Slacker_Sam. Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Last weekend I committed automotive suicide and bought a cheap Jag XJ6.....Its a real dog. The problem is over more than half throttle the motor just pops and farts and will not accelerate. Under half and its fine. It seems to run pretty sweet at idle and cold start. It will rev freely in neutral. Its a 4.2 Injected. I'm thinking possibly the airflow meter is playing up? But the whole thing is very yuck to work on. Any help would be muchly appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Does it do it all the time? Give the airflow meter a clean. Try unplug it and it should go into limp mode and be down on power but should be smooth. Or another thing could be low fuel pressure/flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker_Sam. Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Yeah all the time. Drives fine if you dont put your foot down, but as soon as you want to give it the beans it just bogs down and farts around. I'll give it a go and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66gt Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Slacker_Sam. said: Last weekend I committed automotive suicide and bought a cheap Jag XJ6.....Its a real dog. The problem is over more than half throttle the motor just pops and farts and will not accelerate. Under half and its fine. It seems to run pretty sweet at idle and cold start. It will rev freely in neutral. Its a 4.2 Injected. I'm thinking possibly the airflow meter is playing up? But the whole thing is very yuck to work on. Any help would be muchly appreciated. Automotive suicide fucks that's funny. You're a brave man taking on a shitter Jag. Pull the engine and dump a SB Chev or Lexus V8 into it. There will be a few Barry's that know what the issue is 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 my vote is throw a chevy in it. less headache than a 1uz, and mounts are cheap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I've seen motors that duck out under load cos they had fucked spark plugs. I'm sure Bert will do you a good deal. Puhuhuhuhu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker_Sam. Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 4 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said: I've seen motors that duck out under load cos they had fucked spark plugs. I'm sure Bert will do you a good deal. Puhuhuhuhu Me old mate Bert. I don't think I can handle him telling me how great his Datsun is again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Im pleased to see os has already recommended sbc. 3rded 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Stupid question but have you checked the fuel tank for water? Jags block the drainhole under the fuel cap, they fill up with water and it goes into the tank, earlier ones have drain plugs at the bottom I dont know about a series 3, but I guess its the same. Sometimes they drive ok, but when you accelerate, or go round a corner the water can wash up and get sucked into the motor causing it to cough and die. Its a crazy design fault. Otherwise I guess its airflow too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Could be fuel pump, be good to know the fuel pressure when it dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lump Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 fuel filters clogged? would explain while it will rev in neutral but not under load. the pump's in the boot there should be cheap filters upstream of the pump and the main filter downstream. - Also don't put a SBC in it (been there done that) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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