Well, run might be too strong. Get the dealer to have a blow-by test done
at
the Jaguar garage. If this is satisfactory on all cylinders, then you'll
probably be OK, just don't do short journeys, change the oil every 3K and
only use good gas (read no supermarket crud)....
"z" <z@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> If a 1998 engine nikasil has not been 'repaired' by Jaguar, then I would
> run a mile and forget about it.
> Also check if the timing chain tentioner has been replaced. These are a
> weak point and do a lot of damage when they fail
>
> "Nein!" <nein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:13jsgsslsgh3901@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> While looking at a 1998 XK8, the car turned over just fine from cold
but
>> would not start. The salesman hooked the battery up to a jumper box,
>> cranked the car again hooked up to the box, and it fired right up. He
>> said they had just run the car a day before, so I don't think it had
been
>> sitting for long unstarted. I had read engines with nikasil problems
>> failed to start from cold, so I was curious, but obviously a jumper box
>> isn't going to restore compression but I just wanted to make sure. The
>> car has 75000 miles, should I be scared to buy it in fear that it could
>> develop a problem down the road?
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