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    HI That sounds like the most common fault on S-types Low battery, will give all them faults, get the battery checked If you can, get it on charge over night cheers Joe
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    Hi Micheal Yes and lots more every sensor on the engine can be brought up For that I use a bluetooth elm327 adapter, less than £10 ebay and my android phone, I use Torque pro and Dashcommand apps cheers Joe
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    Hi Russ, All ready looked they are really expensive and the ones I saw there the hand/gun type thing and then a really large unit with it since I've tried removing rust by electrolysis, works really well and can be done at home cheap, look here rust removal cheers Joe
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    Hi Carole I took some photos aswell some photo's of last time I went Breakfast club some photo's of Jaguars at RAF Cosford Jaguars RAF Cosford last some photo's of classics at nec this year classic cars NEC cheers Joe pics of Junes Jaguar breakfast club
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    Hi Only way to know for sure is to plug into a Jaguar IDS/SDD, that will give you faults codes for every thing generic code readers will only give you basic faults and they wont show gearbox faults cheers Joe
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    Hi If you go to Ford Etis link here https://www.etis.ford.com/vehicleRegSelector.do;jsessionid=VyW1v8Q9DA9zAb1QyvoNx-q84EY6unbhnE-qBI9h.eccvas1900j it will give the the exact spec it left the factory with from Jaguar cheers Joe
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    HI If you go to the Ford ETIS page https://www.etis.ford.com/vehicleRegSelector.do;jsessionid=VyW1v8Q9DA9zAb1QyvoNx-q84EY6unbhnE-qBI9h.eccvas1900j and enter your vin number, you can see exactly what spec the car is and what options it has It can be a minefield in buying a good jaguar, s-type, they put that many electronics into them these days, they can be a right pain some cars do have folding mirrors and they can seized if there not used regular, but have a look on ford etis and it will tell you if its got them fitted Hope you get better luck and get it sorted easily and like Andy said there loads of spares on Ebay cheers Joe
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    Hi Have you driven the car yet, what it like I Put a pair of grooved and drilled discs on a car years ago, never again, the brake's were noisy in the morning after a really wet night and they made quite a lot noise under heavy braking, never really bothered me, but got some really strange looks when I got passengers in just wondered what there like nowadays cheers Joe
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    HI Your suppose to check every thing work before you buy it, Not after Just hope you checked the sills when you bought it, as you might be in for a serious shock cheers Joe
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    Hi One of the most important check you have missed is sills, they can suffer with severe corrosion on the sills, year unrelated effects early ones and also late ones, so is a must to check, the sills can completely rot away, but still pass a mot, as they are covered will a plastic cover, cheers Joe
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    HI I don't think its air/fuel mixture ratio Modern cars are microprocessor controlled as you say, its constantly try's to reach stoichiometric, A/F ratio is 14.7:1, as it does this many thousand times a second, if fuel alters or you get a air leak it compensates for it instantly,for a air leak you have fuel trims, short term fuel trims and long term fuel trims, but if they usually reach 25% you get a engine management fault can't see fuel grade effecting it, unless there's another under lying fault here a video describing fuel trims to attain stoichiometric its interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WnM_NsOtd8&t=51s cheers Joe
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    Hi A good collection of clips and photo at jaguar breakfast club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2s9r7PQdyU cheers Joe
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    HI They seem quite expensive have a look on british car parts, good price and good parts https://www.britishparts.co.uk/ EBC seem very good, I changed my jaguar pads for EBC red stuff, because you dont get no brake dust of the red stuff, saves me cleaning my wheels every day cheers Joe
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    Hi If its all 4 wheels, on the servo, there's a non return valve that allow vacuum in, only if the non return valve has failed,if you car is a turbo diesel, it may allow boost, positive pressure to get trapped in the servo pressure in the servo, will be like pressing the brakes also make sure the brake pedal comes all the way backup, as that can cause the brakes to bind cheers Joe
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    HI Ive seen a program where they tested various fuels and grades from different fuel stations and when tested them they could not tell the difference they also dyno run the cars and there was only 1 hp difference between the lot though I use bp ultimate in my jaguar, not for performance, but i think its cleaner and helps the fuel system and injectors I just wonder if you dropped on a bad batch of fuel, I know years ago a local tesco to me had a few problems with cars, where there fuel damaged lambda sensors, due to a bad batch of fuel cheers Joe
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    HI I went today, Its was a great turnout and a good selection of cars there weather turned out great saw your XK there it looked great cheers Joe
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    Hi you need to find whether its the front or rear first, if its the rear, its more than likely something your mechanic has done, especially if you hav'nt had any issues prior can't see it been the master cylinder, I've never seen one fail that makes the brakes stick on, they either leak or the seals fail and the pedal goes very low If its the rear brakes that are binding, jack it up and find which side it is I'd check if the adjusters have been set right, if they been set too tight they might seize as they get hot, if there's no enough clearance also if the adjusters are set correct and the hand brake cables are free, Ive seen copper brake pipes crimped incorrect so that they trap the fluid cheers Joe
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    Hi If it were head gasket, you would be topping it up every few days not months have a look under the car, might have to remove under tray, you should see some staining and follow also check around the radiator, also a posibility, but might be a weeping hose, also check expansion tank, there a common fail on other models cheers Joe
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    HI This is out of JEPC for the s-type have a look here so its either going to be no 2, or no 5 , no 6 ( no 10 says fir tree but boot lid ) also look here http://www.sngbarratt.com/CatalogueProducts.aspx?m=49&c=13567&s=12722&a=15148 cheers Joe
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    HI Did'nt think the s-type had enough power to drift, only kidding do you mean the car wanders a bit, could be bushes or something like track rod ends, if you jack it up, you should be able to feel some play in the wheels engine coolant leak, have a good look, you should be able follow the staining and find it, usually a hose, radiator or something like coolant expansion tank, they fail brake are usually very good, if there poor, could be seized calipers, faulty servo or split vacuum pipe to the servo, cheers Joe
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    Hi Paul I bet previous owner used the auto mode on the steering column I turn mine off, seems daft every time you get out the column moves out the way and when you get back in the column comes back out must cause them wires to flex a lot glad you sorted it cheers Joe
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    Hi Jan I also do all my own work on my cars, especially my Jaguar At least if I do it myself, I know its been done right, Nowadays garages want to do a quick fix, services and plug a tool in and reset it Labour prices on garage work has gone daft, years ago if you engine failed or cambelt went, you took it the garage, they took the engine out and rebuilt it like new, now there not interested and I don't think a lot of mechanics know how, these days cars are been scrapped because the cambelt has snapped and I've seen many sold as spares or repair, just because the clutch has gone keep up the good work cheers Joe
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    Hi hard to say this one, looks like you know what your doing but I'd go over all the connections, make sure theres no corrosion on the connectors other thing I would check is make sure theres no breaks in the wiring between the j-gate and the gearbox, as thats where all the movement is you have had it working once, try wriggling the loom to the gearbox, might be just a break the 10v from the body module sounds strange, would of thought it would be 12v I take it its the 6 speed zf 6HP26 cheers Joe
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    Hi Paul If it's wiring, it going to be from the steering column back to the airbag module, favourite steering column area because all the movement. Cheers Joe
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    Hi and welcome There no check really, they start to make a noise/rattle as they start to fail When they rattle, they go quiet when you press the clutch Cheers Joe
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