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Date: 1/18/2021
Subject: When Two Are Too Many - My Latest Jag Repair
From: Charles Anton, JOCLA Photographer



When Two Are Too Many

By Charles Anton, Club Photographer
 

Good day to all club members.  This has been a different year for everyone.  I miss the car events, the Jags ‘n’ Jam, the socializing.  I call Mark Mayuga for vehicle advice and just to shoot the bull and it is a great way to lighten up the day.

 

My latest conversation with Mark involved my latest car repair on a 1992 Jaguar XJS V12 Coupe owned by Melody and me.

 

In 12-2018, a coil pack and injectors gave out while I was driving.  I made the mistake of trying to limp the car home.  It was a bad move.  After $5k in repairs and a plug/wire/distributor replacement, it was off to get the car tested for emissions.  To my surprise, it was labeled a gross polluter.  Do I have more repairs in store?  After a tense conversation with the CARB referee while at a muffler shop looking for cat converters, I called Mark who said five words, “Take it to JP!”  For those who do not live near Huntington Beach, JP’s European is the shop to take your car when complicated repairs are needed.  He has a top-notch reputation.  However, it can take up to an hour one-way for me to get that done.  I made the trip in 1/2019.  I asked JP to get the vehicle to pass the emissions test and tell me what went wrong.  He said all injector and tune up repairs done by the other shop (Import Service Center) were completed correctly.  The problem was the Auto Chek SMOG station not doing the test correctly.  JP took it to his SMOG guy and the car passed.  This was great!

 
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