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hi I use genuine parts for most things, as they are better quality, but you could cut the middle man out by ordering quality after market parts, most of the suspension parts are made by Lenforder, so can be ordered on ebay stick with known makes like denso, ngk, bosch, these are also used by jaguar I get most parts from SNG Barratt, British car parts, Rimmer Bros, all these offer genuine parts and also aftermarket parts also buy car parts is very good for certain items https://www.buycarparts.co.uk/ cheers Joe

hi wont be injectors, would be black smoke, and fuel would end up in the engine oil, would pass piston rings when engine off like I said, water would give white smoke and oil would give blue smoke if its smoking bad would expect you notice useage quite soon thanks Joe

hi upper intake manifolds cant leak into engine intercoolers can, which could be proved by plugging off the two coolant pipes flow and return to the intercoolers from the radiator car will still run fine, but inlet temp would be higher, but would prove a point, or you could just pressure test each intercooler disconnect the two pipes to each intercooler, plug one pipe and put compressed air on each one, 1.2 bar should do it, as its the same as the pressure relief on the expansion tank, isolate the air, pressure should stay constant and not drop, if it drops then intercooler has failed, easy fix if its coolant though it should be using water, by the sound of it lots, if its oil burning will use oil, blue smoke oil and white smoke water cheers Joe

hi I'd still try replacing the pcv only other thing is worn piston rings, piston ring end gaps too big though if its doing it only on first start up, there must be something on the heads, because like when valve stem seals fail, the oil weep through when it stands, so if yours smoke on start up, there must be something still passing from the heads cheers Joe

hi if you car has H7 bulbs they should be plug and play, but you usually cant fit the rear cover because there much longer, or you have to cut holes in them, also without the cover they will also steam up on damp days also they may also fail mot, depending on your mot guy, officially they should and so would fitting hid bulbs in the past found fitting ring xenon 150 plus bulbs work well with halogen headlight cars, brighter and mot friendly cheers Joe

hi usually valve stem seals, did you use genuine jaguar ones, some after market ones are really poor quality could also be the crankcase pcv, it controls the pressure in the crankcase, they stick as they get old and cause the pressure to rise in the engine case and cause oil to be pushed past the piston ring and smoke its on the left side of the engine and is like a round disc this is a common problem on higher miles cars cheers Joe

hi centraling is done with tracking usually, so I would get tracking, wheel alignment checked first cheers Joe

Hi All Jaguar Meet at RAF cosford today Good day out, stayed dry at least, great selection of Jaguars took some pics and made a slideshow Cheers Joe

hi I tried philips and osram night breakers upgraded bulbs in my other car but they only lasted a few months I ended up with ring xenon 150, which are brighter and have lasted a good while now there not that expensive either at just over £20 cheers Joe RING BULBS EBAY

Hi All Went to Festival of 1000 Classic Cars & Classic Motorcycle Show, Hosted by Cholmondeley Castle today. took some photo's and made a slide show, thought I would post it up great day and great weather today, plenty of cars to look at. cheers Joe

Hi V130 will work on your car fine have you installed the second dvd with all the module calibration data files cheers Joe

Hi Best place to sell is EBAY By far a larger audiance, take plenty of photos and any service history details sell it as classified ad or you will get stung with final value fees cheers Joe

hi try this cheers Joe

Hi If you look on ebay for radio code service, they can give a radio code off the serial number on the stereo for around a £1 cheers Joe

hi your better off taking it to a auto box specialist, they will be able sort it if your working with them all the time there easy, car garages these days just want to plug in and reset it, they dont like taking stuff bits any more cheers Joe

Hi These are common and usually caused by a low battery have you checked the battery voltage, should be above 12.5 volts, if the voltage is lower than this battery may need replacing also sometimes these faults caused by a low battery will need reseting with jaguar IDS/SDD before they will clear Ideally you need to get it plugged in to see what faults are listed, generic code readers will only read and clear engine codes, not gearbox, dsc or epb faults, I'd check battery voltage and make sure it does not drop rapidly, you have to wait 40 mins before the car sleeps and the current drop to about 30mA also diesels seem put strain on alternators and these can fail, causeing a short, making the battery voltage drop quick cheers Joe

hi If it like the S-types, just basic tools a piston wind back tool might help, but when I did mine, they wound in real easy with circlip pliers also worth checking the old pads as you remove them, some pads have a peg on the rear, some only on the inner two that locate on the inner piston slots also if it electronic parking brake, it needs to be reset before you operate the park brake or you could damage it, on the s-type you have to disconnect the battery and once reconnected you follow instructions on the dash when first switching the ignition on there usually little clips on the of the threaded studs as well that hold the disc back, these have to be unscrewed to remove the the discs, but a lot of people just force the discs off with a mallet, so there maybe none there nearly forgot to mention to release the park brake, press the hand brake off button and hold it while you switch the ignition off and remove the keys, this will release the park brake so you can remove the pads cheers Joe

Hi Sounds like master cylinder starting to fail if there's no air in the system, nothing else can cause the brake pedal to go lower than normal would get it checked and get the brakes bled first as air can do this cheers Joe

Hi As Raistlin says above, the rear lights are wires like positive earth You need a special relay for the towbar electrics and can really confuse a lot of people, installers cheers Joe

Hi They work on diesels but recommend having it mapped properly Tony Dalton workd with Jaguar a lot, does lots of jaguar remaps and would give you best advice https://www.facebook.com/tonydalton40 cheers Joe

Hi Theres a flap on the ignition switch that can stick most people just give a quick sqirt of wd40 which cures it cheers Joe

hi pull the red cover, it should lift and open looks like engine bay fusebox it will also show you in the handbook cheers Joe

hi on the lower bulkhead, easiest way is to go to the dpf, it will have two small pipes for differential pressure, follow them to the bulk head cheers Joe

hi the calipers are usually the same the bigger discs increase stopping power but for best brakes some people fit the Brembo's of the S-type R cheers Joe