Hi Mike, Thanks for your answer.. After a few more days the red warning was showing more or less constantly, so yesterday I had a go at bleeding off any air. Took it for a run and for about 5 minutes I thought it was cured, was just patting myself on the back, and... Warning came back on. It definit...

Yeah, that's what I was thinking/hoping...

Anyone know whether that's a common fault?

Anything else I should consider, check or look out for?

Just a quick one (hopefully!) My 2004 4.2 V8 S-Type is intermittently showing the "Engine Coolant Low" warning message. It's becoming more frequent and usually happens 5-10 minutes into a drive and stays on for 1-2 minutes, but does also come on randomly at other times but never for more than a few ...

Hi Mike, Thanks very much for the reply. Could I check though whether I've understood, is this cure is for a phantom overheat? I ask because my S-Type is definitely actually overheating; it was throwing out steam from the expansion bottle when I parked up the second time. What do you think? Regards,...

Hi, hope someone can help with this... My 4.2 V8 overheated on the A3 the other day. I had done about 30 miles in free flowing traffic when I reached some congestion. In the slow moving traffic for 5-10 minutes and suddenly the temp gauge started rising from it's usual dead-centre position and withi...

Hi All, I realise this is quite an old thread, but I'm considering buying this iCarsoft LR II http://www.icarsoft.com/web/icarsoftus/allproducts/landroverscantools/2015/201506/20150612154619c3j2t_1.html Any opinions on whether it's worth the expense over cheaper options? Any comments welcome, Ollie

An update on this;

I've had my local mechanic have a look at it.. Obviously it started fine and didn't misfire for him!

Diagnostics recorded a misfire on 1, 3, 5 & 7

He's suggesting it might be a blockage in one of the cats that's now moved.

Does that sound like a reasonable theory?

Hope someone can help with this: I've got a 2004 4.2 V8.. Here's what happened.. I've just filled the car in the local petrol station, then driven in stop start traffic for about 20 minutes and all seemed well. Parked up to go shopping and returned about 10 minutes later. On starting the car the idl...

Hi Jeff, That's brilliant.. Prised off the vent cover and it was full of fluff in there. I used one of those air-dusters for cleaning computer fans that I had knocking about. With hindsight maybe not such a great idea assuming that the component in there is temperature sensitive! Anyway it got rid o...

Considering the beautiful weather forecast for this week, this might not seem like much of a problem and maybe I shouldn't expect much sympathy.. But, here we go; it seems that whatever the ambient temperature and whatever temperature I set the climate control to, my S-Type blasts me with freezing c...

Brilliant.. Thanks for that Mike and for the info on gearbox oil..

Tom Lenthall's is only 20 miles away, so I'll be giving them a call!

Hi All, So, I've been running my V8 S-Type for a few months now, it's on 103k and it's due a service... I've just moved to Alton in Hampshire and was wondering whether anyone could recommend a local independent? Has anyone had any experience with Barney Jones in Farnham, Surrey? Any advise would be ...

Hi all! I’m new to JEC, and fairly new to Jag ownership, so any help would be very appreciated! I’m the proud owner of an ’04 4.2 V8 S-Type, however as of yesterday it’s off the road due to a (big) hole in the radiator :-( Has anyone replaced a radiator recently and know what sort of cost I should b...