> After Ford took over, it was supposed to be better quality control,
> technology etc. but I never saw that happen.
I think on the whole it has. You've had some good experiences, but at one
time Jaguar had tremendous problems with quality - very often with
components bought it.
The cam chain tensioner is actually a design fault, rather than what most
people would think of as a quality problem. Of course, it is actually a
problem with the quality of the design process.
My biggest complaint is that Jaguar should shoulder the entire cost of
this
problem. Apparently the type 1 tensioners would start to fail after only
50,000 miles or so. The fact that Jaguar think an engine life of 50,000
miles is acceptable pisses me off no end.
Mine's done 90,000, and I still think that is an unacceptably low mileage
for an engine to fail.
Obviously, random blow-ups occur, but this is different - it is a
systematic
fault which means that every early V8 out there is a potential time bomb.
And Jaguar refuse to do anything about it.
SteveT
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