Anyone by chance...

[Emzyyy]

know how to connect a radiator hose in a XJ-type 1997 Jaguar? My dad is having issues...

 

[wombat]

Poor fellow, he didn't know what to do with his spare time, so he bought an old Jaguar.

One of my co-workers bought an old Jag, and he spent more time working on it than driving it.

 

[Emzyyy]

LOL stupid foreign cars, the radiator tube looks like a friggen' octopus! normal its this curvy black tube this thing has like 4-5 connections off of it! Actually my parents got it for almost free and it runs fine it just needs a new radiator hose my mom's had it for 2-3 years now. My parents friend sold it to them for $2,000 because they were getting a new one, but we have a old '67 mustang to fix up and a '36 Olds and 2 others I don't know that sit and rust behind our old house.

 

[saddina]

Do a google search to see if the repair manual is online, the one for my van is.

 

[Emzyyy]

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Yea I tried to find a photo of how it attaches and all I got was parts for sale. Seems no one knows how to fix these cars, my mom has to go somewhere special to get her oil changed.

 

[wombat]

the radiator tube looks like a friggen' octopus!

I think your Dad's Jag is like the one my co-worker had. It had some sort of funky two-section radiator, and had to pass coolant between the left and right halves. He always had problems with it and eventually took it to a specialty repair shop and had some sort of after-market coupler put on. Apparently this was a common issue with Jags with that sort of two-part radiator. Sorry, but that's all the details I recall.​