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hi sometimes at the discretion of the mot person, but it wants fixing really, coming from a biker as well its no fun when there oil on the road but if its not a bad leak, give it a good wipe down before you take it and they usually pass, also with the water leak, need to get it fixed as usually they let go big style with water every where and depending on the temperature when it lets go, can damage heads and gaskets if you know where the water leak is and your just waiting till the mot to see how it goes, use some radweld, just pour it in the expansion tank and will fix small leaks, I had to do it once while we were on holiday and the radiator sprung a small leak, cured it for a few weeks till i got the radiator replaced if it were my car and the car body work is sound, mainly like the sills and arches, I'd keep it, there generally quite reliable, but if your thinking of selling, once its got that mot its the best time to sell, but you will struggle to find a descent one with less than 50k , new rules also are for diesels and won't effect petrol cars, you might find it will go up in value due to this. cheers Joe

hi if there a fusebox in the engine bay when you open the lid, theres usually exposed terminals you could put power on one and would be enough to power the boot lock, just dont attempt to start it if you have a battery charger put the black on a good earth and the red on a exposed terminal once your in the boot get it on charge, you will most probably get a few fault codes till its fully charged this is also a common fault on the s-type and thats what they do on these cheers Joe

hi unfortunately could be one of many things you need to get jaguar software plugged in and it will tell exactly what wrong could be just something as simple as a abs sensor, that will cause limp mode and make the gearbox go funny generic code readers only give engine fault codes and are often misleading get it on jaguar diagnostics, Jaguar SDD software cheers Joe

hi any descent locksmith can do keys for these now most place you take your key in and they just copy it, clone the transponder chip inside it and usually for a reasonable price cheers Joe

hi yes any visible smoke is a fail, also if the dpf has any visable modifications, dpf removed, egr removed or blanked, are a instant fail also if you take it early and it fails, you can now get fined up to £2500 for driving it on the road. cheers Joe

hi no the dvd is for navigation only to use phone you need a phone/bluetooth module, bluetooth antenna and a mic if you car has the phone/bluetooth fitted if you switch your ignition on and search with your phone for bluetooth devices, if jaguar appears then you have it, no jaguar device no bluetooth cheers Joe

hi all because it has the button, does not mean it has phone fitted button was fitted to all cars, phone was a option dvd's can be bought from various places, just google it, only problem is 2012 is the latest map cheers Joe

Hi if you look at your vin number, prefix number 11, will confirm your car was made at Halewood cheers Joe

Hi Glad there is a issue, thought it was just me home page was ok , but every other page was not loading at all for me, been like this for the past few day hope it gets sorted I wish I got slow, most pages wont open for me cheers Joe

not sure why thats not working, not seen that before but the copy of windows is not activated, as you can see the keys in the bottom right dont think that should effect it though was it installed on a clean install of windows xp pro cheers joe

They started as a ford engine but jaguar revamped it built at the Jaguar plant and has more power than the ford version so ford origin, it is a Jaguar engine cheers Joe

HI This will give you basic info cheers Joe

Hi also make sure there no internet connection and internet explorer opens up ok cheers Joe

Hi is it installed on windows XP pro, Has to be the Pro version It starts up and you get a warning screen and you have to click continue then you get a vin screen, you either enter it manually or hit read, once the vin is there, you hit indentify vehicle as your is a 2002, sdd will fail, as thats for post 2005 cars, then it will load ids make sure you have windows xp pro have a look at the video below cheers Joe

hi paul no just wondered what car she drove I thought Yaris drivers were sensible drivers, obvious not cheers Joe

hi Paul what type of car was it cheers joe

hi Same here I'd shop around, try some of the online shops like moneysupermarket, go compare, confused, compare the market, these will give a good idea of insurance also I tried Footman James, as I'm also a member of JDC, they gave me a great discount and were cheaper than all the above and there was only £50 excess also sometimes its worth putting your spouse on the policy as well, as it can bring the premium down, with the online ones you can try it both ways to see which is best cheers Joe

Hi Try MTEC brakes they seem Ok https://www.mtecbrakes.com/brake-discs.html or SNG BARRATT https://www.sngbarratt.com/uk/#!/English/FindParts/Families or british parts https://www.britishparts.co.uk/jaguar-parts-c11 but places like europarts use good quality parts as well https://www.eurocarparts.com/ cheers Joe

Hi Just looked on auto data looks like there very similar to the 2.7 so have 2x timing belts one front for timing one rear for fuel pumps could tell you for sure if you know your engine code cheers Joe

Hi Got there in the end, at least the dealer sorted it, some dealers can give you the runaround glad its sorted cheers joe

hi try this one instead, this includes all of them cheers Joe https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-S-TYPE-2000-2008-LED-LIGHTING-INTERIOR-UPGRADE-PACK-XENON-WHITE-17-BULBS/162211689368?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

hi, there led sets on ebay cheers Joe https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LED-LIGHTING-UPGRADE-11-BULB-INTERIOR-SET-JAGUAR-S-TYPE-2000-2008-XENON-WHITE/162111134998?hash=item25be939d16:g:00QAAOSwvg9XaCAN

hi only way to know for sure is to plug in and read the codes could be one of many things, but it sounds like a faulty sensor seen something as simple as a faulty ABS sensor cause this type of fault don't think its engine related as usually you have to switch engine off for those to clear cheers Joe

HI Just had a quick look, looks like theres only gaskets on the upper covers any way bet the bottom cover either has a gasket built in that does not need changing cheers Joe

Hi have a look on SNG BARATT site or British car parts SNG site is good and its got all the part listed cheers Joe