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Thanks Peter, New battery arriving today so I'll fit that and see how it goes. Martin

Over the last few weeks my car has been throwing up an error that I haven't seen since last Winter - 'Park brake fault' - but it clears after a couple of attempts so I haven't been too concerned. A quick check on here reveals the battery is the first place I should be looking, and sure enough the battery is sitting at 11.8v with the engine/ignition off. The battery is the original one fitted 12 years ago so I can't begrudge buying a new one ! Thought I'd check the voltage when the engine was running and was surprised to find 14.9v so I suspect my regulator is on it's way out as well. My question is can the regulator be replaced as a stand alone part or do I need a complete alternator ? Thanks in advance Martin

Thanks Joe, That makes sense. It was definitely a robust heat resistant material, it just looked a bit odd poking out when I removed the cover ! Martin

Went to view a lovely XF SV8 this morning (my first one) and when I popped the top engine cover off there seemed to be some wadding or packing under the Supercharger (?) at the back of the engine. Obviously this is the same engine used in the S-type so I thought I'd ask in this forum as well as the XF one. Any one know what this could be, is it normal ? Martin

Went to view a lovely SV8 this morning (my first one) and when I popped the top engine cover off there seemed to be some wadding or packing under the Supercharger (?) at the back of the engine. Any one know what this could be, is it normal ? Martin

Thanks Andy, a useful linky. I found the demist actuator right up high above the glove compartment and against the center console. I unbolted it and had it in my hand as I went through the range of heater direction settings and it seems to be intermittent at best, I couldn't get it to repeat any of the small movements it made as I cycled through the options. The vent moved freely and I could divert the air upwards to demist but it took a 90 degree movement to do this and the most the actuator would move was about 10-15 degrees, so I suspect it's on it's way out. Until I get hold of a replacement I have a 'Winter' and 'Summer' setting ... in Winter I tie-wrap the vent open and in Summer i cut the tie-wrap ! ;o)

G'morning guys, I'm the proud owner of a 2005 2.5 V6 S-type. She has just 72,000 miles on the clock and as far as I could see there were only a few very minor issues for me to deal with, one of which has become more urgent following the 2 degree temperature this morning ! The windscreen vents don't open so I'm getting no warm air to demist the windscreen. A little bit of research leads me to believe it's the actuator spinning in the vent flap rather than turning it to open it (I can hear a clicking sound when I select front demist) My trouble is I can't find the actuator. I've removed the glove compartment and liner and I can see what I believe is the actuator for the footwell heat, but I can't see the windscreen one. Numerous internet searches have come up short, is there an online workshop manual/Haynes manual ? Has any one had to deal with this problem before ? Thanks in advance Martin