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Keith

There are a stack of used front wings on eBay. "Jaguar S Type Front Wings"

Best Wishes and Regards, John

28 minutes ago, Old Peter said:

Hi Peter,

We live in a big city and speed limits and sometimes have some poor drivers and think that Jaguar owners drive too slowly when they could go faster.  I have been told that I should go quicker when there is the space.  I have told them that I prefer to live longer. The 6th of June will see me at 88!

Regards

Peter.

 

Peter

Happy Birthday for the not far away celebration. Not quite as old as the lady who the June Celebrations are for.

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1 hour ago, Brent21 said:

Hi everyone, I'm a newbie to your forum and I hope someone can help me. I am getting blue smoke coming from under the bonnet, it appears to be coming from low down on the left hand side of the engine where the turbo is located, I took it to a local garage where the put the car on a ramp and spotted a loose collar? part of the turbo, they tightened it and this appeared to cure the problem, however a week later the problem has resurfaced with a strong smell of hot diesel. Has anyone else had this problem or has anyone got any ideas to resolve it. Hoping someone can help. Thanks.

Brent, Welcome to the Forum. You mention Blue Smoke and Turbo. The two could well be connected could. Turbo could be on its way out, possibly bearings, seals. Most of which could lead to blue smoke from that area. As for smell of diesel, can you trace any diesel leaking from anywhere?

Best Wishes and Regards, John

11 hours ago, Keef1000 said:

Hi from sunny Devon. Just bought my first Jaguar 2012 XFS and I love it.

Keith, Welcome and enjoy your car.

Best Wishes and Regards, John

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3 hours ago, Alan Matthews said:

Hi there,

Thanks for the response. My car does not lose power altogether it happens intermittently that as I set off the car will move, the revs build up but I am only just rolling. However, as I am rolling the speed increases and catches up. This can go on for a while and then all of a sudden it reverts to driving absolutely normally and can stay that way for many days and then it happens again. After having a discussion with my garage, (who is a Jag specialist) I told him that I thought it was a problem with the communication between the potentiometers at the accelerator and the throttle body, He initially was reluctant to accept this, but, after discussing it with the dealer I got the car from. he had another customer with the same problem some time ago and replacing the throttle body body solved it. So, the dealer has now arranged with the garage to replace the throttle body on my car (no charge) which is being done Wednesday and will hopefully resolve the problem. Will post again after I have driven for a while.

Cheers.

Alan

Good dealer, not all of them are as upfront as this. Well done.

Best Wishes , John

8 minutes ago, Chris M S said:

Hi, and thank you for allowing me to be part of your esteemed organisation!  Over my 40+ years of motoring I’ve mainly had boring company cars but interspersed with Daimlers/Jaguars.  It’s not an extensive list but here goes!

Daimler Sovereign

S-Type

XK8

currently I have a 2007 XKR SC.

I have a couple of minor issues with the XKR so look out for some newbie questions!  Apologies in advance.

 

Chris,

Welcome. A nice looking car. There will be plenty oh help from many here for your questions.

Best Wishes and Regards, John

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3 hours ago, DURBANBOY said:

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No problems have not been solved,not running that well.Guess my point is there any other path to go ? 

 

3 hours ago, DURBANBOY said:

Compression test was done after the fitting of coils and plugs 

Anthony

If  were you I would run a diagnostic test before doing anything else. Get any codes that have come up from reading through OBD2 and report the codes back on this thread. Suggestions would then be more relevant to what the actual problem is showing as.

A cheaper Foseal OBD2 reader, about £20 - £25 on eBay etc will usually adequately read engine faults. I have one I use successfully with my S-Type, although I have a much dearer iCarsoft PRO for other than engine codes.

Good Luck with your current issues . Best Wishes and Regards, John

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Paul

Pleased to hear that your car has been fixed to you satisfaction.

Best Wishes and Regards, John

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20 minutes ago, DURBANBOY said:

This is what the mechanic I was referred to has just said ' You have low compression on 4 and 6 cylinders
Hence the slight misfire at low speed'

initially my eml ligjt came on and went in limp mode on and off .He came around and said caused by water coming in and plugs and coils needed  changing .Done that and now he mentioned above .Any opinions welcomed . Mileage is 62000.

Thanks

Anthony

 

 

 

 

 

Anthony,

What are you asking opinions on. Whether he was right or wrong. Or if you should have changed plugs and coils. You do not state if the car problems have been solved. Was the problem ever diagnosed through the OBD2 connector with a diagnostic unit of some type.

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Please do not discount a discharging battery. S-Types are particularly susceptible to loss of battery charge. Mine will start doing sill things with codes etc if it is not kept regularly charged, even if being used on long runs. I have a CTEK 7.0 and make a point of having it charge the battery at least for 24 hours once per week. The battery is a 95Amp.Hr as recommended and is just 12 months old. I now do not suffer anywhere near as many silly codes and warning cropping up.

The submission concerning hoses is also very important, if in any doubt run or have run, a smoke test which will usually show up where there is any potential leak. In the "good old days", (excuse that but I am now 72 years young), we used to very sparingly use carburettor aerosol cleaner around the hose joints and listen for any increase in RPM. That would also give a good clue where the leaky hose was.

Good luck with correcing the proble.  Best Wishes and Regards, John

Welcome.

Regards, John

2 hours ago, GolfyG said:

Hey folks, I am looking to get the front bumper removed filled and painted and wondered what kind of cost you would expect for this? 

The filling is the two sets of screw holes that can be seen on either side of my short number plate (Why doesn't everyone just stick their plates on these days), other than that it's just the usual stone rash.

Was quoted £690+vat which I thought was a bit on the stiff side to say the least. What do you think????? 

Gregory

My view is that "you get what you pay for.) I suspect it is not so much the cost of painting but the labour involved in removing/refitting bumper and repairing it. Plainly I do not know where you have been for the quote but I imagine cheaper quotes could be obtained, which probably comes back to "you get what you pay for."

I would suggest you shop around a bit and then make your decision based upon what you see at the premises you visit for quotes and the prices you are quoted. Do not be affraid to ask to see the work they aare currently doing.

Best Wishes and Regards, John