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hi the only thing that can drain the battery in 15 minutes without catching fire is the alternator, anything else would catch fire. if its a 100Ah battery that means 100 amps for 1 hour, so 15 minutes means around 400 amps the alternator has 6 large diodes, when when they fail short the battery out, as its always connected if you can feel the alternator I bet its gets hot only other item is the battery lead, from the battery in the boot to the front of the car, but would expect some smoke cheers Joe

HI there real easy to open and replace the adjusters especially if you have the HID lights, on a R model as there really expensive did mine and there great, better option than buying used, as they might already be broken cheers Joe

Hi John Yes the headlights can be adjusted manually, thats how you set them up initially, there will be adjuster on the headlights to lower and raise them once set correct, the idea is the more load or passengers that are added to the car, as the rear of the car lowers, so will the headlights. the HID bulbs can be bought off ebay, I went for 8k which are a bit more bluish, but there far cheaper, Ive even tried the cheap ones and there just as good thanks Joe

hi p1000 is normal, once you have cleared fault codes, once a drive cycle is complete it disapears cheers Joe

Hi If you think thats a PITA, you want try doing the same hose on the supercharged model Jobe will done though cheers Joe

Hi if the lights are hid, then will either be the bulb (if its got ignitor built in), the ignitor (if seperate) or ballast ( favorite ballast ) halogens rarely fail, but if its halogen, check the relays cheers Joe

hi all these are quite easy to do, as long as you have descent jack, axle stands, spanners and sockets front upper ball joint means swapping the whole arm which is quite easy rear tie rods would swap as a pair, these can be a bit fiddly but ok to do, rear tracking or 4 wheel alignment will need doing after this, as the tie rods are adjustable and alter tracking on the rear lower shock bush can be replaced on its own, bushes can be bought, if shocker looks ok, a vice and a few sockets will press the bush out and back in work shop manuals here http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

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hi you need to check the fuel pump with a meter and check you have 12 volts at the pump if its cranking over then its not the security system stopping it as it would not crank also check you have spark if the car has stood with anything less than 3/4 of a tank of fuel, odss are the fuel pump has seized and rusted, if cars are stood should always be on a full tank workshop manuals and wiring diagrams here http://www.jagrepair.com/ ideally you need a jaguar compatible diagnostic read like jaguar ids/sdd or icarsoft lr v3, generic ones will only read engine and not other modules to see where fault is cheers Joe

hi does not need to be BJ as long as the first two sets are the same, last set it revision and any will work, the higher the letters the newer it is but needs to be off a similar car or it wont work and will need coding to the car like a manual gearbox one will not work correct on a auto gearbox as software is different a new unit will also come blank and need coding to the car cheers Joe

Hi I dd mine a few years ago and once there done, they stay really wel if there just polished once in a while never used laquer on mine I just polish the lights when i polish the car, and they still look great they can be laquered if required, but a lot more work involved, and if not done right will spoil them cheers Joe

hi with every amber light and every red light a message is displayed telling what the warning is, so only you would know the answer to this quite common though, is the rubber boots on the wiper mech shafts perish and cover the engine in water in heavy rain, which can go on coil packs and various other stuff any engine fault should be stored and bought up with a good code reader cheers Joe

hi Ive used the 3m headlight restore kit on s-type R headlights every thing in the kit you need,all you need is just a battery drill and it works really well, they came up like new cheers Joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mPWhOW0mik

hi there suppose to be pressurised theres a vent valve that vents at a certain pressure, then usually through a carbon filter it stops the fuel going off and stops vapors going to atmosphere cheers joe

hi you have a few options, get a kit off ebay, remove yours, remove the cloth, rub all the foam off and stick new material on, about £100 or get a new one, new headliner off ebay, grp one, dont hold the damp like the hardboard one and just remove and fit the new one, about £250 or take it somewhere to get it done, around £500 to £600 cheers Joe

hi really common on the s-types, the dccv fails and takes the climate module out as well cheers Joe

hi the metal one is landrovers with the same gearbox unless your thinking of doing some serious off roading , then I would'nt bother the plastic one work quite well and if you use genuine zf part never leaks, only after market ones do. also the filter in the plastic one looks larger, the metal one is a smaller serperate filter cheers Joe

hi Just look on autotrader and ebay and what similar cars are fetching then adjust if the one your looking has better points cheers Joe

hi if you look in the engine bay, down the drivers side of the inner wing there are 3 aluminium pipes, rigid ones, if you follow them, they go directly to the heater valve its a lot lower on the diesel. on the diesel im sure its more in the wheel arch area behind the plastic cover, below the fuse box cheers Joe

hi might help if you tell people what car, engine and what year it is some better picture might help as well cheers

Stacker martin your looking at the wrong item, sounds like aux pump your looking at find the dccv, they all have a 3 pin connector and the valve will either be a 3 port or 5 port also it could ve a combination of dccv, climate module and wiring thats causing it cheers Joe

Hi rear parking sensors, either a bad sensor or a dodgy module, especially if the boot gets damp petrol gauge may be a dodgy fuel level sender, theres one each side, check the connections, just needs the back seat lifting, you can put the dash on these in diagnostic mode to test all the gauges on the dash performance would start with a good service and go from there, rear plugs are under the plenum, so they dont always get changed, sport mode can be down to how it ws driven previously, if left in sport mode when driving slow it adapts to that driving style, in sport it raises shift points and should drop a few gear when floored and go all the way to the red before changing gear, if it working right. Again a good service works wonders, some people avoid as service part for the zf 6hp26 not cheap, avoid cheaper pattern kits, they always leak and cheap oil causes all sorts of problems. cloudy headlights get your self a 3m headlight restore kit off ebay, about 25 quid, will bring them back to new, all you need is a drill and some masking tape to protect the paintwork if you need any workshop or electrical manuals look here http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

hi new member usually introduce themselves here there is a section for jaguars forsale, you be better off putting it in there good luck with the sale cheers Joe

hi need to get it plugged in a lot off issues with headlights , need reseting with software, plug in and it should tell you on a lot of these if you unplug a headlight it stops everything working, you can only unplug a headlight with battery disconnected cheers Joe

hi still sounds like a dodgy alternator you need a meter and check the battery voltage while the engine is running, should be 13volts to 14.5volts if it drops with the lights on to around 12 volts, then the alternator is duff if your with the AA you could get them out free and they will check alternator and battery and tell you wha up cheers Joe