I have owned my dream f type for just 3 months and now have an engine management light and a P0430 error code. This seems to suggest a catalytic converter issue. Currently looking at my options. Any help and advice on replacements would be really appreciated.

Replaced all 3 on mine just to make sure all bases were covered, as it only had brakes for 2 -4 pumps even when the car was running and after a 30 min drive . The vacuum pump came off Ebay from a 2.7 xf but the same pump on numerous 2 7d including landrover and Peugeot . I also bought a rebuild kit for it (came with new gasket and non return valves) The servo from a 2.7d xf as was advised the servo's were upgraded on the later model ( poss the same on all the x250 models) a direct fit just need to swap the master cylinder if it comes with the part Servo was £30 off ebay pipe was £40 from Mark at Jagrar Pump was £25 off ebay with a guarantee that it worked and the rebuild kit was £18. Much cheaper than a new pump at over £150 On its own

Im in need of a luggage cover for a 2014 XF if anyone has one for sale Thanks in advance

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Glad to hear you found a subframe and it will soon be sorted out. Don't know what tye quoted you to do the job but i'd advise that there are likely to be a few extras such as ball joint dust covers, the occasional bush (or pair thereof) and other similar things. During removal of my rear subframe on my S Type, i found the drop links were shot, the track control arms are corroded, almost all ball joint dust covers disintegrated and the caliper guide pins on the O/S were seized. The upside of this is the tester will realise i was reasonably thorough when doing the job so won't query anything else that i might have missed but "tip me the wink" to get it sorted later. I hope anyway.

Thanks Trevor I will try Plan A, but it looks like you have to get to them through the boot. We have tried Plan B, but couldn't move the rear parcel shelf. Now going to have another attempt. Thank you for your help

Hi As mentioned above, the engine pulls vacuum from the servo and should stay trapped in the servo by a non return valve if you pump the brakes with engine off, there usually quite high and hard, if you start the engine the peddle should drop a few inches, now if you turn the engine off, every time you press the brake it will come up a bit till all the vacuum has gone. if its a Diesel, there well known to fail, the non return valve fails and the servo fill will oil and destroys it, there was a recall on landrovers with the same engine, to replace all the parts of the servo nrv vac line system.