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hi Diesels nowadays are not really suitable for short journeys and low miles its lucky you don't have a DPF, or you would have nothing but issues with it all the time for your battery I recomend getting a CTEK smart charger, can be left on all the time and will keep the battery tip top I have one on my jaguar and one on my mitsubishi, my mitsubishi does less than a 1000 miles a year and the battery on that is over 10 years old CTEK also made the genuine jaguar car chargers that came as a optional extra, which I have on mine cheers Joe

hi you can just swap the batteries with no issues it will tell you in the handbook if there is any special pairing procedure required after cheers Joe

hi mine are inline with the rest of the sill the sill jacking points are for the emergency jack only if there used with a trolley jack, they usually damage the lip and most of the time crush the sill covers and floor covers also, there really prone to completely rotting away, the sills, especially to the rear of the car, first signs are rear arches start to rust it worth removing the plastic cover and checking them cheers Joe

hi worth phoning a few places also worth looking on the Jaguar site, as they offer fixed priced servicing, also they only genuine parts, a indy might not cheers Joe

Hi I dont think I'd used it in my STR, but like you say I dont think it would do any harm my car really low mileage and the oil comes out really clean, so would never use additives make sure they use descent oil, only put Castrol edge professional in mine cheers Joe

Hi On the s-type R, the dampers were supllied by Bilstein, and most of the performance modern Jaguars are still supplied by Bilstein cheers Joe

hi if its a hissing gushing type noise, it can be a split hose and its turbo boosted air escaping worth have a good feel round the hoses after the turbos, usually you will get engine faults, so it might not be this other thing it could be just turbo whistling/whine, some car do it worse than others cheers Joe

hi its quite straight forward to do only take 15mins or so video is of a left hand drive car, its on the oposite side but it will give you a good idea cheers Joe

Hi I have a knack sometimes of finding info and manuals on the internet, so if you ever get stuck, let me know but like you say, the "search" bar is really great if you want a quick answer so many issues that people have, have been covered so many times before, so search can give you a instant answer, rather than waiting for a reply cheers Joe

hi is this the one https://www.jaguarownersclub.com/forums/topic/16761-its-goodnight-from-me-goodnight-from/?tab=comments#comment-54580 cheers Joe

hi have you a link to the thread, the name user name should be on it cheers Joe

HI have a look here on how to put your dash in diagnostic mode with the dials in test if they read ok then maybe wiring, if it dont read ok you know its the fuel gauge cheers joe page 1 page 2

Hi Last time I went JLR Classics open day, there was a Red X-type R there, They made one and its there, they just never decided to put it into production cheers Joe

hi lot of info on the s-type here cheers Joe page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6

hi when I did mine changed the filter/sump, updated pins, oil and mecha sleeve which is prone to leaking the trans has to be a exact temperature when you do the final level check cheers Joe have a look here

hi personally if it were my car I'd use zf lifeguard 6 and genuine zf parts but if your on a budget a lot of people use this Mannol ag 55 with no issues https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MANNOL-AG-55-2x4L-BMW-Jaguar-ZF-AUDI-Automatic-Transmission-Oil-LIFEGUARD-6/302254726093?epid=11017016899&hash=item465fc91bcd:g:CvEAAOSwWxNYyv1u cheers Joe

hi its worth try to replace the the diesel fuel filter first, that can cause resistance and cause low fuel pressure the maf might just want cleaning, you can get maf cleaner, its a solvent you spray on and it cleans any residue off and completely eveaporates the maf fault is common with people that run a K&N panel filter in the standard air box, oil is transfered to the maf and causes issues cheers Joe

HI its usually easier to get to by removing the drivers side wheel arch liner theres a 3 port valve or a 5 port valve, the DCCV on yours I think is a 5 port its common for the DCCV to fail, or the climate control module, usually a Faulty DCCV will pop some of the track on the pcb of the climate module if you google it there quite easy to fix, link the blown tracks and your away cheers Joe

hi At a guess, if a new board is fitted, it would need coding to the car with Jaguar IDS/SDD software cheers Joe

Hi Usually put on for emissions not power But cars with variable timing respond better to remapping than cars without Cheers Joe

hi this might answer your questions, this is from JTIS 2003 cars onwards cheers Joe

Hi Also Ebay, Just check the Sellers feedback first as the are some dodgy folk on there also look on facebook there's also loads of jaguar breakers on there cheers joe.

Hi I converted my indicators to DRL/INDICATORS, for less than £20 if you search there a post on how to convert them and a short vid of the working link https://www.jaguarownersclub.com/forums/topic/13570-fitted-led-drl-indicators-today-s-type/?tab=comments#comment-39313 clip here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QvgvBbQDSM&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=JaguarOwnersClub&utm_medium=ForumLinks&utm_campaign=referrals also these go through mot's with no issues for the past 3 years cheers Joe

Hi Battery flat possibly could be just a dodgy boot switch or sometimes the wires snap, where the boot hinge pivots the battery goes flat real quick if the not run regular or kept on charge cheers Joe

Hi Peter Normally I would love to go any meets But unfortunately I away Friday on hols in caravan, so will have to give it a miss but If I'm back early may attend allways on here for any help on S-type's cheers Joe