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Hi Its the glowplugs on a diesel they take so much out of the battery on startup in the cold weather as the weather warms up, its not as bad as the glow plugs dont stay on as long.

is it a diesel

hi As above for removing the key barrel but to get the lock out, I recently did this on a friends car remove the black plastic trim at the front, best is those plastic trim tool, then remove the plastic cover off the end of the dash, just clips off, once off there a large connector block, blocking your access, that also unclips and can be pushed to one side, then the ignition lock slots in at the top and clips in at the bottom, you lift the bottom clip and push the lock into the dash, then unplug the two connectors, its a bit of a fiddle as theres not much space and swap the lock as above. but you will end up with two keys one for the door and new one for the lock, your next problem is it wont start, because the new key is not programed to the car, transponder in the key remote, we removed the transponder chip from the old key and put it into the new key so the car would start. cheers Joe

Hi on S-type the rear parking speaker usually lives under the rear parcel shelf that speaker is for the rear parking sensor, if the beeping is coming from the overhead cosole thats usualy front parking sensors, which can be turned off on the overhead console some S-types suffer with damp in the boot, which what causes problems with the module. used modules also can be hit and miss, if there not off a similar spec car they wont work and have to be coded to the car like new ones. usually is a sensor fault at the rear, you can hear them click usualy in reverse cheers Joe

Hi Low battery will cause this, especially if its a diesel on startup, short runs will not allow the battery to recharge ideally above 12.5 volts with engine off, if battery goes below 10.8 while cranking, it will put modules in fault. youve not said what car it is but on S-types, XJ's and early XF's the battery voltage with the engine running will vary between 13.6volts and 15.3volts on first startup but as allready said put it on charge overnight and see if it cures it but start up take so much out of the battery, especially on diesels and a 15 minute run wont put back in what was taken out on startup can recomend a CTEK smart charger which can be left on when not in use to keep the battery fully charged, CTEK as used by jaguar oe chargers cheers Joe

Thought this depends on which engine, does not mention 5.0, just assumed it was a 4.2, which did have brembo's but should of realised as its a 2013 car

Hi Performance brakes or racing brake are the Brembo brakes that were fitted same brembo racing brakes as fitted to my S-type R cheers Joe

hi ITVx is free if you have a smart telly, just download the app, does not need anything else and totally free cheers Joe

hi the upper rounded part of the cover clips off, usually you slide the mirror up the screen to clip it on, so the clip pulls away from the mirror, where the cover has just clipped off will be quite tight cheers Joe

hi remove the mount from the mirror and use something like black tigerseal leave it overnight and reattach the mirror cheers Joe

hi I have Jagdroid in mine, if your cars a keeper then its well worth buying, no cheap, but the best out there superb features and fully updateable, but plug and play usb support and superb android capability cheers Joe

hi petrol and diesels will surely have different flywheels only way to know for sure is go on jaguar classics or sng barratt and compare flywheel part numbers not all petrols had dual mass flywheels, there more common on diesels also theres companies out there that do solid ones which does away with all the problems of them failing cheers Joe

hi if you lenses are a bit cloudy, can recomend the 3m headlight restoration kits for around 20 quid, they restore the lenses to like new condition cheers Joe

hi they use a D2S bulb, thats all you need search for oe ones were osram, Ive fitted 8k colour ones in my STR, there brighter and got a blueish light to them, far better cheap ones are just as good as dear ones, as there all made in china any way, had cheap ones in mine for over 7 years also might not just be the bulb, could be the ignitor, bit on back of the bulb or ballast, bit on side of headlight, they also fail as said above anything upto 30000 volts to get them strike also on my STR you have to remove the headlights to replace the bulbs, as theres not enough space in the engine bay, which means the front bumper has to come off aswell, hope yours is easier cheers Joe

hi really common on the diesels, if its aux heater that only kicks in below 5 deg C, the exhaust on the aux webasto heater always fall apart and end up leaking into the engine bay and end up sucked in by your heater, worth checking, also the elbows and flexi pipes off each turbo are really common for cracking and leaking, repair kits are available on ebay cheers Joe

hi whats the point of changing the oil, if your not changing the filter, service on these should include up to 7 liters of zf lifeguard 6, new filter/pan, new pan bolts, bigger heads, old ones were prone to snapping and new mecha sleeve which has been updated and also prone to leaking there should be about 6.5 litres thats come out, and about the same goes back in only use zf lifeguard 6 or you will get nothing but problems, there approx 10.5 litres inside the gearbox, but about 4.5 litres will stay inside the torque converter, so mixing oils is never good, also the gearbox ecu is inside the gearbox and emersed in the oil. after market parts, always seem to leak the gearbox should be filled with the engine running , car level and final check should be at exactly 45 deg C, this is critical or the wrong amount of oil will be in, also keep shifting through the gears to remove any airlock, before fine level check not using the oe zf parts and oil has got be the biggest killer of these gearboxes cheers Joe

hi usually on s-types the buttons should work as soon as the battery are replaces and can usually only be paired with jaguar software, Jaguar ids/sdd but some early cars could, have a look here http://www.bluejag.co.uk/S-Type-keyfob-reprogramming.php cheers Joe

hi its well overdue, ZF recomend 10 years or 60k for gearbox services recomend only using genuine zf parts and oil, most people don't and get lots of issues after cant recomend any where though, maybe some else will cheers Joe

hi £40 at auto reserve and there good parts. https://www.autoreservejaguar.com/

HI try auto reseve jaguar, there quite good for quality used parts cheers Joe

HI I know people who have had cars repaired before and when costs have been close to not economical to repair, they have used good used parts to keep cost down. I never know any repair shop, contact a manuafacturer about what parts to use, and most repair shops dont use genuine parts, they will use pattern parts for a lot of repairs very strange, I would be tempted to take it elsewher. cheers Joe

hi take it to a independat repairer they will fit the used part cheers Joe

hi usually caused by a low battery, especially on diesels if they only do short runs charge the battery and see how it goes cheers Joe

hi because fault codes are generic any code reader will read certain codes but for pre 2005 cars its IDS and post 2005 car its SDD, your software will only do post 2005 cars my software came with the mongoose pro lead, you would have to google it maybe get it free if you look on the right forums cheers Joe

hi sdd 163 wont work with pre 2005 cars you need jaguar ids/sdd v130 ideally works really well, I have it and works great IDS is for pre 2005 cars and SDD for post 2005 cars, any version after after 131 if i remember right don't support pre 2005 cars and iDS is not included also if your updating, make sure you get both dvd's for software and you also need a heavy duty battery charger while programing, they can take a while and flatten the battery quite quick, if battery goes low you will brick the module. cheers Joe