It’s been a while since I have posted and I will explain why further down in the post. After replacing the manifold pressure sensor, the car has been running beautifully and I used it for most of my errands around town this summer. There was one minor hiccup though……..
It was a hot sunny day and I was heading home in busy traffic and stopped at a light. I noticed an older Range Rover stopped next to me on my left and heard someone talking loudly to get my attention from the car. He proceeded to tell me what a cool looking car I had and as my head grew bigger and bigger, I used the few minutes we were stopped to regale him with the elevator pitch history of these coupes. Light turned green and….the car was stalled. Feeling a little sheepish, I got it started right away, crossed my fingers, and got home without incident
Took some test drives around the neighborhood and found the car would occasionally stall when the engine was hot and in the heat of the day. These are the worst type of problems because by the time I am back in the garage it runs great and troubleshooting is useless. My mind went first to fuel. Flaky fuel pump? So on another test drive when it stalled I looked at rail fuel pressure and it was fine. Fuel pump OK.
I next thought spark, and the ignition coil seemed a good place to check. I did the standard checks for a coil and didn’t see issues, but since it only happened when hot maybe the readings would only be bad in those conditions. Its a pretty inexpensive part to replace, so I ordered one from my local parts store and replaced it. That fixed the problem.
I had replaced the coil a few years back with a fancy looking chrome one that had a Lucas sticker on it. I should have known 😉 I am sure the generic, black plastic coated, oil filled one in there now will be much more reliable.
I haven’t been doing or planning any projects on the car as my attention has been diverted to my new toy. I picked up a ’95 Triumph Thunderbird over the summer, and being a British vehicle, it has taken a lot of attention to catch up the maintenance and fix a few things.
My projects this winter will be on the bike and not the Jaguar. The car gets to just sit in the garage looking pretty and waiting for clear, warmer winter days for the occasional drive.
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