North Wales Jag Centre shows how to change the engine fluids and filters on the first-generation XF 3.0D
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY ROB HAWKINS
WITH EARLY XFs approaching 15 years old yet still looking modern, these family-sized Jaguars are worth keeping and also keeping on top of routine maintenance, so we’re following North Wales Jag Centre replenishing the engine oil and coolant on a 2009 XF 3.0D along with all the essential filters.
The work involved isn’t particularly complicated, providing you know what to look for. One of the most complicated procedures is resetting the service light. With the ignition off and the driver’s door and bonnet open, you have to hold the fog light switch on, then switch on the ignition, release the fog light switch, press the trip switch and then press the fog light switch again. The service reset should then be displayed on the dashboard, so hold the fog and trip switches down until the display confirms the reset. Got that?
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The oil filter should be removed before draining the oil. After removing the top engine cover, North Wales Jag Technician Owain Neild uses a 32mm socket to unscrew the oil filter canister, then he carefully lifts it away
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The engine’s plastic undertray needs to be removed to be able to drain the oil. Owain removes the six 10mm bolts and a couple of Torx T25 screws along the front to remove it
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Back underneath the XF, Owain positions an oil drainer below the sump, removes the 13mm drain plug and leaves the old oil to drain for a few minutes. There should be 6.6 litres of oil to collect
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Whilst the engine oil is draining, he extracts the old oil filter from the plastic housing. Looking at its pleats, it has started to collapse, which is common with some non-genuine filters
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The seals for the drain plug and around the thread of the plastic oil filter housing are replaced. A new genuine filter is fitted and the housing refitted onto the engine, tightening it to 25Nm
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After refitting the sump drain plug and tightening it to 23Nm, Owain measures six litres of 5W-30 fully synthetic Castrol engine oil into a clean jug and slowly pours it into the top of the engine
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The engine is started and we check for leaks, then it’s switched off. A few minutes later, the ignition is switched on to check the oil level via the left stalk switch and it recommends we add one litre of oil
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The service light must be reset to allow the DPF to be regenerated, so Owain wo
