# 2008 Jaguar XJ8 - Threw a rod - Totaled? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** jaguar, engines\ **Created:** [August 15, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492 "2025-08-15T23:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JoeTro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JoeTro](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeTro)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492/21 "2025-09-07T17:31:43Z")
Well maybe if you were a highly skilled technician or very clever DIY. You’re talking here about programming, welding, fabrication and we still haven’t hooked up all the accessories. Personally, I can’t see all that blood and sweat on a car that you could just replace for less money–and have a much nicer car to drive besides. Also, I don’t really understand how a modded car ends up being any more reliable. Tell you one thing—very few shops would even touch a car like that if it needed sorting. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492/22 "2025-09-07T17:49:51Z")
> [@JoeTro](#): > > Tell you one thing—very few shops would even touch a car like that if it needed sorting. Here in Northeast Oklahoma I know of 4 places that would put that Jaguar back on the road if that is what the owners wanted. ---
**Author:** ![JoeTro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JoeTro](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeTro)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492/23 "2025-09-07T19:05:02Z")
I meant shops don’t like messing with molded cars. Sure, stock xj8s of that era aren’t too bad to work on. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492/24 "2025-09-07T22:21:54Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > I hate to tell you this, but the OP was an Ask Someone that is one of those One and Done posters Car Complaint/Ask someone posters receive an email response for each reply to the thread. After a few replies they probably believe Car Talk stinks. Is there any wonder why they don’t participate in the debates? You guys can carry on like this is a chat room but that isn’t what the visitors expect. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492/25 "2025-09-08T00:07:38Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > You guys can carry on like this is a chat room but that isn’t what the visitors expect. +1 Any time a new poster happens by, I remember that they haven’t been here many times, if at all. Flip answers to questions that we get often don’t encourage repeat visits. Telling them to search the website are a turn-off too. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492/26 "2025-09-08T12:15:06Z")
SBC/Jaguar engine swaps were pretty common with the old XJ6, with kits available. Not so much with the XJ8. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492/27 "2025-09-08T13:45:25Z")
Funny, never heard of a mechanic not asking questions when a customer drops off a vehicle without given much or any information?? Ever go to a doctor, down here in the south they ask a lot of questions, why would asking questions while trying to help a customer be any different, including asking a member questions???.. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492/28 "2025-09-08T14:58:39Z")
There is one respondent that defends these posters not responding to **legitimate** questions. I agree, people ask questions to gain a knowledge of the problem. The doctor example is good. “Doctor, I have a pain” Doctor: “Where?” Patient: Silence, no response. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jaguar-xj8-threw-a-rod-totaled/201492.md?page=1)