checking oil JAGUAR XF 2009 1.G Owners Manual

Maintenance
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Checking the oil level
Note: If it is necessary to check the oil level
when the engine is hot, switch off the engine
and let stand for five minutes to allow the oil to
drain into the sump. Do not start the engine.
1. Withdraw the dipstick ( 1) and wipe the
blade clean with a lint free cloth.
2. Fully re-insert the di pstick and withdraw
again to check the oil level. Never allow the
oil level to fall below the lower mark or
notch on the dipstick.
As a general guide, if the level on the dipstick:
• Is nearer to the upper mark or notch than
the lower, add no oil.
• Is nearer to the lower mark or notch than
the upper, add half a litre (one pint) of oil.
• Is below the lower mark or notch, add one
litre (two pints) of oi l and re-check the level
after a further five minutes.
Topping up the oil
1. Unscrew the oil filler cap ( 2).
2. Add oil to maintain the level between the
MIN and MAX marks or notches on the
dipstick. Clean up any oil spilled during
topping-up.
3. Check the oil level again after 5 minutes.
It is essential to use the correct specification
oil, and to ensure it is suitable for the climatic
conditions in which the vehicle is to be
operated.
Note: The approximate quant ity of oil required
to raise the level from MIN to MAX on the
dipstick is 1.0 litre (1.76 pints).
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CAUTIONS
Your vehicle warranty may be
invalidated if damage is caused by using
oil that does not meet the required
specification.
Failure to use an oil that meets the
required specificat ion could cause
excessive engine wear, a build up of sludge
and deposits, and increa se pollution. It could
also lead to engine failure.
Overfilling with oil c ould result in severe
engine damage. Oil should be added in
small quantities and the level re-checked to
ensure that the engine is not overfilled.

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Maintenance

ENGINE OIL CHECK - V8 Petrol
engines
Engine oil consumption
A certain amount of oil consumption is normal.
The rate of consumpt ion will depend on the
following:
• The quality and viscosity of the oil.
• Climatic conditions.
• The speed at which th e engine is being
operated.
• Road conditions.
Drivers should expe ct above normal
consumption when th e engine is new.
Checking the oil level
For an accurate oil level reading to be taken, the
following conditions must be met:
•The vehicle needs to be parked on level
ground. •
The oil level should be checked when the
oil is hot. It is therefore recommended that
a reading is taken after a journey.
• The vehicle needs to stand for
approximately 10 minutes after the engine
is switched off, to allow the oil to drain
back into the sump.
Note: The system will not gi ve a reading until
the oil level has stabilised.
Once the above conditions are met, check the
oil level as follows:
1. Switch on the ignition - do not start the
engine.
2. Set the transmission to Park ( P).
3. Press the TRIP butt on on the end of the
left-hand column stalk repeatedly, until the
oil can icon is displa yed at the bottom of
the message centre.
4. The oil level and topping- up advice will be
shown in the message centre. Top-up as
instructed.
CAUTIONS
It is recommended that the oil level is
checked weekly. If any significant or
sudden drop in oil level is noted you should
seek qualified assistance immediately.
Your vehicle’s warranty may be
invalidated if damage is caused by the
use of improper engine oil. Low quality or
obsolete oils do not provide the protection
required by modern, high performance
engines. Failure to use an oil that meets the
required specification could cause excessive
engine wear, a build up of sludge and deposits
and increased pollution. It could also lead to
engine failure.
Do not use oil additi ves of any type as
engine damage could occur. Use only
specified lubricants.

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Oil level warnings
Warnings will be displayed in the message
centre if the oil level is not maintained within
the safe operating le vels (minimum and
maximum). A warning will also be displayed if
there is a fault with the oil level monitoring
system.
• ENGINE OIL LOW (amber): The oil is at the
minimum level for sa fe operation. Top-up
with 1 litre (1.8 pints) of oil.
• ENGINE OIL HIGH (amber): This warning
is displayed when the e ngine is started, if
the oil is above the maximum level for safe
operation. Seek qualified assistance to
have the engine oil drained, before driving
the vehicle.
• ENGINE OIL CRITICALLY LOW (red): The
oil is below the minimum level for safe
operation. Stop the vehicle as soon as
safety permits and top-up with 1.5 litres
(2.6 pints) of oil. Wait for 5 minutes,
recheck the oil level reading and top-up
again if necessary.
• ENGINE OIL LEVEL MONITOR SYSTEM
FAULT (amber): A fault with the oil level
monitoring system is indicated. Seek
qualified assistance as soon as possible.
Checking the oil level
The engine oil level is automatically monitored
and is displayed in the trip computer area of the
message centre.
The current oil level can be viewed with the
ignition on, with the engine stopped and the
transmission in Park (P ).
To view the current oil level, allow 5 minutes
after stopping the engine (to allow the oil level
to stabilise), then press the TRIP button on the
end of the left column stalk repeatedly, until the
oil can icon is displayed at the bottom of the
message centre. A.
Oil at recommended level. No top-up
required.
B. Add 0.5 litres (0.9 pint) of oil.
C. Add 1 litre (1.8 pints) of oil.
D. Oil level above maximum for safe
operation. Do not driv e the vehicle. Seek
qualified assistance.
E. Oil level below minimum for safe
operation. Add 1.5 litre (2.6 pints) of oil,
then recheck level.
F1. Oil level stabilising, oil level not available.
Wait ten minutes and then recheck the oil
level display.
F2. If this display is accompanied by the
warning message ENGINE OIL LEVEL
MONITOR SYSTEM FAULT , a fault with
the oil level monitor is indicated. Seek
qualified assistance.
ADD 0.5L
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LEVEL OK
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Index
383
D
Destination entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356choosing your route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
motorway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
points of interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
postcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
previous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
setting a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
start guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Diesel particulate filter (DPF). . . . . . . . . . 135 regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
regeneration procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . 136
warning indicators a nd messages. . . . 135
Digital audio broadcasting general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 brake pedal travel (China only) . . . . . . 261
wheel alignment data (C hina only) . . . 261
Dipstick - electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 202
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Disability modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Disarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Disarming the alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 deactivating the alarm when triggered . 38
disarming when the unlock button fails to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
DAB radio text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
touch-screen information panel . . . . . 283
Docking the Jaguar Smart Key . . . . . . . . . 20
DPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Drive control general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Driving after a collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 before starting or driving . . . . . . . . . . 251
resetting the fuel cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . 251
when driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Dynamic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
E
Economical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 driving tips for economy . . . . . . . . . . . 155
maintenance and fuel economy . . . . . . 155
E-Diff (differential) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Ejecting compact discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Electric parking brake (EPB) . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Electric seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 driving position memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Electric sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 anti-trap mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
sunroof blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
one-shot operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
overriding anti-trap protection . . . . . . . . 93
window isolator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
window reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Emergency brake assist (advanced) . . . . . 165
Emergency key blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 28
Engine block heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine compartment overview . . . . . . . . . 196
brake fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
coolant reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
engine oil dipsticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
engine oil filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
power steering fluid reservoir . . . . . . . 197
washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine coolant check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . 204
topping up the coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Engine number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Engine oil check engine oil consumption . . . . . . . . 199, 201
engine oil specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
V6 diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
V6 petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
V8 petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
EPB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Errors in vehicle position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Index
386
O
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Oil checkV6 diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
V6 petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
V8 petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Oil level check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 202
On/off control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Opening and closing the bonnet . . . . . . . 195 closing the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
opening the bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
P
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148principle of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Pedestrian protection principle of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Pedestrian protection system after deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Personalised settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
audio system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . 112
general Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
home menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
languages and distance un its . . . . . . . 113
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
phone/comms/voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
pop-up messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
timeout to home menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
touch-screen systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
vehicle system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Petrol fuel guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Points of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
cancelling the icon display . . . . . . . . . . 365
categories and sub-categories . . . . . . . 366
entry by category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
entry by town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
entry messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
icon display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Jaguar Dealerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
list of icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
memory points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
other selection methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
selecting a quick POI category . . . . . . . 367
Pollution sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Portable audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Portable audio interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Power steering fluid check . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 checking the fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
topping up the fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Preset buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 recalling a preset channel . . . . . . . . . . . 287
storing channels as presets . . . . . . . . . 287
Principle of operation airbag deployment effects . . . . . . . . . . . 56
airbag operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
deployment and deflation . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
seat belt checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
seat belt safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
wet conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Priority programme type (PTY). . . . . . . . . 278
PTY overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
PTY search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
selecting PTY categories . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Programming the remote control . . . . . . . . 21 selecting alarm sensor override . . . . . . . 22
selecting automatic relock and arm . . . . 24
selecting drive-away locking . . . . . . . . . 23
selecting passive arming . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
selecting single (2 stage unlock) or multi-
point entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
selecting window global opening or closing 23