This model and engine is the sweet spot in the range - I was anti range rover, until I bought a 2007 3.6 like this, now I'm a convert. It's an extremely decent car way more reliable than people think, and better than most other large luxury cars - all of which are prone to expensive problems.

I can recommend a good therapist, either you'll breakdown or the car will 🤣

Range Rovers are very popular in my area. Some expensive new ones in my street. They are especially admired with guys wearing balaclavas and holding torches at 0200 in the morning.

You're bang on, time spent with the kids is better that anything else. Making memories.

Love the content and love to see what you do for customers. Good to hear about your daughter taking an interest. Glad the can sorted the Range Rover out

Bravo James. Good memorable times with the family. BTW thanks for the great content.

Those moments with your Daughter are special. I have had some good car ones with mine

Great video as always and pleased you sorted the RR out. Seeing your ‘workbench’ reminds me of mine, same colour but hatchback. Was a great car. 👍👍👍👍👍

Compared to some other channels like yourself I must say I do like your content and how regularly you put it on here please keep it up look forward to it and seems I just clicked to one time view I have now subscribed and watch with interest on your daily antics lol

Hi James, great channel and video as always. Similar experience, I had uneven idle on my Fiat Doblo van, been like it for ages. Found a couple of bottles of diesel injector cleaner long forgotten at the back of the garage. Poured them into to a near empty fuel tank and bingo, runs as smooth as silky the silk worms favorite silk pajamas. Bet I've jinxed it now! Love the Range Rover

Good on ya James enjoying the time with Brooke....Did the same with my grandson when I was tinkering with cars, he's now 18 drives a Mini (sadly) and is working towards level 3 as a Mechanic!

Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't take any notice of instructions and like you James it usually works.

You have a great gig testing all these sweet motors ! I have thought about an old of car for me and my son although I know nothing about them at all ! Scares me but may bring us closer together so defo something to think about

Thing with the Ital is so many people will remember their Dad/Granddad/Uncle/neighbour having one. Its nostalgia which can be priceless- first thing that occurred to me when I saw it was I could remember when they were launched and a mate just wanted to be able to own one - what a thing to aspire to ! - and a brother-in-law who was a mechanic and RAC Patrolman at various times and he ran a few of them. Oh what a great Saturday we had lay under a blue 4 door Marina he had dropping the box to change the clutch..................... in the rain lol

My neighbour has an orange Hilman Avenger. It’s not a special high spec rally one, just a very smart everyday car from back in the day. Whenever it’s out of the garage people stop to talk to him about it. Being orange helps as it just makes you smile. I love classic cars that were ordinary everyday cars that dads had when I was growing up. I love seeing Mk1 Cavaliers for instance as my dad had one. Would love to see a blue Opel Rekord Berlina as he one of these to. These type of cars are so rare now 😢

Such a cool video. Thanks.

Wurth Diesel Injection Cleaner is a wizard on vw 1.6TDIs when added directly to fuel filter housing, half a can and one and a half in the tank. Start and run for 5 minutes, leave overnight and then drive as normal, cured a 15 golf that would not rev at all after start for 2 minutes. After a 600km drive, cured. Great video as always James, regards Andrew

Used for many years on bmws great stuff

You can use that product both ways not just into the fuel lines! & you can’t take the body off an L322, it’s a shell on subframe not a ladder chassis!

Another ace video sir 👌

IIRC Ian at Hubnut used a similar Lucas (USA, not UK) product on his Berlingo which cured a longstanding poor running issue but at least you didn't have a potential diesel runaway/overevving like he unexpectedly had in the process. If all else fails there's always the Italian tuneup...

I use products like that the exact same way always seems to give the best results

Those additives do work if the problems just started. I've read that it's best to chuck one in once in a while because of general crap that gets in your fuel tank over time. Halford batteries are trash. Nice to have those moments.

I had a w plate 1.7 hl ital estate way back yonder 😊 great family car ran it for 3 years

As a Range Rover owner of many many years they're great . Your biggest problem is going to be that like so many owners is that they just get to you and you'll simply end up loving it and will always want one !!

James it might have been me mentioned the Liqui Molly when we talked about the S2000, but the best one to use is the Liqui Moly 5156 Pro-Line Diesel System Cleaner 500ml, run a can of this thru it also mate, cured a few diesel motors for us, it is also available from Amoz and cheap, seems to do its work over night while it soaks in the system, last one I did was a VW transporter, gave me more power and much better MPG, good luck

I really wish I had seen this video before I got rid of my mk1.5 1.8 diesel Ford focus. The injectors were on their way out apparently (according to my garage). I would have like to have tried the additive first. Well, you live, you learn.

Time to "sign right" the Ital Chops Garage :-)

got a ford fiesta similar to that with a halfords battery had same fault so put a ford battery on never had an problem since

great buy mr chops

Liqui Moly is the modern name for molyslip which has been around for decades and it's a famous anti friction treatment often used in new or rebuilt engine's, my dad used it in the sixties in his MG TC when it was rebuilt and he says that it was excellent.

MPG😮😮😮😮, hope that improves. Most are saying high 20s back lanes and low mid 30s looking forward to taking the plunge myself😊

Diesel fuel can be mixed with up to 10% petrol. Mercedes used to specify it in the manuals of their diesels to prevent freezing diesel fuel in the winter. That would clear out injectors. Put in 50L Diesel with 5L petrol

Incredibly easy to replace suspension components, and good quality parts not expensive.

Used Comma Diesel Magic today , cheers advice, try the L-M Purge, not fan diesels, ended up two smokey missy from cold great after 2-3 miles, I thought injector too

You are living the dream - a V8 Rangie and a V8 Trans Am is the perfect pairing....now we patiently for a Trans Am update....

Something I do all the time is replace the diesel filter and prime the new one with one of those treatments, never ever had a problem and you get a nice concentration straight in the system. Similarly not how you're supposed to do it but I thoroughly recommend doing it, having done it hundreds if not thousands of times over the years without a problem

Get the morris ital sign written, great PR … it was my dads first company car 🤣

When I was young spent many a Saturday or Sunday down the scrap yard with my dad

The thing about Ital’s etc, they were so bad, after a long time they become a wanted vehicle for some reason. With modern parts, they can become far more reliable etc

Ah ah my first car in 1986 t reg in green lol I loved it did sell it and get my machanic s triumph dollamite auto which I did love to bits

Good news that the botle of cleaner sorted the car out did similar on a car to get therough a MOT small amount of diesel in tank early morning in a industrial estate poured it all in and then drove round revving in a low gear and watched the black smoke come out the exhaust it all cleared filled with diesel and it passed a retest MOT,your RR did not have tinted rear windows from new.

That diesel fuel cleaner is the best you can buy James whas sorted many a problem for me also with the top don scanner you can see the live injector pulse is before and after the clean process after running with the cleaner you can see all the injector numbers even out and the idling improved vastly putting it directly into tank is ok

Think you need to get Liqui Moly to sponsor you fella cos you got us all buyin the stuff!

Clean those battery posts might give it some chance

Pour the additive inside the fuel filter housing first. If the problem comes back again.

Same colour as mine, adriatic blue i believe

Another good video James 🚘🚙🚗⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

great to get it fixed for a cheap solution

Love the Marina/Ital. Dis-like the 'cool trendy to be sheepy like haters' with a passion. Probably never sat in one, driven one, or owned one. I owned a brand new 1.8 Marina in 1971, and used/abused it as a private hire taxi for 18 months and 120,000 miles, and it NEVER let me down. Love them.

Soon as weather drops slightly cold it'll find a bad battery out. An idea I'd maybe 12 mths AA cover, might be a good sales ploy, save you going out and they would have sold him a new battery, just an idea.

Recently had trouble with the turbo intermittantly ceasing to function on my Fabia vRS. Actuator suspected, as turning off and starting again reset the ecu, and would drive normally again. I was told I was driving it too softly, so throw some diesel cleaner in, fill it up with BP Ultimate, and give it a damned good thrashing. Excessive smoking has ceased, and it now pulls like a train again, with little smoke, and no more problems. Just saying.

injectors arnt cheap 420 to get them fixed but they are really good cars if you service what they need , you can get 29 mpg around the dooors

Flat battery could be a faulty diode in the Alternator James

James do yourself a favour with the ange Rover ,get two more tins of the Liqui Molly and ad them to half a tank then drive it until almost empty,you will not believe the difference it makes,also flush the engine oil with LM flush and give the old girl some tlc.

As you said, that size Liqui Moly is intended for larger engines, however, as you poured it into a 1/4 tank of fuel, you in effect diluted it causing it to clean in proportion. Your method imho would be the most convenient and preferred way to use it.

Sometimes I will put 25 to 30 euros of petrol and then top off with diesel. Completely transforms it. I do it once a year.

my 207 had a rough idle and i brought fuel additive forgot which one i dont bother with redex as it doesnt do nothing but the stuff i used cost £10 and it fixed my issue i had a motorbike that was carb and it would try cut out and i used seafoam for that and it fixed it and you do get people say snake stuff but it actually isn't i always use a fuel additive every 3 month since im using crap e10

I’d suggest you’ve just got a duff battery in that Ford and clean up the terminals!!

Where’s Jason tyrekickers ? Good video by the way.

Those Range Rovers sold well because they were excellent to drive as a daily driver (whilst they were working lol).Actually with regular and thorough maintenance they could be pretty reliable especially with interim additional oil/fluid changes including the transmission. Fuel consumption was always their Achilles heel .

Put the treatment direct into the diesel filter mate, take filter off, pour diesel out and fill with cleaner. A good battery will hold 12.7 volts, you only ran it for a few mins so not gave it much chance, I've got a drop tester, you need to disconnect the battery tho, bet the customer was supprised when the service vehicle was an Ital (!)

4:38 I'm creasing up buddy, I have the same fatalistic outlook, give it a crack. If it breaks, it was going to anyway 😂😂😂 To be fair, it usually works, good enough for me

I don't get why everyone seems to hate these, look after them properly and there not that bad!

I think liquid Moly should give you some sponsor your channel 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Charge the battery again and disconnect it. If it still discharges there's an internal short and the battery is shot. If not there is parasitic drain to look for.

Fab stuff

The Morris Ital is ripe for another MX5 Conversion 😉

Morris might make an interesting first car...

If possible could we get more stock updates and what’s happening the various stock buying/selling etc?

My 3.0 SDV6 L494 Sport is doing 32 MPG, quick enough and about the same size. No DPF or AdBlue (any more)

James... Greetings from Somerset. Sometimes the cheap remedies ar the best. Re Marina/Ital. People are such hypocrites regarding these cars. They were cheap to run, lacking in complications just like their forerunner the Moggy. We had a 1.8 that my wife sold for more than twice what I paid for it, a 1300 that just ran and ran and gave my apprentice 2 years of trouble free motoring and an Ital van that I bought as a "failed project" for £13.00 with no engine and box that I put a gold seal engine and box in ( 2000 miles before lady ran car in a ditch) and I used that as my daily for my decorating business with no issues (or key. Just a screwdriver to start) and sold it to a window cleaner who used it for four years until he let his assistant drive it at weekends but caught out after drinking and spreading it over a roundabout. I took lump and box out and put it in a seised Ital.... Not bad motors really... Bob (Weston super Mare)

Hah , the secret is out !!! i use this stuff all the time when doing a full service on volvo D5's . Run a tin through the injectors neat , replace the filter and prefill it with another tin and chuck the rest in the tank. Have seen unbelievable chunks of black rubbish coming out the return hoses , so i run a basic filter on the return to catch these bits nowadays.

Cheap fix from new Mate, 🤣 another year or two in it if youre lucky I reckon less than a year

All the car dealers I know run an old Range Rover so they can't be that bad if you know how to look after them.

Loved the s**t or bust on the RR. (Not Royles Royce). 😉

Is that not an old Morris ital they were always reliable back in the day

I thought the TDV6 had the V6 and the TDV8 had the V8? As for liqui moly diesel purge i just pour it neat into a new fuel filter, What's left in the tank and run it through.

One for Raffall Shack. 50p a pop realistic valuation.

Mr Fix it 3 successes in row and simple fixers

i would like a classic car like a 205 or fiesta xr but they not cheap

They are not all bad , my daily driver for the last 7 years has been my 2004 discovery 3 and she has had the odd problem but nothing too serious so far touch wood .

The best value in motoring is to buy a well used 20 year old luxury SUV or limo for 2-4 grand with as near to a year long MOT as possible and keep driving it until it fails an MOT and the scrap it. Most things that go wrong can be safely ignored for a good few months at least.

Had the morris it was great until someone came round a traffic light junction strai into it.

Hi good video how much r you going to want for the itial

Do a health battery check prior to sale bud, sort of say battery is good at point of sale, might head off people wanting one a few mths down the line, ie they might pay for it, with all the cars I've had stood it's cost loads this year on batteries, leaving a car a mth in winter will kill off a decent battery.

How many battery health testers have you shown on the channel. Topdon will give up James 🤔

Probably be better on diesel now you've cleaned the injectors,should be 25 mpg min I'd have thought.

if you are only getting 20mpg, I suggest you learn to drive. I got 30 to 33 mpg out of mine ( 3.6). Dropped to 26 around town. Bought with 70 k on it and sold a few years later with 115k.

Ref Video Title : 'For Now..'

Very first car flipper I bought a marina, 100 quid, auction fee 14,local paper advert, 295,phone started at 6.45 am and rang non stop

You said V6 .... was that an error?

Very hubnut 🤓👍

Many ppl say the the 3.6 is better than 4.4

An older high mileage range rover has either had all the faults fixed in its time or it was a good one in the first place!

they where awful cars but i agree with u they put smile on your face.i can totally see why people like them as classic cars

Halfords batteries aren't the best😕

Morris Marina over Range Rover every day of the week! Love it!♥

Fiesta has a bad battery😊

Those 3-6 TDV6 chain driven engines were bomb proof,they were are the best engine to have,it’s Not the vehicles it’s the people who neglect the maintenance then moan about how bad they are all because they couldn’t be bothered to look after them properly. People buy these vehicles without a thought about how much they need to spend on them,fuel consumption depends on how you drive them,round the town work is probably 18/20 mpg,cruising on the motorway at the legal limit 30 is nearer the mark,these are lively engines so it’s easy to get carried away and will affect fuel consumption,the thing weighs over 2 tons and performs like a sports car. The 4/4 with its 8speed gearbox I found disappointing,bags of power especially for towing but it’s easy to overheat the gearbox oil when using all that power when doing so. Buying a misused abused one with mega miles on the clock that’s not been serviced properly can be a money pit that just never ends because of it’s previous lack of maintenance but they are a beautiful vehicle to drive and run if looked after properly,you can’t run these vehicles on peanuts, they can be very expensive to repair and in some circumstances more than the car is worth.