"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
11/13/2019 at 12:15 • Filed to: The Hot Mess, everything that is wrong with
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"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
11/13/2019 at 12:15 • Filed to: The Hot Mess, everything that is wrong with | 12
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Don’t have good photos of mine yet.
No car is without its problems, and this one is no exception. The only thing is, this is a 15 year old Jag so... well anyway lets get to the list.
Urgent Needs - Safety and longevity stuff
Oil Change - Last oil change was at 106k and it is at 112k now. Overdue and the oil looks like crap. As per my tradition, I’ve purchased another car that takes more oil than you’d expect, in this case 7.2 quarts. That is almost the same as the Alfa (7.1 quarts) and 1 quart more than the Discovery (6.6 quarts). New filter arrived today, so this is high on the list.
Tires - Tries are mismatched, unevenly worn, and dry-rotted. New set of W rated high performance tires are around $800 from Costco. More than I was expecting, but I always expect to buy new tires when I buy a car. No one but me sells a car with good tires, apparently.
Alignment - The tire situation probably doesn’t help, but the car is all over the place when you change lanes. It is... odd. Also the steering wheel is clocked about 6 degrees when you’re going straight. There is probably more to it, but I’m going to pretend that isn’t the case.
Exhaust leak - Somewhere in the engine bay there is an exhaust leak that only really shows itself at high throttle. Not really a functional issue, but it makes me hesitate to get on the gas. It just sounds so... bad. Exhaust needs a complete going over anyway.
!!! UNKNOWN HEADER TYPE (MULTI-LINE BREAK?) !!!
Key fob - Well on my way with this one, but the key as given to me was... bad. The metal is worn, the buttons are worn, the fob doesn’t work, and it just doesn’t look good. Looking to purchase a high quality shell replacement and might look into getting a new key cut down the road.
Bath - Jibbers this thing is filthy! A 400 mile drive in the snow did it no favors and it needs a top to bottom clean. A wax probably wouldn’t hurt but... maybe.
Interior detail - The interior isn’t too bad, but getting the funk of the previous owner out of there would be nice. Also looking into maybe making it smell like pipe tobacco because why not.
Heated Seats - The heated seats are inop. You can press the button once, the lights will illuminate, and then turn off. Then nothing. Thinking it is a fuse, but the weather needs to be warm enough for me to want to go and look... which is ironic.
Full exhaust service - So one of the cats is hollowed out. Just one. Also there is a leak. Also I want to make sure this thing sounds nice. Also I guess the EGRs are known for clogging on these and I have a code for an EGR. All this combines to me needing to look at what my options are for a stem to stern exhaust re-do. I’d like to replace both cats with performance ones and do something to wake up the sound but keep it quiet on the highway. Don’t know what my options are yet, but I’ll look into it... soon.
Spare tire - The spare for this car is missing, which is annoying. Wouldn’t be a huge deal except the trunk floor appears to use the spare as a support. Spiffy. Heading to the junk yard tomorrow to see if the spare from an X-Type would be good enough.
Deferred maintenance
Supercharger oil change - Apparently this is a thing? Well whatever it is, I’m sure it was never done and that sucker is expensive so... yeah.
Air filter change - Also not sure of the state of it, so it is on the list to do ASAP.
Cabin air filter - See above.
Brake fluid - Supposed to be changed every 2 years, so there is a 100% chance this needs to be done
Rear diff fluid - Small whine coming from the rear. Could be a bearing, could be the diff. Fluid is cheap so I’ll start there.
Any other fluid - I’ll go though the maintenance schedule and see what it due/overdue at my mileage and assess from there.
Shelved or TBD
Windshield - Unexpected fun, I picked up a ton of chips on the drive home. Like... 10 minor imperfections and two problematic ones. Took it to Safelite for repair because they could do it same day and unfortunately they cracked the windshield. Known risk and I don’t (mostly) blame them, but now I need a new windshield. I’m not terribly torn up about it as I am pretty sure all those imperfections would tear up wipers at an alarming rate anyway. Not urgent, so I’ll probably wait a while on this one.
Floor mats - Minor detail, but I hate being in a car with no floor mats. It came with some generic all weather mats in the trunk that I haven’t taken a look at yet, but if they aren’t custom cut, I’ll likely ignore them. Biggest issue here is what color to buy them in!? Interior is tan, but the carpets and dash are black. Black floor mats seem like a terrible idea unless I want to import myself a Svend, but I also don’t know about... any of it. Maybe a heather black? Also I can’t find anyone selling them with the Jag logo or, better yet, the R logo. (Yes, I want to be that guy). Probably will get shelved for a few months.
Headliner - You wouldn’t notice unless you were in the back, but the headlining is sagging in the back. Unacceptable. I might try and do something fun with it, but likely will chicken out and go with stock.
Rust Treatment - This car spent the majority of its life in the northern US. For the most part it is fine. Lots of nasty looking surface rust, but nothing worrying. That said, it needs to be treated and sealed at some point.
Performance Upgrades - Come summer I’d like to upgrade the supercharger pulley, port the intake, and buy an ECU tune.
Doggo for your time!
LJ909
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 12:19 |
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Damn. Bad, but not nearly as bad as it could be. Hows the nav system? That shit is dated looking as hell. When you get everything fixed you should do a total cost.
For Sweden
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 12:22 |
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Last oil change was at 1.6k and it is at 112k now.
what
MonkeePuzzle
> For Sweden
11/13/2019 at 12:26 |
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yeah! wat!?
don’t drive that thing! the “oil” has to be thick goo by now
XJDano
> For Sweden
11/13/2019 at 12:31 |
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Surely that’s 106k miles.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> For Sweden
11/13/2019 at 12:32 |
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Fixed, thanks ! 106k! For some reason the ‘.’ on this keyboard’s num pad is where I expect the 0 to be...
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> LJ909
11/13/2019 at 12:35 |
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I don’t mind the nav system, but I’d certainly prefer it... not be there haha. Going to see if I can get a bootleg update so at least the maps are current(ish). Funny enough the input lag is WAY better than most new cars. You press a button and something happens. So weird. Going to be spending a lot of time on this screen, for sure.
M.T. Blake
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 12:35 |
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What Alfa takes 7.8qt of oil?! That’s insane. I’ve seen how European brands carry more capacity especially versus Japanese... but 7.8? It can’t be a large engine, it’s an Alfa!
smobgirl
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 12:36 |
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You gave me a heart attack for a minute there.
This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 12:37 |
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I hope the alignment goes well. Hopefully there isn’t any costly damage lurking under there after being dorifto’d into whatever destroyed that original wheel.
I’d keep ricirc on and the windows/roof cracked until you sort out the exhaust leak as well.
Good luck man. Good luck.
DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 12:38 |
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I’m having the exact same heated seat issues with my wife’s fusion. Pre lim searching seems to indicate a worn out heater element and its shutting itself down for safety.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> M.T. Blake
11/13/2019 at 12:42 |
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Haha I think it is for cooling? Or at least thermal mass. But yeah, 2.0L I4 takes a lot of oil. (Also just realized for an oil change it is 7.1 quarts... 7.8 is the total capacity. Oops.)
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LJ909
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 13:07 |
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I had found an update DVD but it was from the UK I believe so I didn’t feel like waiting for it. The one in mine actually worked. But I never used it. The annoying thing was that there was no screen off button either.
Chariotoflove
> LJ909
11/13/2019 at 13:10 |
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Jag’s nav system from that era isn’t really too bad IMO, except for the fact that it’s DVD based and hopelessly out of date on recent roads.
Land_Yacht_225
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 13:11 |
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Welcome to the Club! We're glad to have you with us.
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Chariotoflove
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 13:13 |
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That doesn’t sound bad for a complete set of high-performance tires, honestly. Could that new one the owner put on the rear for you be the spare? Save a few bucks.
I’d move interior clean and detail to urgent, but that’s only because I’m imagining it would glow like a euro nightclub under a black light.
Also, on the key fob, I tried to get cheaper replacements for my Mazda on line, and even though the buttons should have worked, they wouldn’t. I had to return them and go OEM full price.
Good doggo.
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> LJ909
11/13/2019 at 13:28 |
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Huh. Mine has a screen off button in the settings menu. Must have been different versions?
twodudesnape
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 13:30 |
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I vote exhaust cutout for ability to be quiet but have LOUD on demand
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M.T. Blake
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 14:31 |
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Nuts!!!
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LJ909
> Chariotoflove
11/13/2019 at 14:32 |
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That was my problem with it. It was just overall too old to be of any use anymore. Really didn’ t want to be bothered a dvd system.
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LJ909
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 14:34 |
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Nah I had the same button. But it didn’ t actually turn the screen off, as in go Black. It just showed the Jag logo like yours. Wouldn’ t be surprised if it was a glitch or something.
someassemblyrequired
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 15:12 |
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I have a couple of key toppers if you need them, they’re OK-ish, obviously you need to transfer the keys. The fob portion is detachable, and got recalled since they would fall off - I think that’s all done but you can find them cheap on eBay (I paid $10 for a pair of newer keys from a wrecker
and just grabbed the fobs and swapped them onto my existing keys
).
If you have two fobs, you can add a third fob (and I heartily recommend this). If you lose a key, then you can reprogram with the two remaining keys. Otherwise it’s a dealer/locksmith visit.
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> LJ909
11/13/2019 at 15:34 |
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Weird! Sounds like a glitch yeah . When I press “screen off” it goes totally dark.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 15:45 |
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Probably some bad bushings or joints contributing to that wander. Get that checked and look at the wheel bearings at the same time. And take it to someone who knows these, not a tire shop chain, for that and the alignment. They have... quirks.
Heated seat issue won't be a fuse. At least not directly. It'll be run through a control unit. If there is a bad fuse, it'll blow again. Chafing wires inside of seats aren't uncommon, though I'm not familiar with these so this is just general knowledge.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
11/13/2019 at 17:26 |
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Yeah bad... Other stuff is a worry. I’m going to try and get under it before I go in for the alignment.
I think I may have gotten lucky on the seats. Checked the fuse and it is missing. Doesn't mean it won't blow as soon as I replace it (I don't have any mini fuses so I'm waiting on a kit) but at least I have something to work with.
MM54
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 18:04 |
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Nice, doesn’t sound bad all things considered.
The wandering is odd, this seems like the sort of car that should be planted on the highway; could need some fresh suspension parts in addition to just an alignment (at all 4 wheels). The w
acky tires could also be contributing to that.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/13/2019 at 23:08 |
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Yes the 4.2 XK in my 85 XJ6 takes around 8 quarts. I’m guessing the oil cooler adds a bit to that.
dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/14/2019 at 12:37 |
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Here’s some good, cheaper, performance tires:
Alternatively:
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
11/18/2019 at 19:53 |
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My Miata came with new tires. I actually find this to be a negative though since they are all seasons. Wayyyy too new to just throw out though so I am just trying to abuse them to death in the canyons. Then I can put a proper set of 200TW tires on and cry when they wear out too fast.