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HI Russ there's a set on ebay at the mo, might be worth making a offer there a bit pricey buy it now, but you can make a offer cheers Joe

Hi Paul you could try running your car at home and wait till the temp gets to 40 to 50 deg and feel the two large radiator pipes, if there warm, with your engine at 40 to 50 deg, then your thermostat is passing/partially stuck open at 40 to 50 deg the thermostat should still be shut and the radiator pipes should be quite cool thermostat stuck partially open can cause the car to take longer to warm up cheers Joe

Hi Russ my S type R has 245 40 18 at the front and 275 35 18 at the rear these are the factory standard on the S type R jaguar recomend Continental contisport contact 3, which are fitted and seem ok so far but if you look on you driver door shut, by the the dash, the recomended sizes, pressure's and tyres are on that label cheers joe

Hi Paul I would say anywhere from 70 to 80 deg would be normal usually most thermostats open at around 75 to 85 deg and fans usually start at 90 deg up but diesels tend not to warm up very well this time of year when its cooler, thats why most diesels have a Aux heater of one form to speed the heating process up Most of the cars i've had, have usually suffered from a failed thermostat, usually stuck open, which often show as taking ages to warm up, or warm up in traffic or stationary and then when you get going the temp drops. some diesel are worse than others in the warming up area have you got a problem, what are the symptoms cheers Joe

Hi Paul, I'm sure you can bring it up on the touch display, by going into diagnostics will check tomorrow, and i think you can on the dash as well, never tried the dash one but here is a link http://www.bluejag.co.uk/S-Type Instrument-cluster-diagnostics.php http://www.bluejag.co.uk/S-Type Instrument-cluster-diagnostic info.php cheers Joe

Hi and to make it worse some of the new expansion tanks don't have the low level warning pocket for the sensor so if a new expansion tank is required make sure it has the low level sensor on it a deffinate early warning system if you lose coolant cheers joe

Hi Don't know much about the diesel's but I would say either the heater valve has failed or your webasto is stuck on the heater valve controls the hot water into the heater radiator and is a common failure the webasto is the aux heater for start up time as diesel take ages to warm up the water if you type in s-type heater valve on ebay you will see the valve i mean, there specific to model and year and new ones are not the cheapest I think you can pull a fuse for the webasto aux heater to eliminate that cheers joe

hi if everthing looks ok and theres no boost from turbo, you need to check the turbo first make sure it spins free cheers joe

Hi Ive got a similar unit that does suction and pumps oil as well Ive found you can only get the oil out at a certain speed, with these vacuum systems if you want it out fast, you need to pull the sump plug it comes out faster with the vac system if the oil is hot, but if you use the plastic pipes that come with the kit, they collapse with the heat and suction you want a thin metal tube that goes down the dipstick hole, but some cars it wont work in because the tube bend on the way down, if the dip tube is straight it will work well with a metal tube cheers joe

Hi what are you welding with, are you tig welding these I take it the xk8's have rust issues, are they all like this, or just early ones cheers joe

Hi it sounds like turbo or a hose as blown do you get a gushing/hissing sound when you need power if not could be turbo, but they usually go in style, bang and lots of blue smoke you could easily check turbo, by removing inlet hose to turbo and feel the shaft, if it spins nice and free and not too much side play, turbo should be ok cheers joe

Yes that one, if you look at the wiring diagrams, theres permanent and switched supplies in there cheers joe

Hi Karl I would say sills, remove them covers and have a look, if there rust free, i would say the rest of the car is If its been a wedding car it should be in good condition check the boot after its been raining, or you wash the car, some s-type's the boot leak terrible above the rear lights also follow all your brake lines, they rust terrible on the s-types, especially at rear in the most awkward places cheers joe

Hi Thats the only problem, they allways look good in the pictures you get there and they look terrible Ive had that many times, I looked a good few before i bought i bought mine the trick is to wait and be patient, I ended up buying one local in the end and dont rush out and buy the first one you see cheers Joe

Hi Paul Either ignition switch or dash fuse box ignition switch wires will be quite heavy and awkward to splice to fuse box should be easier, you could buy piggy back fuses ( pic below 1 fuse for existing, 1 fuse for new circuit, neat) and be wired in minutes, easily reverseable and as for earth, there should be plenty of fixing to get a earth cheers joe

Hi I think its all controlled off the climate control module then there a few relays, the button on the dash and of course windscreen but i would of thought you would have to program it as fitted in ids/sdd wiring pic

Hi Dont know too much about the XF but on the s-type if you get a fault sometimes you can clear it by disconnecting the battery for a bit It will usually reset most things but make sure you have any codes required for stereo and such cheers Joe

Hi Paul, Its most probably video rca, a yellow plug you have to show me some pics when it arrives cheers joe

hi with navtool you have two video in, whats the video out on the smart nav they do a navtool with just 2 video in rca which is a lot cheaper, the navtool with 3 video in ( 1 hdmi 2x rca ) is a bit dearer ) but you will need a fm transmitter for sound what does the smartnav look like cheers joe

Hi Robert you can download a parts catalogue from sng barret here http://www.sngbarratt.com/DownloadArea.aspx also have a look here http://www.coffeeshopmenus.org/Parts_X-Type-Parts_2000-2005.pdf had a quick look but could not find have a look you might recognise it cheers joe

HI Have you fitted a new battery, usually a new battery cure's all the faults, is it fully charged, put it on a trickle charge over night, could of been sat in a shop for months cheers Joe

Hi Peter, Dunno really, I've all ways tinkered with cars and bikes, all my life really, Its interesting sometimes especially when you get to the engines dept its just nice to see how there put together, its for my little one really, wink wink will let you know what it like when i go I will be going the classic car show as well, there's some really nice cars there cheers Joe

hi Dennis looking at the second from bottom picture it says Outstanding campaign , R513 INCORRECT GEAR SELECTION ZF 6 SPEED I assume there was a call back for gearbox update I would also assume this would be free at a jaguar dealer I think this is the jerky 2nd to 1st issue, intermittant fault cheers joe

hi have you tried the discs the other way up they might be upside down, I did the same thing when i got my car cheers joe

Hi All Thinking of going on the Jaguar Factory Tour at Castle Bromwich later on this year looks quite good, lasts 3 hours and priced at £49 any body on here been, just wondered if it were any good cheers Joe