Mr Lawrence

What Peter said........ i have a diesel manual on an 06 plate, had it about 18 months now, and I get a little more to the gallon, 40-42 round town and 50-55 on a run. as long as you treat it to a good run now n then you won't go wrong with the dpf. if the one your looking at has turned down exhaust tips and is on a 55 reg or so it won't have a dpf. Good luck.

The last disc available for the denso dvd nav system was indeed only upto 2012 which coincided with jaguar bringing out the phase 2 XF which uses a different system. i have the latest disc in my car and it's more the adequate despite being 4 years out of date. i use navmii free satnav on my android phone when we're in the missus's Abarth.

There's a post on the other jag forum by a guy that scrapped his Stype and swapped the satnav over onto his new car. even with the old car next to the new one it was still a monster ball ache apparently. Seems jaguar have two looms, one with nav and one without!!

D P F on 05 on, short trips are a no no!! i have it on mine but generally do 17mile minimum trips. Egr cleaner should sort smoke out, about a tenner a tin I think. i have the luxury of two new(dealer) fitted turbots about 3months before I bought mine

Try some egr valve cleaner through it. If it's excessive smoke that might sort it, light smoke is fine as its a diesel and "they all do that sir"

Pez or doozle??

What are the other issues they found??

Your pics are the factory colour, my pic is this process....... https://youtu.be/rNY9Dx617N8

It was a bit worse at one point!!!

I'm not too clued up on the petrol inlet but I think there is some kind of water passage in them but if that was leaking you'd notice coolant drop and the garage would've said coolant and not rain water.

It's possible. Itd have to be a heavy rainstorm to get to the plugs though Do you park under a tree or pressure wash your car? If they have identified where the water is getting in then you need to look at drain holes being blocked. it may be worth while taking the scuttle panel off and cleaning them out.

Is the O ring present??

Mmmmm........ trying hard to justify spending £200 on what is basically a novelty feature with being able to say what I want switching on and off instead of reaching out and touching a button. bluetooth too seems not worth it, if I could stream music via it then that'd be different. Just my opinion

Maybe because it overheated its weakened the coolant tank, perhaps try one from a breakers.

I'm following.

Best to get them out of the way early on

Nope, does nowt for me.

Keep looking and keep us posted

Mine went there too, not sure if it's common though. Live covered mine up in an old bicycle inner tube to protect it. I fitted it myself by removing the rear under tray bolts and sliding it in then, having removed the covers round the fog lights I had access to the hose clips. Part cost me £58+vat from jaguar.

which pipe is it? The metal one that runs the width of the rad ??

No need to remove the hub nut. Two screws should be there to hold the disc on. Manual handbrake is even easier, wind back the calliper then once jobs done simply operate the hand brake to reset. Dont forget to use copper slip and make sure you replace any clips you've removed.

Sounds like a fob issue as long press on the unlock button sends all the windows down (global opening) try taking your fob apart and cleaning it or if you have two fobs, use the other one for a bit to see if it happens again.

You'll need a calliper wind back tool for the rears. The handbrake will need calibrating, dead easy though as the instructions pop up in the display for you!! Good luck. The great leaper debate is well documented on here!! Its a marmite thing, I personally like them but only if their fitted in the right place and not halfway up the bonnet as I've seen a few times!!

Taken from a post on another forum...... Jaguars chief architect of the S-Types styling, Simon Butterworth, drew attention to the deliberate use of an elliptical spitfire-wing shape throughout the S-Type. Examples of this elliptical theme can be seen, as mentioned, in the air vents, but also on the inside and outside door handles, the wood door trims, the centre console (although a lot of these were lost in the facelift or series II cars), as well as the shape created by the rear light clusters and the back of the boot lid. Butterworth doesn't say so in the article, but the reason for the Spitfire wing theme being chosen is that the S-Type is built at Castle Bromwich the same factory which turned out the iconic Spitfire fighter of WWII, and these design cues are therefore a tribute to one of Britains most iconic aircraft on one of Britains most iconic motor cars. And what is more emblematic of Britains transport heritage than the Spitfire and the Jaguar? All of which goes to bolsters the S-Types right to claim to represent the best of British. In October 1998, Jaguar produced a numbered limited edition commemorative Book for the S-Types launch. Bound in heavy brushed-aluminium covers, the book includes the story of the Spitfire connection and a picture of the aircraft being built at Castle Bromwich. Its interesting to read this history of the factory where our S-Types are built http://www.jaguarforum.com/showthread.php?t=5654&highlight=Lofty

We all know that jaguar cars are built on what was the site of the spitfire factory at castle Bromwich but can you spot the designers nod to the spitfire in the S type?? More so in the mk1 but still has a few in the facelift car.