I strongly looked at XJ' with the Euro 6 diesel, from what I could see their architecture was very much compromised for the additional emissions restrictions. Much like the 3.0 and 3.2's of the Omega days.
But with far more expensive issues and appeared to eat throttle bodies for breakfast and appeared to have far more issues than Euro 5 3.0 diesels.
The EU6 Ford/Pug TDV6 runs at far lower cylinder temps than the otherwise near identical EU5 variant. This leads to the sooty particulates being more "oily" than "dusty" and this starts to clog the EGRs, the throttle body and the inlets. It also causes more oil dillution due to more active regens needed. Would I avoid the EU6 variant? Not if it was the car I wanted, just be mindful of it.
Both EU5 and EU6 variants (and the earlier 2.7 which uses a similar but slightly different design TB) don't eat throttle bodies. But you will be replacing it once in the lifetime of the car, as the plastic weld splits. Same with the coolant outlet, that splits a plastic weld, and stuffs all the coolant on the road.
All those era TDV6 engines on JLR products split intake manifolds. Not on a plastic weld. Design is probably not the issue, just poor quality manufacture. They are time consuming to replace, and very expensive in labour if paying someone.
Again, none of these issues would put me off owning one if it was the car I wanted**. In my experience, they are reliable cars*, but like any top end exec like S-Class or 7 series, need to be maintained properly. I would say, and I think most would agree, that the X351 variant XJ drives far better than it's contemporaries like the S Class and 7 Series. I do think, though, the S Class in particular is a nicer place for rear seat passengers, particularly taller ones.
* Not withstanding it's the only car I've had on a low loader twice. But one of those was definitely my fault, will my mate Abbo's fault
, as I knew I had a noise I needed to investigate for weeks before driving it to Yorkshire, but spent every weekend getting the suspension on his Morgan ready for the trip... ...and then he even up taking his company car!!
** The scare stores about Omegas when I bought my first were enough to make me even consider a Rover 800. You know, warping cam covers every week, poor ignition systems, blah blah. None of it was particularly true.
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