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Hi Yes those are easier, you would'nt need the relay but would have to fabricate some kind of bulb holder, or even some old bulb holders and fix into them and solder wires on them they look ok though cheers Joe

Hi Try charging the battery overnight These are really fussy about low battery voltages Diesel eat batteries, especially on short runs, they need at least 20 minutes running just to put back in, what was taken out, just by starting it if the overnight charge works, it may need a new battery if you do only short runs, you may want to purchase a smart charger like a CTEK to keep it topped up, thse can be left on all the time to keep the battery perfect cheers Joe

The VVT does seem to get sticky, the flush seems to work well on these wonder how many people have replaced the VVT units when they just needed flushing would probably do another one, when you next change the oil. can recommend the Archoil products for this Glad your sorted cheers Joe

hi if your after DRL indicators or DRL/Fogs have a look here Joes drl link Think I was the first to convert these over 7 years ago cheers Joe

Hi Unless your buying a good one, as there reasonable expensive then I would no bother the cheaper ones will only mark the paint on the corners and edges as there not lined also the cheap ones dont breath, so the car will hold damp and will sweat like nothing you've seen ideally the best cover would be a car port, keeps the main elements off and allow the car breath and dry correct cheers Joe

Hi were the injectors coded to the car, a lot of injectors these days have to be coded to the car to allow correct flow calibration have you checked it got fuel pressure, ideally with a mechanical gauge on the rail getting it plugged in with something like Jaguar SDD software might show more info where it can scan all the modules and see if theres any faults most generic code reader will only read engine ecu, which wont help, if you have a module fault, have seen some modern cars where they wont start because the alternator has failed and unplugging it, then the car will start If it were mine, I'd start with Jaguar SDD software, its the best out there cheers Joe

Hi I would say the caliper fixing will be different centres, as the later STR teves brakes have different centres, which were fitted to a lot of XFs also your going to struggle with the rear brembo's, because the STR has two seperate calipers at the rear, one solely for the EPB parking caliper, which has a completely different hub assembly, where the XF had one caliper thats does both also the STR with brembos had 365mm front disks and 330mm rears, which will also be different cheers Joe

Hi will either be for some accessory or transit relay, for when the car ws ne and in storage cheers Joe

Hi you should name and shame them and at least others wont be caught out on here I have my STR insured with Footman James, on a classic policy, with agreed value and also car retention, which means if mine is beyond economical repair, they still pay me out in full to my agreed value and the car remains mine at no cost, very competitive prices and great UK call centre. Hope you get it sorted cheers Joe

Hi Try auto reserve jaguar you may struggle with used ones as they fetched so much money scrap, most have been sold. you could buy a pair of performance cats, ideally 400 cell ones and get them welded in, for a lot cheaper than 1 new genuine one, most aftermarket performance cats are 200 cell, 200 cell will struggle pass mot and will give lots of fault codes. Standard cats on the STR have two 600 cell bricks in them. what up with yours, they rarely fail, only seen them fail when they have been run lean and they melt. cheers Joe

hi when you connect a ameter to the battery, in series with the positive, the current flow should be about 30mA, thats 0.030 amps,you have to wait till the car goes asleep first, which after 60 minutes. any half decent auto electrician should be able to sort this really cheers Joe

hi the touch screen is just a monitor all the video for stereo and navigation come from the nav unit in the boot, if your in the hidden menus and press update, all it will do is wipe the nav unit and render it useless, needs a special disc to update check all the connections on the nav unit in the boot, other wise the nav unit will need replacing also make sure battery is fully charged and also try disconnecting the battery, make sure you have code for cd player cheers Joe

hi if its got the active sounder option, thats really common as already mentioned, battery fail in the sounder and drags the battery down. another is mine had a hidden tracker in the boot, Jaguar one, and theres a battery on that as well that can drag the battery down need to get a meter on the battery really and start pulling fuses, only way to find really, but your not looking at much, I bet about 1amp will do it, if you have a 90AH battery, thats means it will last 90 hours, thats a new good battery, old battery will last less favorite items are anything thats can get water in it, like central locking motors, window motors good luck with search cheers Joe

Hi Paul Now when I retire, I'm thinking, Jaguar F-type R or Nissan GTR, only need two seats Definately wont be electric, technology not quite there yet cheers Joe

hi ideally you need to check that the fuel pump is still running when it cuts out you need to find the pump and when it stops confirms its running , if not, check voltage at the pump, if theres no voltage, check as above, check all connections, fuses, relays, have a look here for manuals and wiring diagrams http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

Hi I have a S-type R and there great cars lots of info here to keep you going http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

hi if you cant find them, the hoses usually go to the oil filter housing/base, can you not swap that part so you can use the original hoses which engine do you have Thanks Joe

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hi you could try using some engine oil flush, as ive seen this work before, to clear the vvt oil ways, but usually when they block up, they rattle when you first start the engine first thing in the morning. what are the actual codes your getting cheers Joe

hi Ebay something like a Icarsoft LR V3, very good on the Jaguars cheers Joe

hI What engine do you have as some are different One of the better code readers is a Icarsoft LR V3 Try this in the pic below cheers Joe

hi have you fitted a relay in the central fusebox cheers Joe

hi just get a single cd player off ebay there cheap enough and swap it out just make sure it comes with the code as the cd player will have one cheers Joe

hi it can be the wiring in the door shut, they snap with age try wriggling the door shut wires, but there will be a module some where that all the doors goto, need to check there with a multi meter to see which door it is have a look here for manuals and wiring diagrams http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

hi would check all the wiring, odds it a break in the wiring, at a guess at the back of the head the wiring loom can go hard, due to the heat in the engine bay and the wire can snap also check the connectors inside the plug to the vvt, they can come out and get pushed back cheers Joe