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hi going off that last picture, I would say you have a air leak on one bank, and if plugs were done, hope all the gaskets were changed for new genuine ones, some of the cheap ones don't seal, or its going be a perished pipe also at 62k engine should still be like new, unless its been really abused and its never had any oil changes have you done a compression test yourself, I'd check it yourself and check all the hoses and gaskets while your in there otherwise take it a different garage and explain what gone on and see what they diagnose, if your not handy with cars yourself, but this is a reasonably straight forward job cheers Joe

hi if you have to replace the DCCV don't buy cheap, go for a Bosch one, the cheaps ones only last a few years at the most. cheers Joe

hi blowing constant hot air is very rarely a aircon issues its either a faulty dual coolant control valve or climate control module, a bad dual coolant control valve, can also take the climate module out, so both may need replacing at 90% of the times cheers Joe

Hi Will be there myself, been the last few years its been there, very good lots of cars and lots of spares and tool stalls cheers Joe

hi try this. How to manually reset Tps-re learn Radio fan all off. 1. insert key Into ignition 2. forward 2 clicks so all dash lights are on 3. Put foot down on accelerator all the way down until you are pressing the kick down button and hold for 30 secs 4. While holding accelerator down switch ignition to off and remove foot from accelerator. 5. Wait 2 to 3 mins remove key then re insert start and drive.

Hi Phil do you know where about the hose come from I have a S-type R myself and dont rocognise that hose let us know roughly where its from and should be able to find it cheers Joe.

hi does it go from the aux pump to the supercharger charge cooler if so is it this one https://www.sngbarratt.com/English/#/UK/parts/76256c1a-f1a1-4151-9449-8058f6fef750?fromList=S-Type and X-Type(12) > S-Type(49) > RADIATOR AND PUMP-SUPERCHARGER Assembly(31091)&fromCategory=Node Intercooler pump(Node Id 3094774) look on sng barratt all hoses are listed plus pics cheers Joe

Hi John, Yes the Icarsoft's are very good and quite user friendly they talk to most modules, so you should be able to find the code and hopefully lead you to the fault cheers Joe

hi if you have no sound and the car has premium sound, is the fibre optic cabe in correct, all sound on oremium is on a fibre optic network either you left it out or its not in correct cheers Joe

hi what code reader are you using generic ones will only read engine faults Icarsoft LR V2 or V3 should read all the modules, if lights on then theres a code using Jaguar IDS/SDD would read it with out a dought cheers Joe

hi all the engines are very good as long as there looked after the 4.2's V8's are very smooth, I have the S-type R and the engine is amazing, so smooth and can be driven very lazy and effortless, you can barely tell when it changes gear if your after a manual, thens its a 3.0 as the 4.2 is only auto, but I think if you want altimate cruiser, then it auto, they drive so much nicer cheers Joe

hi its going be a abs sensor, you need to plug in as soon as the fault pops up without turning the ignition off if theres still no faults you also need check other modules, like dsc, gearbox as these can also cause the same fault cheers Joe

hi I would check all the wiring by testing it back to the ecu could be a break in the steering column wiring and you have disturbed it, would also try the old pickup coil of the old ignition switch, I'm sure they come off and can be swapped. if you need any wiring diagrams to check the wiring look here http://www.jagrepair.com/ when did it last run and what did you do after that stopped it starting. cheers Joe

HI Have you started with a basic service, filters, oils and plugs also while your in there check for any perished hoses, especially the smaller pipes they split and can cause this cheers joe

Hi as above make sure battery is fully charged before doing anything else also get it plugged in with a descent code reder cheers Joe

hi dashes or instruments are coded to the car, so best option is get it repaired, theres usually plenty of place that repair them and offer great guarantees replace them and getting them coded would be a lot more expensive cheers Joe

Hi most probable best diagnostic reader for the s-type is Icarsoft code reader basic ones less than £100 best one around £170 which is icarsoft LRV3, which will read every thing from engine to gearbox, abs airbags, suspension, everything LPG on these cars is a right pain and unless fitted 100% correct will always give fault codes. ideally for mot, you need to run on petrol and reset faults codes and leave it on petrol till its been for mot, so you should not get any codes. its when you run on lpg I bet you get codes, the car monitors everthing like fuel, and when run on lpg will give errors because fuel is not been used if you after just clearing engine codes, a cheap code reader would be ok, wont give accurate fault descriptions, but if your just clearing code will be ok, depends how much you want spend cheers Joe

hi P1000 is normal after code reset till its done a full drive cycle then will clear on its own P1646 is a bad lambda, are you sure you changed the correct one, if the faults still there also on the S-type, cheap lambda dont work, only denso one seem to work cheers Joe

hi check all fuses and connectors, also check any relays 91-92 wiring here http://www.jagrepair.com/images/Electrical/Elect-Tech All2/91 Sedan Electrical.pdf lots more info here http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

hi its more of a common problem on post 2002 cars, pre 2002 car were not as bad, climate module on later cars blow circuit board tracks inside the module and usually quite visable so easy to repair if you need any wiring diagrams or manuals have a look here http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

Hi Dave no later module wont work on earlier cars, there two completely different cars electrically cheers Joe

hi have a look a battery mega store, great service, next day postage, best prices https://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/ cheers joe

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