Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Jaguar World

    Jaguar World's technical advice service

    Dec 24, 2020 5 minutes
    Edited by Ray Ingman

    Series 2 XJ6 fuel overflow

    Q Since changing the fuel pumps on my 1978 XJ6 two-door coupe, it has developed a potentially dangerous problem. The car runs properly when either fuel tank is selected, proving the pumps to be functioning correctly, but when the tanks are fully filled, fuel overflows from the opposite tank to the one selected, obviously creating something of a fire hazard. Do you think the new pumps are in some way faulty, or, if not, what have I missed?

    Steve Deeks

    A You do not specifically mention it, but we assume that, being a 1978 model, your car is fitted with the later in-tank submerged fuel pumps – as opposed to the earlier conventional SU units that were mounted

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Jaguar World

    Jaguar World2 min read
    XJ X350 V6 Spark Plugs
    Staring at the 2,967cc petrol V6 engine under the bonnet of the 2006 Jaguar XJ seen here in our photographs, we can clearly see the nearside cylinder head and its three coil packs where three spark plugs are fitted underneath, but the three coil pack
    Jaguar World3 min read
    2013 XF Sportbrake 2.2D
    “THE BEST part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself,” wrote Kenneth Grahame in his 1908 classic, Wind in the Willows, “as to see all the other fellows busy working.” This must have been what my XF Sportbrake thought as it watche
    Jaguar World1 min read
    Queen’s Daimler Sells For Six Figure Sum
    A Daimler V8 originally specified and used by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II reached over £100,000 in an auction with Bonhams on 29 April. The car, a 2001 Y plate in British Racing Green with Catkin leather, was used as Her Majesty’s personal car wit

    Related Books & Audiobooks