I've owned my 2.7 diesel for just over a month now but I believe on start up exhaust fumes are entering my car. I have checked this out with a carbon monoxide alarm but the alarm doesn't sound. Has anyone else had similar problems with fumes? :roll:
I'll remember that in case I can't make my XF loan payments - I won't use my XF to end it all.DieterXF said:Hi,
Whilst that is unpleasant and should be examined diesel 'fumes', unlike petrol 'fumes' won't kill you as CO not produced...hence no response from your CO monitor
Hi - I have exactly the same problem. Both down pipes (top part of the Cat) are cracked at the weld – confirmed by Jaguar today!! I can still use the car but you can smell fumes leaking out when stationary (its only a small leak, nothing visible once the engine is warm). My car is a 2.7D, also 3.5 years old.. sound familiar??!!
I’ve contacted jaguar cars to see if they can help pay to fix it. Have you done the same? Do you have a reference number for your case so I can mention I’m not the only one!
Please keep me informed with your progress and I will do the same. I’m very disappointed too, clearly a design / manufacturing fault from day one. I wouldn’t consider this cat design fit for purpose!
Reliability is an issue - Yes ... Should Jaguar do something about the cracked converters - YesI agree with the other posters. I have a 2008 car with one cracked and it should be a recall issue. CO leaking in to the car? Not a safety issue? These are the sort of things Jaguar need to sort to build a reputation like the Germans. This is not a budget car, I have owned early (1965) S type, XJs, X types and XF. Loyalty only lasts so long, every German car I have owned has been more reliable ......
bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!nice one mbgaldjh,
how bad were the cats to remove?, i have a 2 post ramp so that should help, i haven't got this problem but it would be nice to know how bad a job it is to get the cats off.
Kind regards
alfie
This could just be the DPF going through its cleaning proceedure which is perfectly normal.Then sitting at traffic lights yesterday I could smell something like burned diesel fumes which made me think of this problem, but they could have been from another car.
When I got out of the car I noticed the engine didn't sound very smooth either, so I wondered does this problem cause an uneven soft chugging noise at idle as well, although I couldn't see or smell any fumes under the bonnet?