AJ126 Coolant pipe upgrade
If anything, this job to upgrade all the coolant pipes and tstat housing to metal has affirmed my decision to sell my XF Sportbrake.
This has got to be the biggest PITA I've ever done in my many years of shade tree wrenching.
The rear pipe is definitely my least favorite. The bottom bolt on each side took forever to get out.
Plenty of mistakes made (not draining the block) and not getting more pictures along the way. If you don't drain the block and you go to replace the oil cooler gasket, you will definitely drain coolant into the block. So the first thing I'll be doing after warming it up is a fresh oil change.
JLR uses some of the worst connectors for both electrical and cooling hose disconnects.
I have loved driving this car. I have hated working on it.