Hi Ron,
Yes, XJ40, 3.6L.
Paul
"khobar" wrote in news:McHPa.1805$Bp2.59@fed1read07:
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> By 1989, I asume you are talking about the XJ40?
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> Is it a 3.6 or 4 litre ?
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> Ron
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> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Wife's 1989 XJ6VDP stalled Monday morning. Our mechanic found the rack
> > and pinion was blown out one side and replaced that. He also replaced
> > the wheel bearings because he said he didn't feel safe testing the car
> > on the road. He also said the car was down 5 quarts of oil. He made no
> > progress in finding the cause of the stall or the now obvious tapping
> > noise coming from the engine. We cut our losses and decided to
> > investigate ourselves and are hoping to get some advice here.
> >
> > Basically the car runs but while accelerating the engine seems to
> > hesitate and backfire a little. This is not random but varies with
> > RPM. At speed the frequency seems to drop off and the noise is not as > > severe. > >
> > Idle is somewhat rough (definite difference now compared with before
> > she left Monday morning). Definite light tapping sound rear top of > > engine. > >
> > We are going to pull the valve cover and see if there's anything to
> > see, and we'll report back. In the meantime, any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul Nixon
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