Jaguar Vanden Plas 1993 XJ6

Tiny
BOSS WARRIOR
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  • 1993 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS
  • V6
  • AWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 84,000 MILES
2 weeks ago I noticed small amounts of oil deposits on top of the engine and in the location where you would add your power steering fluid. 2 days later I bought some detergent to steam clean the engine. I check all fluids every 4 days. Everything looked clean. A week later I noticed the oil was back and a good amount this time. I took it in to my mechanic. He changed the O rings. I had it back for a day and massive amounts of oil was leaking. I took the car back the next morning. He then changed the head gaskets. He let the car run for 20 minutes. It kept leaking. So he ask if I can pick the car up on Monday. My mechanic is very good in my opinion. You know how these sensitive luxury cars behave. I am a woman and know quite a bit how the engine works. I studied your article on the step by step discipline on tracing where the oil can be leaking from. The Vanden Plas has a million buttons on the panel. My oil needle did not move to indicate my oil had all leaked out! Can you help me understand how t spot trouble with the car while I'm on the road? I hate breaking down.

Thanks for listening

Boss Warrior
Friday, February 19th, 2016 AT 10:11 PM

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Tiny
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I don't have as much faith in your mechanic as you do. It's a pretty basic thing for a mechanic to determine what is leak and from where. Determining why can be more difficult but somebody needs to at least confirm what is leaking before we can give you any idea why. That oil indicator on your dash is a low pressure warning, not an oil level gauge. When that needle drops, it is an emergency and requires immediately shut down of the engine.
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Saturday, February 20th, 2016 AT 6:32 AM

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