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hi as all petrol s-type have timing chains not belts I assume you have a diesel. if it is the diesel, then usually water pump is not usually changed with timing belt, as its not driven by the timing belt but by aux belt, but for how much water pump costs it may be worth it for peace of mind and saving future costs as for 3 way valve, I assume you mean DCCV, dual coolant control valve, a genuine valve is £300, a bosch one, which is probably the best out there is £100, unbranded around £50, so if depends what they have fitted, should only take about a hour to change, so if its genuine part, price is ok, if its after market, then its very expensive labour for that price cheers Joe

hi are you sure the bulbs are correct type and iinstalled correct they have odd bulbs on the s-type and will go in both ways, but only one way is correct the lights have 2 permanents feed to each light, so if you touch the body it will pop fuses might sound silly but check the bulbs first, seen it so many times cheers Joe

hi if you buying the bolt on type, the bonnet needs drilling, there is already a round hole in the bonnet frame at the front, hole has to be in the middle of that hole cheers Joe

hi would say £400 to £500 for service if genuine ZF parts and oil is used Genuine ZF parts are about £250 alone, thats for ZF lifeguard 6 oil, new pan/filter, new updates pan screws with larger torx heads, new updated mechatronics sleeve which was prone to leaking. also if it done correct, at Jaguar, they update the software and reset the adaptations and do a learn cycle, which makes every thing nice and smooth, a indy may not do this and you may find it shifts harsher afterwards also dont be tempted into cheaper oil, as when you drain it about 4 litres stays in the torque converter which means when you top up with up to 7 litre of new zf life guard 6 it mixes with 4 lires of old oil, if you use cheap oil, they dont always mix well, mixing oils is never recommended and a lot of people get issues and its really hard to remove after zf recommended every 60k or 10 years for service oil change did mine and it did make it smoother cheers Joe

hi what do you mean by monitors are not reseting ? cheers Joe

Hi As above CTEK every time, but the basic mxs 5.0 or mxs 3.6 are also fine the original Jaguar CTEK charger is only a 3.3 amp and does the job superbly, have had one on mine for many years and still has the Jaguar battery, it only trickle charges as required, once up to voltage the charger knock off and monitors the voltage and restarts the charging sequence once the battery voltage drops. so a large charger is not required your just paying extra for something your not using. also recommend the convenience kits, so you conect the kit to the battery and you fit a charging socket close to the battery, so you dont have to expose the battery to charge it cheers Joe

hi try ebay, has the widest audience just advertise it as a clasified, fixed price then cheers Joe

Hi Has someone been in the hidden menu's and pressed update, if so the NAV unit in the boot needs replacing if not check all the connectors on the NAV unit in the boot, that where the vide/picture is generated for the touch screen cheers Joe

hi there is no easy way just look on ebay and autotrader and see what similar car is fetching, then adjust for, if its lower mileage and better service history people will only pay what other are fetching, unless your prepared to sit on it for ages, but these cars don't like sitting around have a look on JEC and Jaguar driver club sites and see what similar cars are fetching as well cheers Joe

hi according to reg its a 4.0 V8 cheers Joe

hi thats a 1997 car, so it will be a 4.0 V8, not a 4.2, 4.2 are post 2002 so depending on its history, can have lots of engine issue,known problems with nicasil bores and mainley problems with timing chains and tensioners so unless you know its history, it may need a lot of engine work as well, 4.2 are a much better engine and much more reliable cheers Joe

hi personally I'd steer clear of ebay, for a few reasons, theres alway a few variations in sizes of discs, so odds are they will send the wrong ones, There really heavy and like most the couriers dont care and they usually get damaged where there thrown around in the van and what you get is not always what you paid for I'd use somewhere like euro car parts, there always one local, and there prices are usually really cheap, they always have deals on them most weekends making them half price, you pay and collect, if there wrong you just swap them, no night mares after youve spent all day getting the old ones off and the selection of brand is good cheers Joe

hi if you look on some of the forums, you should be able to find a link to download it, as its over 8gb its not that easy to share the file also it wont work on a lot of cars, the nav dvds are getting old on these cars and most wont play copied dvd's only genuine burned ones also the volvo denso dvds wont work on our cars as its a different denso nav unit as for Jagdroid, £650 quid cheap, people will pay £1500 of a new iphone or samsung phone, so bargain if ask me, the unit does so much and can easily be sold on for same money if car is sold cheers Joe

hi the inertia switch cuts power to the fuel system, usually the first thing you would check when you find there no fuel getting the car plugged into jaguar software like jaguar ids/sdd would of clearly showed the inertia fuel cut off tripped also even though its semi hidden the fuel inertia cutoff off switch features in every cars handbook its definately one to remember cheers Joe

hi what dash is it, pre face lift or face lift is it lcd screens or large touch screen cheers Joe

hi there is no update for Jaguar s-type or x-type, since 2012, 2012 is the last updated disc if your cars a keeper, have a look at Jagdroid, have one in mine and its excellent. https://www.jagdroid.org/ cheers Joe

hi if its pre 2002, left hand side of J-gate goes to 4, its 5 speed box, then its a Ford gearbox and normal ATF is fine in these gearboxes, if its post 2002, left hand side of j-gate goes to 5, its ZF box, 6 speed then lifeguard 6 is needed cheers Joe

hi think all the diesels are belt driven for timing and fuel pump, 2 seperate belts cheers Joe

This post is 4 years old, Ebay is very good, I've had many many bargains over the years, you just need to check the sellers feedback.

hi have a look on sng barratt site all the parts are listed on the site very good supplier, fast and offer alternative after market parts as well https://www.sngbarratt.com/English/#/UK/FindParts/Families cheers Joe

yes unfortunately the hose is buried right under the supercharger depends how handy you are, I did mine over 2 days and replaced anything looking tired and all genuine gaskets i found it quite straight forward, but Ive always done all my own work on cars worth getting some prices if your not hppy doing it yourself cheers Joe

hi no all the work is done from above drain cooling system, remove expansion tank, induction elbow, upper induction pipe to throttle body, both belts need come off, then egr and throttle body with elbow underneath, then supercharger to intercooler inlet pipe, then supercharger workshop manual via jaguar repair http://www.jagrepair.com/ workshop here http://www.jagrepair.com/images/AutoRepairPhotos/CarPDFFiles/SType/S-Type 2002.5-2008-FSM-Workshop.pdf this is the pipe that fails, lower one original one looks about to fail, upper one is new its always the short section that fails, which I have replaced with a silicone hose which is far superior as it has 5 plies of reinforcement and much higher pressure rating. also worth replacing any hoses that look perished, water pump if its still original and also the push fit fitting on the rear elbow, under throttle body, this push always fails after it been disturbed and will cause air leak and lean codes after. also worth replacing the oil in the supercharger while it off all gaskets and seals I used were all genuine parts cheers Joe

hi the other thing that causes this is either putting the wrong bulb type in, or putting it in the wrong orientation(brake light bulbs) the pegs on the bulbs are in a specific place in put in wrong, the short the tabs at the bottom of the bulb out cheers Joe

HI That will be the famous valley pipe, £20 hose, costs anywhere from £500 to £1000 to change due to very labour intensive job. if its leaking down the back of the engine and down the gearbox, it is quite a bit cheaper if you do it your self then costs are not so bad, did mine myself a few year ago if you need any more info just ask cheers Joe

no, there all offline ones, so no vin search you need a dealer gateway to have the searchable version