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Thanks for the advice/info Joe. I was assured that the recent oil change (not by previously mentioned main dealer!) was with 'good' quality oil. Will check what 'good' means. Regards Ted

Hi Joe, Many thanks for your reply. Just braved the blizzard - we have VVT! With such an obvious (when you know) distinction makes you wonder how a main dealer can miss it! I don't have any problem with paying for necessary maintenance & indeed fully expect to have to quite frequently but object strongly to paying for wrong diagnosis! Thanks again - I owe you one! Regards Ted

Thanks Peter, I'm confident I've got a good one this time! Just got to determine which engine I've got. Called Jaguar Customer Relationship Centre this morning - they've gone off with my engine number & have promised to get back to me within a couple of days. Regards Ted

Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply. I had a diesel briefly but it had too many smallish issues to justify spending time & money on. The engine though was great - loads of torque & very smooth. Regards Ted

Hi All, Short story long :- I'm the recent proud owner of a 2007 S Type R with approx 46000 miles on the clock. I bought it privately with a known 'rattle' on startup from cold which disappears after about a second. The seller, who I have every reason to believe knows about such things, advised me it was lack of oil in the VVT stuff & if I could put up with it It wouldn't cause any damage! Because I really like the car & hope to keep it for a good few years I took it to my local main dealer for a health check & confirmation of the cause of 'rattle'. The car is, thank goodness, in very good general condition but because the engine was hot they couldn't detect the 'rattle'. They did however say that it couldn't be VVT related as the engine was too early to have VVT & the rattle was almost certainly a timing chain issue! Internet searches so far indicate that S Type Rs were initially fitted with engine code AJ33S (non VVT) & later AJ34S (with VVT). Unfortunately I've not been able to determine when the AJ33S was upgraded to the AJ34S or when the AJ34S was fitted to the S Type. Some sites seem to imply that the AJ34S was fitted from 2003 - 2008! I can see there is a lot of in depth knowledge out there so I am hoping someone is still awake & able to enlighten me. Regards Ted