Wrinkly

Stephen All be it a "temporary time scale/fix" but I would be very concerned about safety and the balance of the car, let alone any legal matters that may crop up in an incident. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Mike Test the brake fluid to see what water content there is. There are some relatively cheat ones on Ebay that appear to work accurately. I have one of them and have had it compared to the more complex equipment at my main dealers, with same result. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174970386752 Best Wishes and Regards, John

Cutting

David Good luck with sorting the problem. I am certain someone on this Forum will have words of advice for you. Welcome to the Club. Regards, John

Wondering if this may help you. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Puzzle

That will cost you an arm and a leg. Key Fobs are advertised for sell on Ebay. That may be a cheaper way of proving if it is the fob. Regards, John

Uncertain

Quite agree. I do not believe that any of the manufacturers of these products will actually give a life time guarantee, or anywhere near it. I stand to be corrected. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Get yourself a CTEK battery charger/conditioner. They are extremely good and do prevent what appears to be a lot of codes due to battery discharge when not being used. I have an S-Type, which appear to be even more prone to discharge and use my CTEK MS.7 at least once a week to top up the battery overnight and annually use the RECON setting to condition the battery. Well worth the investment. Best Wishes and Regards, John

If you have just bought the car I would get back to the dealer and seek his help in curing the problem or replacing the key fob. Good Luck and Best Wishes, Regards, John

Nowhere

Position

Silicone seems to be the magic cure then. Hope it continues. Will bear in mind for/if my S-Type does it again. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Andrew The cat did eventually cure the problem. That was the last stage of many including inlet manifold removed to fit new plugs and new ignition coils and six new manifold gaskets. Also previous to the inlet off I had fitted both new Lambdas (one at a time and testing after each individual Lambda was fitted. The car had a slight misfire before my P0420 codes started. That in itself can kill the Cat, which it eventually proved had happened. Word of advice if you decide to go a similar route: always use genuine manifold gaskets (Jaguar, in my engine there were six separate gaskets), always use Denso Lambda`s (Denso being OE equipment) and always purchase a good quality/dearer Catalytic Converter. Cheap East Asian products do not work well on Jaguar engines. If any other advice needed or questions to ask, please feel free to contact me. Good Luck with sorting your problem. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Maketh (Man)

Andrew The cat did eventually cure the problem. That was the last stage of many including inlet manifold removed to fit new plugs and new ignition coils and six new manifold gaskets. Also previous to the inlet off I had fitted both new Lambdas (one at a time and testing after each individual Lambda was fitted. The car had a slight misfire before my P0420 codes started. That in itself can kill the Cat, which it eventually proved had happened. Word of advice if you decide to go a similar route: always use genuine manifold gaskets (Jaguar, in my engine there were six separate gaskets), always use Denso Lambda`s (Denso being OE equipment) and always purchase a good quality/dearer Catalytic Converter. Cheap East Asian products do not work well on Jaguar engines. If any other advice needed or questions to ask, please feel free to contact me. Good Luck with sorting your problem. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Polite

Gerry No problem, hope you get the car sorted one way or another. Also that you get to see the grandsons. Best Wishes, John

John You have me a little confused. On one hand you say you cannot find the EGR vale and then you say "with the way the carbon is built up etc etc". If you cannot locate the EGR valve how do you know there is a carbon build up." Good luck with removing the inlet manifold, it is not an easy and straight forward job in my opinion. Whilst you have the intake manifold off you might consider changing other items that are then accessible and may be leading to "rough idle and misfires." Please update when you have sorted the problem. Good luck and Best Wishes, Regards, John

No idea what it is. However very occasionally my S-Type does exactly the same thing. Regards, John

Insistence

Chris, Welcome to the Club with many sociable and knowledgeable members. You will very likely find answers from someone who has "been there and done it" on most questions you could pose or advice you ask for. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Gerry There is another treatment done by a company in Dudley, West Midlands. They do all of the underside and interior of as many panels as they can (E.G. Doors etc). The company is called Krown. https://www.krown.co.uk. I once spoke with them by email and they wanted around 1/2 to 3/4 of a day to completely do my S-Type. From memory I believe it would have cost around £400. I did not go with them. My son in law is the Sales Manager at a Main Dealer and they done the job for me. Not always "what you know", more like "who you know." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best Wishes, John

Gerry Have just had my S-Type done. A new sill to the O/S , all of the underside prepped and cleaned and then treated with HM Kurust and Treated with Black Tetroseal/Wax Rustproof. Best Wishes and Regards, John