lock or unlock button on each transmitter once.The alarm will "honk" when you press the transmitter button.The alarm must honk 5 times to complete the programming. Therefore, if you are only programming one transmitter you should operate the transmitter 5 times. If you are programming two transmitters you will operate one transmitter twice, and three times on the other. For five transmitters you will operate each transmitter once.Good Luck!

I had this exact same problem and the cable was broken. There is a way to get it open by going through the wheel well. Let me know if this is still an issue for you and I can walk you through it. Thanks!