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HI Hit it with something and phone autoglass, then the cost of you access I bet there over £500 to buy, you pay your insurance, why not getting a bit of it back that's what I'd do cheers Joe

Hi I had a battery drain, ended up been a tracker hidden in the boot, oe Jaguar, no idea it had one fitted, but it had a small house alarm type battery, which had gone duff and was draining the main battery cheers Joe

hi I think a lot of people think that most big engine car are dirty, but nowadays there not, there cleaner than most older smaller engine cars but its a good sign of the state of the engine, if emissions are low, then the engine and electronics are all working well but back to david's post, if a car been well looked after, your going to get less problems, but then you get the car that still all ways lets you down even though its been well looked after cheers joe

HI My 2004 S-type R has only just covered over 30k and its great I've Had it over a year and its never missed a beat, the engine and gearbox is perfect and it never uses a drop of oil that was the main reason I bought it was low mileage and Jaguar Full service history, oil changed every year with less than 3k done each year this was the lowest mileage I'd seen and it drives faultless, not even a rattle and i put it down to the mileage it had done the only bit I was worried about were sills, but they were also like new and the only other thing was the emissions at mot, but even that shocked me, for a big v8, it had the lowest emissions I'd ever seen cheers joe my emissions at mot, just brilliant for a 4.2 supercharged v8 CO was 0.003, HC was 0, and Lambda 1.003

hi I think this is at the british heritage museum, more than sure I've seen it there, when I've been the Jaguar breakfast club cheers Joe edit just checked yes it was

hi have you looked on ebay these quote part number C2C36506 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RADIATOR-ENGINE-WATER-COOLANT-Jaguar-S-Type-XF-XJ-X350-2002-2011-Petrol-A-/291559184726?hash=item43e2481956:g:gaoAAOSwQTVV7rjT http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-S-Type-CCX-1999-2007-Saloon-From-Chassis-M45255-Radiator-Petrol-Automatic-/401137901253?hash=item5d65ae9ec5:g:kzoAAOSw-4BXYlO0 cheers

wow thats expensive, radiators are around £100 so that means £400 labour, wow I'd replace it yourself if i was you cheers joe

Hi Phil At a guess your headlight adjusters have broke, if you remove the bulb cover off the high beam and hold the bulb if you move it up and down and it's sloppy not attached to anything the adjusters have broke It's a common problem on s types and x types, there plastic and go brittle and break If you look on eBay for s-type head light adjusters you can but them and if you look on YouTube there a video on how to change them Or other option is just to replace the headlight I replaced both adjusters on mine on both sides, it's quite straight forward and also it's a bumper off job Cheers Joe

Hi Jason They recommend the changing the fluid, bottom cover/filter, cover pins and mechatronics sleeve at 60 k I'm assuming its got the ZF 6HP26 6 speed auto box my S-type R, has that gearbox and my car has only just covered 30k, I changed mine this year and can be done by the diy'er if you have a descent set of axle stands and trolley jack you have to get the car up and level your talking £197 for the genuine zf parts off ebay, that fluid zf lifeguard 6, pan/filter, pans pins updated, mechatronics sleeve(plastic sleeve seals wiring connector into box, common leak area) about £400 to £500 at a dealer have a look here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAMseFY8GpY made a bit of difference to mine, but it also drove good before, changed for peace of mind really cheers joe

hi saw this, thought I'd share http://www.topspeed.com/cars/jaguar/2006-jaguar-s-type-r-ar13169.html cheers Joe

hi all the bushes are available on ebay usually the ones on the bottom of the shocker or anti roll bar drop links are usually the culprit, but there's quite a few they can be straight forward to replace, but can be time consuming, especially if you have to remove the bottom arms nice and easy to press out if you have access to a press or I've done them using a descent bench vice and various size sockets to press them out rear drop links on anti roll bar are easy to change and quite cheap and is what I'd swap first, also check the rubber boots on the drop links and rear toe links. if they have perished, water has got in and there probably the cause of the knocking If you do need to replace any bushes, go for factory style bushes, don't go for poly type bushes, you will lose comfort and they can sqeek really bad sometimes and will drive you nuts cheers joe

Hi David Ive had this before, its a damp moldy smell if you look on ebay, for air con cleaner, you can buy a spray that cleans and kills the smell, I used one on my mitsubishi and it did the trick you basically put you heater on cold and full fan speed, its best to remove the pollen filter and spray it in there, it sucks the spray in and and cleans the aircon evaporator, thats the little radiator that get ice cold and all the moisture in the air, condenses on, this is where the water comes from when you turn your car off and you get that little pool of water, this moisture can go moldy and this is what causes the smell there under a tenner usually cheers joe

Earlier ones were narrower, but the pipe is the same size, same as early s-type r aswell, but they have a additional flap that open on the front of the airbox under full power

HI post a pic up I don't think there enough clearance on a s-type r to get one to fit but the s-type r has a brace fitted at the rear, when you fold the seats down, you cant access the boot, there just the ski hatch hole, the usuall big hole is braced with a large plate the only opening is the ski hatch cheers joe

Hi Try some local locksmiths near you I have one near me, longton locks, they will cut the key and clone the transponder and program the remote the keys have been out years standard ford ones if you buy a second hand remote it works out even cheaper cheers joe

Hi Ash I would say the engine swap is going to be straight forward the problem you will have is getting everything talking to each other, you will need software like mongoose, to program engine ecu, to your car a donor car would be best option and can be picked up quite cheap, with a good engine/gearbox, swap engine and gearbox, swap ecu, control modules and transponders in keys and it should run, but you might also end up with mileage from donor car, as i'm sure it stored on engine ecu seems like a lot of work, might be better just to buy a good 4.2 and upgrade cheers joe

Hi Jim It could be one of many things have you plugged in to see if there any fault codes stored on the engine management I take it the supercharger is rotating and belts are ok, no supercharger and you will lose over 100 hp I've known cats to get blocked or collapse and they make you lose lots of power, good cats on these are restrictive, bad ones make a massive loss other option see if there are any rolling roads near you, with mapping facilities, they would be able to tell you, what its producing and exactly what up with it, with the data they get off the car and is most probably one of the cheapest options, you usually pay by the hour and an hour would be enough to find out what the cause is cheers joe

hi Russ avoid cone filters in the engine bay, as it sucks hot air from the engine bay and you will actually lose power you need a cold feed from the front of the car to gain any performance the S-type R air box is a good air box, it sucks air from the front, behind the grill and when you put your foot all the way down there is a extra flap at the front of the airbox that opens for additional airflow into the air box jon, you want one of those induction pipes, there suppose to breath better and you get more supercharger whine, which sounds good S-type R air box also ford focus RS use the same air filter as the s-type R, so K&N panel filters, easy fit, are reasonably cheap pic of my induction pipe on my STR cheers joe also s-type r air goes in at the front where red arrow is

HI Paul found this on another forum

Hi Jon I'd be tempted to change the expansion tank cap there usually a little breather valve built into the cap, so when the system cools, it can suck air back into the expansion tank looking at your hoses how they have collapsed, there should only ever be pressure in there and when the system cools the cap is suppose to let air into the expansion tank to stop a vacuum being created and causing hoses to collapse might be worth swapping the cap cheers joe

Hi Craig my s-type R , seems to get hot, the v8's produce some heat, but the temp gauge allways sits at halfway don't know about the v12's, but as long as the temp gauge looks good it should be ok hopefully someone with a v12 xjs, will join and let you know what normal temp is I'd say the fans coming on in short bursts is a good sign, its normal for fans to kick in after engine has stopped, as cooling stops, engine heat builds a bit and as the fan only runs for a short while, must mean its not too hot post some pics up of your car cheers joe

Hi paul welcome to the club Ive had a few alfa's in the past, what alfa's have you had paul I enjoyed all my alfa's and I enjoy my Jaguar s-type R, much more refined and reliable cheers Joe

HI PAUL I'd be interested in this as far as i can see, you would need forward alert switch adaptive switches steering wheel front radar sensor control unit abs unit/ possible servo/master cylinder a donor car would be ideal, and then setting up on IDS/SDD have you seen a donor car paul cheers joe

hi Graham I fitted DRL to my s-type r and I think they make the car much more visable I converted the lower fogs to drl and fog I also converted the indicators to DRL aswell you dont usually have to remove the bumper, just the lower bumper undertray usually to get to them have a look here at the ones i fitted http://www.jaguarownersclub.com/forums/topic/13939-facelift-fog-light-removal/#comment-41215 http://www.jaguarownersclub.com/forums/topic/13570-fitted-led-drl-indicators-today-s-type/#comment-39313 cheers Joe

HI Is all I can say is don't rush into buying one I waited for the right one and eventually I found it I waited and ended up traveling a bit, but got myself a really nice 2004, STR, with full jaguar service history and low miles covered just over 30k and looks like it only came out when it was sunny, as the body work and sill are like new I prefer pre face lift STR's, I just like the look better, I think they were built slightly better, had better brakes and had more equipment fitted cheers Joe