Range Rover L322 TDV8: Owners Review & Expensive Surprises

[@MoreGeorge]

If you have any questions or advice for me with this Range Rover (or any other video ideas) please leave a comment! Thanks for watching

[@yeldarleumas1847]

@MoreGeorge, Did you buy it for £70k or £7k?

[@Haasshimm]

which colour is on exterior name please

[@justinneill5003]

Nice vid. I have the L322 3.0 TD6 (from 2002) and I love it. The BMW engine doesn't quite have the same burst of power as the 3.6 or 4.4 TDV8 but it is perfectly competent at normal driving speeds and (according to the mechanic at the local dealership) it's the most durable engine found in a Range Rover. All I can say is that mine is coming up to 200k miles and purrs as smoothly as when I bought it 12 years ago. Transmission is another matter, the GM gearbox is known to have issues after 50k and mine was replaced a few years ago. Also new air suspension (front,) turbo, injector, fuel pump, wiper motor, handbrake assembly, discs all round, and some other bits and bobs. "Non-routine maintenance" as I like to call it has averaged out at roughly £2000 a year over the 12 years of my ownership. I've maintained this vehicle on the prevention-better-than-cure priciple and it gets a full anti rust treatment every year in autumn, followed by professional salt removal each Spring. Fuel consumption: I measured it carefully over a 1200 mile run across Europe last year, and it was just about spot on 30mpg average over the whole trip. Yes, I also "get" the L322. There's a clip of mine on my channel, about to commence a 3-day winter trek across snowy Europe. With winter tyres it's unstoppable (except when you want it to, obviously 😄.)

[@keyboarddancers7751]

What a lovely vehicle. If you approach it with the right attitude and the right wallet, you'll not go far wrong.

[@benjones1917]

Very nice! I've got a 1995 P38 Range Rover with the 4.6 V8 and I've just completely rebuilt the engine. They're magical vehicles, that 10 letter constellation across the bonnet really means something ❤️

[@robholland6460]

Ian Bodsworth is your man to do all transmission fluid changes (including Megaflush), EGR blank and a remap by BAS plus he does it on your driveway. Top lad! Sam motors and machines has a video with him. I’ve used him and lots of mates.

[@MoreGeorge]

Thanks for the info! I spoke to a Land Rover Specialist who advised against the MegaFlush...would be interesting to hear your take on it?! I watched Sam's video and it was very cool to watch!

[@Kassiusday]

@@MoreGeorge what is the mega flush process ??

[@benfel9403]

I had the same thing with the air suspension in my TDV8, it was the little air filter on the front of the compressor, it was just full of dust and needed a clean. Air compressor is in the boot in the spare wheel well. Good luck with it. Sure it will all be good. There have been Range Rover's in my family longer than I have and consistently so and we have never had a lemon.

[@MegaRetr]

Hi George, thanks for sharing.

[@alanmilligan3874]

Had my TDV8 Sport TDV8 diesel since 2009, regular replacement parts of course,but fully serviced and simply a lovely vehicle and member of our family. What next to buy but of course, why change when it still runs beautifully?

[@colinsmith3938]

I'm an Englishman who has been driving Land Rovers products for over twenty years and can honestly say there is no place more comfortable to be.... ....whilst waiting for a tow truck!

[@MoreGeorge]

haha!!

[@19901678]

Haha

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

Excellent joke well executed!

[@HighPeakAutos]

Love it! Enjoy

[@MoreGeorge]

Thanks man!!

[@Mrtallguy76]

Have a Discovery 2 V8, but would love an L322 one day. Gorgeous looking cars.

[@craigdouglasmartens7037]

Hi George, thanks for sharing. It is actually a reasonable price to own this beautiful vehicle. Not too shabby, Nige! Beautiful car, better than a jaguar or BMW X5 in my humble opinion with great versatility and presence. I want one

[@UmerKhan-sy5vq]

Great video bud, keep it up. Keep the l322 videos coming through! Always looking forward to it

[@MrPeterthepilot]

Great vid and really well produced. I’m on my fourth LR/RR. Interestingly enough, none of them have ever gone wrong. Only ever been in the shop for servicing and here in Australia, they get a serious workout.

[@Yk-xw8lm]

Have you owned discovery 3 or 4?

[@MrPeterthepilot]

@@Yk-xw8lm Yes, I had a D4 - loved it.

[@Spartansrule118]

have you ever owned the 5.0 L322? what’s your maintenance cost per year like

[@MrPeterthepilot]

@@Spartansrule118 Never owned a 322.

[@RR_36V8]

Get the Gearbox serviced buddy! Thats a must on these - Be good to see a video on that too , keep it up, lovely motor!

[@MoreGeorge]

Getting on that soon! thanks for watching!

[@robholland6460]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@tuningemporium]

Get battery changed ASAP, low voltage will also trigger gearbox fault messages too. Enjoy it though 👍👍

[@williamprobert5124]

All ways let them tick over for 30secs from cold and tick over 30 secs before switching them off when hot your turbos will love you for that habit. Take it to empire running to get the egrs and DPD off it then it’ll hit high 30s

[@piet04]

I just realized this is Lucy's Range Rover and you sir, are double-dipping. Joking of course. I'm enjoy both sets of videos.

[@MoreGeorge]

Haha yes we will both be making videos about our L322 from both our perspectives, glad you like both channels! 😎👍

[@UmerKhan-sy5vq]

The captains chair is the perfect description. Lol I’m in the merchant navy, I can confirm that statement is true.

[@stewartbrown6869]

Good info video . Well done .

[@rjdavies1982]

I have the same generation but have the later side vents - were the vents changed to the earlier type on yours? Cheers!

[@comedefleurieu315]

I'm looking for a 2012 4.4 tdv8. Currently i have the l320 from 2013, last year and month of production. Very good, very reliable, they fixed everything in thr last years. I want a v8 for 2 reasons: for having one in my life at least once, to mitigate my sdv6 famous cranshafy catastrophic failure!

[@alexanderwebster3202]

Thanks for the video enjoyed it

[@robholland6460]

Best tool you can buy is the GAP IID Bluetooth diagnostic. It will save you lots of cash in the long run. Island 4x4

[@MoreGeorge]

will definitely look into that! thanks :)

[@andrewfitzmaurice7843]

Definitely get the IID, I had one for my Discovery 4 and it was invaluable!

[@AndyK.1]

Gap is good. But an autel ap200 white @ £45 is a good starting point. Just doesn’t do CCF edits or SW upgrades

[@tonyquinn5715]

The tailgate was designed for when you're at the horse races. You stand on the lower tailgate, with the top tailgate shut and you can watch the horses from high up. As for error messages, if the battery is low all sorts of weird and wonderful things start happening, suspension errors, radio might work then not work etc. I invested in a cheap £10 bluetooth battery monitor which means I can monitor what's going on with the car from my phone and stick it on the battery charger when it starts dropping low. Keep up with it, they are addictive.

[@MoreGeorge]

Wow I didnt know that, thanks for sharing! Seems like I definitely need a new battery then, research will start tonight!

[@DrivenHard]

@0:51 Are you related to Lucy something something… I just watched a video of hers the other day and saw this exact same clip 😂

[@FolkinghamRob]

I have a similar model, and I love it but I don’t drive it every day so the fuel isn’t an issue for me. You have a much better version than mine (air cooled seats 😢) but I won’t get rid of it until I have to. Now retired so it’s an expense I could do without. The biggest issue is the price of servicing and repairs. You need to be prepared to pay out as mush as the cars value again if there are any issues. So far £1500 spend on servicing and a replacement suspension part.

[@exploringwithjacob8641]

Get that battery changed! A low voltage battery can cause all manner of issues with the l322! Love the channel btw!

[@MoreGeorge]

Thanks, this will be top of my list!

[@robholland6460]

Fit an AGM one ☝️

[@tonyadams8812]

@MoreGeorge, Did you buy it for £70k or £7k?

[@FleetAdmiral215]

great video, more on the L322

[@MoreGeorge]

Thanks!

[@bimmerladuk]

Your rr will have the zf gearbox fitted. A lot of the car manufactures say it’s oil for life which is crap. Oil and filter every 80k as suggested by zf themselfs. Only use genuine zf oil and filters

[@MoreGeorge]

Thanks!!

[@joehunter2804]

The real issues came with the GM boxes fitted to earlier L322 models, a recon is usually required between 90 - 120k miles..its not 'if 'but 'when'. The zf's are fantastic boxes if maintained correctly.

[@dave216dx]

Plenty of other oils you can use other than zf at 1/10th the price

[@pamturner3532]

👍👍Great video. DO NOT BELIEVE THE COMPUTER MPG. You need to calculate the fuel used from full tank to empty to refill against miles covered.

[@MoreGeorge]

thanks!!

[@hexagonosaurus5848]

Yeah and he will find out that its the same lmfao 🤡

[@jamesrussell5348]

Going today to look at buying my first RR. Wish me luck lol

[@Kassiusday]

Superb video .. got two of them I have space for them , to park in my drive way and my garage you describe it very well , yes there is less visibility to drive a BMW or like my clk cabriolet … ( round shape , lower position ) .. .. please can you tell where is the place you were watching the sea with your friends on his roof … is a superb location … thank you again ! I subscribed ..

[@gerryr1893]

Loved mine upgraded to a l405 sdv8 Worlds apart from My old l322

[@Ballterra]

Your mates Discovery wouldn’t look out of place here in North Queensland very nice. Anyway I’m slowly warming up the RR I do watch the same channels as well and I’d probably go for the V8 diesel due to the good range, before anyone scoffs at that my current ride is a petrol V8 Jeep Commander there is no fuel ⛽️ economy lol 😂

[@MoreGeorge]

sounds good to me! let me know if you pick one up!

[@1malikalik]

@8:45 Did you say you pay £2 pound a litre/liter of Petrol/gasoline? You got be kidding me? In U.S what you pay for a liter of gas is what we pay for a gallon....roughly $3.40. 1 Gallon = 2.5liters

[@whippinwitT]

Wants a straight pipe and a remap that mate 😉. Beastly motor 🔥

[@MoreGeorge]

haha there's an idea...!

[@tonyadams8812]

Did you buy it for £70k or £7k?

[@martingregory5955]

Would love a Range Rover as has such a bad reputation for running costs and breaking down. Would fit in well with my BMW and Porsche, oh and my glorious(not really) 2003 Holden Barina(Corsa to those in the UK) All of mine are reliable once jobs done and I guess the Range Rover no different. For me a car has to have a character and the Range Rover ticks that box.

[@MoreGeorge]

I say if you want one and have the means to add it to your (already impressive!) car collection, then go for it! you can always sell it :)

[@giuistefanjr72]

Probably the best car in the world... with the cost of owing a boeing 747 !

[@dave216dx]

I don't get how you say its dear on fuel... with your gear onboard you'd be about 3 ton.... is all wheel drive and box shaped, should be doing 35mpg on the freeway which when you break it down is better than just about anything else on the road.... you cant compare it to a hatchback that weighs 1300kilos

[@strickostricko]

No-way 35 mpg

[@ranjatsonalain1104]

Sorry. I ckicked by mistake on thumb down. Actually I wanted to click on thumb UP. Thanks for this beautiful report on a marvellous car.

[@Kiwi_Dave]

What's the point of having a modified 4x4 in UK? Absolutely no where you can use it.

[@kktomm]

Plenty of places Dave. But please do keep telling people that there aren't. Keep em a secret 🤓

[@Kiwi_Dave]

@@kktomm 4x4 Parks, where else? Maybe get permission at some mates farm. Not exactly Cape York Australia is it.

[@kktomm]

@@Kiwi_Dave Cape York it is not haha. But there's a lot to be said about doing the best with what you've got✌️

[@jan-erikgauksheim3749]

The best range rover ever....

[@nigelmitchell5726]

Where is Lucy ??

[@MoreGeorge]

she makes an appearance in the middle of the video!!

[@AndyK.1]

On her own channel

[@jacobdzik6238]

Bless ❤

[@AndyK.1]

Captain chair? Isn’t that what you get in campers and RVs

[@MoreGeorge]

Yep pretty much the same 😍

[@je4458]

I’ve not long bought one for £500 yes £500 and it’s a full fat Range Rover in Epsom green with cream leathers. Has front suspension failure but I’m converting it all to springs yes I’ll lose abit of comfort but won’t have no more unexpected suspension issues. owner before last had it from 2009-2020 and spend around 6k in that time replacing things like the gearbox and injectors by the looks of the paperwork I’ve got with it. Just in the process of having the gearbox and engine serviced and she’s good to go, not bad for £500 I say

[@ronaldregio]

Yea

[@MoreGeorge]

thanks for watching!

[@thetad1242]

Lol such boyish tendencies,I like it

[@colinsmith3938]

£10 for 20miles nice

[@yelord2167]

Similar to Jeep but Jeep is more reliable.

[@michivysman]

mal note of angle of partner. fail. no signup for your channel. as consequence. have a nice one

[@farooq2569]

Where's your wife , u take turns to con ppl 😂

[@michaelreed5684]

Why don’t people just come to the point. Nobody wants to listen to you rambling. High peak autos talks straight to point. I have listen to you and no mention about the car