Evening all.
I've read this thread and perused the internet for similar information, but with this being a fairly new model of car, there's very little out there about this particular issue.
Cutting to the chase - I have this particular leak with my XE. I noticed it a few weeks ago when refilling the screen wash. It appears to have gotten marginally worse in that time, indicating a currently active leak, rather than one that has since been rectified.
Diagnosis and rectification could be costly, as it would be for a turbo on any car, but particularly on the jag. My previous car, a Mondeo, I was quoted £1,000 to replace a turbo. So, as you can imagine, I'm very keen to find the cheapest and easiest fix. Preferably something that I can afford to pay Jag to do for me, purely for completeness.
Background
In June 2019, I instructed a used car dealer to source a used diesel (163) manual XE, and he returned a day later with an ex-fleet 04/16 Narvik Black XE from an auction in England with 58,000 on the clock, FSH, all working, all in good condition. I paid up and it's been my daily driver since. 63,000/72 month service carried out in September 2019. Now it has 70,000 miles on the clock.
I understand that this is outside of the manufacturers warranty as it is now older than 3 years (4 years in April), and that any warranty claims would have to go through the merchant, the independent used car dealer that I bought the car from.
The queries I have are these.
-Has anyone here established the source of the leaks?
-Can they be rectified without major service or component replacement?
-Are there any examples of this being rectified successfully?
-What cost implication can I expect as a result?
-If it does require a replacement turbo, would a turbo failure within 70,000 miles be seen as early failure, and therefore fall under my European consumer rights (for however long we have them :roll: ) to have this replaced or repaired?
I appreciate I've said a lot there, but I really cannot afford to have to replace something like this out of my own pocket, so I'm trying to do as much research before I pick up the phone to anybody, be it Jag or anybody else.
All relevant input appreciated.