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hi you will only get what people will want to pay for it it all depends on condition, as you may know the sills on these can completely rot away you will get more for a good solid one with history, the arden bits were just bolt on parts, so wont make it worth a lot more, as its not a official jaguar model. also there really classed as modified, so dont appeal to every one, also can effect insurance as its been modifed which can open another can or worms, if they ask for more details cheers Joe

hi the P1000 is normal once codes are reset, need to be driven to clear EML can some times just be a fluke, especially if battery low, keep a check on oil level, if it been ok since usually ok, just over filled, but on a diesel can be first signs of leaky injectors or blocked dpf. cheers Joe

Hi, pics may help, whats a Arden conversion, stickers, wheels, badges, any engine mods, any paperwork. cheers Joe

hi Icarsoft lrv3 is the one to have for jaguar has the most comprehensive functions and easy to use or if you want one that does all cars and unlimited updates then icarsoft crpro jaguar ids/sdd is the best, but it not user friendly and need a dedicated laptop cheers Joe

hi a good place to start looking is throttle body, if it was air leaks at that revs you would get engine fault lights on sure there all fly by wire so no throttle cable, but checking the throttle body will confirm and checking the throttle body flap should be virtually shut with engine off might just want cleaning, as they can get quite gummed up with age, so might just be dirt stopping the throttle body from shutting cheers Joe

hi a lot of it will depend what mileage your doing, if your only doing short runs, then it a petrol unless you want lots of issues with a diesel, with dpf problems and diesel engine problems, they really dont like short runs, as they need a regular long run to clear the dpf and keep the battery charged. also dont forget to check sills as they can colpletely rot away as there hidden by plastic covers, also check rear sub frame. cheers Joe

hi if run in the right conditions they should out last the car but there not allway run at the right temp so can block up, theres companies out there that specialise in cleaning them, but only short term fix if cars not run right or has issues cheers Joe

hi think very early cars were fitted with 300mm discs and later cars were upsized to 320mm, apart from R mosels which were 365mm, later R models were dropped to 355mm would assume in cost cutting as they dropped the racing brembo's there was sport model options, but you can only tell for sure by the color codes on the springs not sure if discs sizes are on jaguar ids/sdd but think suspension might be if you pm me full vin i can check and pm you the info i find cheers Joe

hi earlier ones with the J gate are mainly 4.2 and some people say the 4.2 are much smoother than the later 5.0 the later pop up gear knob ones are 5.0, which has more power, esecially supercharged versions depends what you want in performance xk 4.2 n/a ar 300 bhp, xkr 4.2 sc 420 bhp, and the xk 5.0 n/a 385 bhp and xkr 5.0 sc 503bhp but its worth test driving both as the 4.2 and 5.0 do feel different as for rust, check all the underside, especially rear quarters, lower rear and lower front by the sills cheers Joe

hi Just make sure your quick connectors have a inline fuse on them as close to the battery as possible as some leads dont have a inline fuse, so if you short the wires by mistake it would melt the wiring, virtualy instantly been so close to the battery cheers Joe

hi on both sides on the connector theres two tabs, just squeeze sides, squeeze the widest sides and pull will be a dodgy sensor had to replace the front one on mine some pics below cheers Joe

Hi Must be making them cheaper these days the service schedule on my 2004 S-type R, shows the spark plugs only need changing every 100k miles or 10 years whats does it say in the service schedule cheers Joe

Hi £200 for front discs and pads is quite expensive, bet discs and pads would be less than £100 and £100 for labour for an hours work, don't sound cheap to me. I've just put discs and pads, front and rears on a peugeot gti, front and rear discs and pads cost £82 from euro cars parts and still took less than an hour to fit. car parts have never been so cheap for cars cheers Joe

hi never seen a low battery cause items to stay on but worth putting the battery on charge over night also worth checking the front and rear body modules are dry, especially one in boot, as they can suffer with water getting in the boot area,and damp will cause all sorts of problems. also any damp in the car, check front and rear foot wells are dry. the shifting from park, could be a switch or relay, but also again low battery, when you sit in the car, with foot brake pressed, if you move the gear stick to the left, you can usually here a click, relay, down by the right side of the dash, there a micro switch on the gear stick, which is prone to failing in something is spilt on it, like pop, goes very sticky when it dries. cheers Joe

hi the kit I have is a universal one that does all cars if you look on ebay for universal wind back tool theres quite a few basically theres two holes in the piston, they have to be rotated and pushed in,once the piston is wound back the new pads will fit, I wind the piston back out till the caliper just slides over the new pads, makes the handbrake adjustment a lot easier the tool not required depending on what tools you have, if you have some large, bent nose, circlip pliers, they will slot in the holes on the piston and allow you to wind them in cheers Joe Video here off youtube, its a X-type but piston wind back is very similar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhtL2_uRgXU mine looks similar to this, which are under £20, but I use it a lot.

hi if its for general driving, most of the discs and pads available from euro car parts are quite good, have used euro car parts many times and never had any issue, plus you get a choice of brands and get 40% off most weekends if you like putting you foot down, I'd stick with standard discs and get some better pads, I use ebc redstuff in my S-type R, better stopping and next to no dust drilled and grooved discs are ok, but, I've had them before and there quite noisy, first thing in the morning if the have been wet, due to light surface rust and a lot noisier under heavy braking, drilled ones are quieter. for next to no diffence in stopping power, just faster pad wear, so because of the noise I would never fit them again. just make sure what ever you get, just measure you discs first to makes sure you getting the right ones, as theres quite a few different sizes. also if you have a electronic parking brake, there a precedure to release the brakes, you also need a piston wind back tool for the rear, fronts are straight forward. if you want read the workshop manuals there all here free http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

hi I assume you have checked the propshaft rubber couplings, as they can have similar effects also when you changed the oil, did you use genuine zf parts and oils, zf lifeguard 6, cheaper oils can cause all sorts of problems when they mix with the old oil, about 6 litres stays in and cant be drained, can sometimes be caused by gearbox software, can be fixed with a update, also it will need adaptations reset and gear shifts need to be relearnt after a oil change because it can be a lot thicker if its not been replaced for some time, the two man relearn procedure, as used by jaguar, can get the shifts really smooth if none of that fixes it, then its the mechatronics valve body, usually worn seals, o-ring and lots of little check valves, this is cured by fitting a sonnax kit, which replaces all the moving parts and cures low oil pressures in the valve body these gearboxes are pretty tough, used in 1000's and 1000's of cars, like jaguar, land rover, citroen, ford, vw, bmw, maseratis, bentleys and lots more. cheers Joe

hi very common, once the nicads fail in the sounder, you just get nuisance problems with the alarm going off cheers Joe

Whats up with your headlights?

hi what the irreparable damage, you can strip the headlights and change most parts otherwise ebay the chrome hid ones go a lot cheaper than the black S-type R ones cheers Joe

As above, battery every time they need to be a good battery on these, any working inside the car and ignition on, will soon flatten the battery real quick if the battery low, it puts modules in fault, need to get the battery on charge, ideally over night cheers Joe

hi its either cd or cassette you dont often see cassete decks, thats whay there no cd you could swap the cassette deck for the single cd in the dash, cheap on ebay, plug and play, make sure it comes with the code cheers Joe

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HI Post a pic of your dash not enough info do you have lcd dash or touch screen, cd and cdc buttons are next to each other cd player came as standard, cd changer was optional, cheers Joe

HI P0171 AND P0174 are usually lean codes, air leaks between engine and maf, so a split pipe or perished hose check all those little hoses, lots of garages have smoke machines that fills the inlet system and you can then visably see where it leaks from cheers Joe