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hi I use a mongoose pro lead and Jaguar IDS/SDD you can get a clone lead and software with support from british diagnostics for about £100 the Jaguar IDS/SDD is the same as what jaguar and dealers use so you can do everything they can, but can be dangerous if you dont know what your doing, as your can brick modiules if you program them wrong but as a diagnostic tool its superb, it communicates with every module on the car, gives proper fault description and remedies only problem it uses a laptop, but these can be bought for less than £50 for a real good spec one, it needs windows xp pro, I have a dedicated laptop just for this if you want something more user friendly the best plug and play one for jaguar s-types is ICARSOFT LR II V2 for around £130 cheers Joe

hi have you been online and tried with money supermarket, go compare , compare the market and confused there usually give good prices I have my 2004 S-type R insured with Footman James and because I'm a member of JDC, I get a really good policy and pay less than £200 fully comp cheers Joe.

HI and Welcome The S-types are great cars if you find a good one the S-types weakest link is the sills, get them checked if you like tinkering your self there lots of info on here and heres a link to a great source of info for jaguars http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

HI Any answers you get on here will be pure guess work and going down that route will cost a fortune in replacement parts get it plugged in and get codes read, it will tell you exactly where the fault is, done use generic code reader as most wont work with suspension module and most give false faults you want some one with Jaguar IDS/SDD for proper diagnosis most indipendant jaguar garages have them cheers Joe

if you need any wiring diagrams have a look here http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

hi If its a zf box then it can only be reset with jaguar software if its a 2019, should still be under warranty and is most likely software issues, so may just need updating, when they update they also clear the aaptations and do a learn cycle, so should cure it cheers Joe

hi most probably a break in the wires for the seat if your using the seat auto function so it moves every time you get out and back in, its at the age now, where the seat and wiring are getting worn out personally i'd just turn the function off and thats it job done cheers Joe

hi you need to get the code read, ideally Jaguar IDS/SDD generic code readers on read engine codes and sometimes give you wrong code could be something as simple as a abs sensor, as they are tied into transmission and can cause your symptoms but its all guess work till you get it plugged in cheers Joe

if they dont look the same, then I would not swap them post some pics up

hi as long as they look physically the same should be ok

hi the dpf block up because the dpf does not get hot enough to burn off the soot inside if you drive and keep the revs very low, you will always have issues speed is irrelevant, its revs it needs, so when you on the motorway, keep it in a lower gear so the revs are higher than normal, this will heat up the dpf and allow it to burn off the soot if its been revved and still having issues, there maybe other problems like split hoses that are stopping it from regening, but the garage should find this cheers Joe

hi if you pm me your reg I might be able find out from Jaguar IDS/SDD software cheers Joe

hi get it on ebay, the engine on the diesel sell well for landrovers more s-type diesels are broken for engines for landrovers, than any other issues they had cheers Joe

hi if its been taken out odds most of the usual stuff has been tried first thing I'd check is head gaskets, either by compression test or sniff test, sniff test is the easiest option, done by most garages head gaskets are common on these once the heads gaskets are confirmed ok, would check water pump and radiator cheers Joe

Hi Its not the speed, its the revs you need, the DPF is like a filter, thats blocks up and the only way to clear it is heat, higher than normal revs get the dpf hotter and allow to burn the soot off at 70mph in my S-type R in sixth gear would barely be doing just over a 1000rpm select a lower gear and keep the revs up a bit more, for 15 mins or so just to get the dpf up to temp cheers Joe

Hi Its best not to think about oils yourself Better of sticking to what the car manufacturer recommends, as they have spent thousands, doing the research themselves or paying someone to do the research for them if you guessing what oil to use or just use what "BOB" recommends and it destroys your engine, the cost to fix it ill be down to yourself So I'd stick to what the Jaguar manufacturer recommends and you cant go wrong Just buy the best you can afford of the manufacturer recommended grade, spec and change at the recommended intervals cheers Joe

hi both are completely opposite driving styles dpf regen needs higher revs to get the dpf hot to burn off all the soot economy need low revs to get the best miles per gallon so you can't win, if you want mpg then your blocking up the dpf, if you want to regen or clear the dpf the mpg's go out the window give the car to a young lad and youll never get issues with dpf and there also not bothered about mpg's drive it like Miss Daisy and your always going to have issues with dpf cheers Joe

hi I would of not connected the battery back up till it was dry I would on put in a garage and covered it in polythene and put a desiccant dehumidifier under there with it, would pull all the moisture out with a day easy hope you get it fixed, but all those modules are expensive and most need programing to the car, might not be cost effective to repair from a insurers point of view cheers Joe

Hi, I bet there 2012 disks when you get them, would also like to see a link, cheers

hi where did you manage source one from in the end cheers Joe

hi Ive used gliptone pruducts on mine and works really well https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gliptone-Liquid-Leather-Cleaner-Conditioner-Kit-GT11-GT12/251358192920?hash=item3a861da518:g:bE8AAOSwxN5WZqKn cheers joe

hi lots of info and its free http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

hi the glow plug light comes on whether the glow plugs work or not, so worth checking

hi when you get similar issues its usually the first thing thats changed, worth doing as its not expensive to do is it petrol or diesel

hi usually with diesels when they get hard to start its glow plugs they fail and its not a issue till winter comes and it gets colder worth getting the glow plugs checked, may have a couple gone cheers Joe