Can I drive my cheap & broken V8 Jaguar across the country? 

Ah I should’ve given you a tip. In winter put the sticky pads on the plates and then leave them on a radiator for a few minutes before sticking them onto the car. It helps with adhesion

I really love Jags. My last one was an XJ358 V66, I now have an Xj351 Portfolio, I can’t get over the performance & luxury that this car provides - from the floor to ceiling, there is a feeling of superlative luxury , comfort and believe me, you ca climb out at the end of a long trip, feeling fresh, wanting to justt get back in & take in everything the entertainment system offers, knowing that you won’t be getting anything better in your £185 per night hotel! There is one thing I envŷ you in your S Type is the beautiful wood steering wheel & transmission shift! Sure, I have massage seats, incredible 21 speaker surround etc But the steering wheel is heated and all that, - but no wood! An, I bought mine with only 48k on the clock,, paid up front, and find it hard to believe that this sort of luxury, performance & looks could possibly be beaten! The new design took a bit of getting used to, but it too, is still unique. Sure they cost a bit t maintain, but who would want any more? And it is British. There is nothing like a Jaaaag!

Absolutely love this channel and your old S Type Joel, and I find myself always looking forward to a new video on it... Keep them coming Joel, brilliant stuff buddy 👍🙂👍

Joel mate, keep up the great work. I came from highpeak autos and have slowly stopped watching that content but i genuinely get a bit happy to see you have uploaded

Joel, thank you that was a good video. Good to see it running again too and hopefully it’ll treat you fairly from now on. 😊

Loving the videos also love the Isle of Wight. I pull our caravan with my Range Rover and stay right on the coast at Brightstone just a mile or so up the road from that very spot you was filming. ❤️👍 Go on the Jag

Great video as always, look forward to more. Really ignited my own interest in learning more about cars and enjoying them a bit more rather than the A - B tool I have used them for over the years.

Good afternoon from Texas. If I may make a suggestion, unless it’s an emergency, I wouldn’t ever add water alone to the cooling system. It quickly corrodes the water pump. Also, if you fill the reservoir with proper coolant after you’re done driving it for the day, the radiator will draw it in during the overnight, cooling off process. Good luck.

Great video Joel, I have owned many Jag’s including s type, Xj, xkr. We live on the island now, but before that lived in Crafton, so recognise some of the Buckinghamshire countryside shots too. Keep the videos coming.

The Isle of Wight is such a beautiful place and a V8 Jag is the perfect companion for any road trip. They are so effortless to cover long distances in and still make that great sound when you want them to.

Just FYI, the temperature gauge on Jags of this era are just "idiot lights" (it certainly was the case on XK8s). From bang-on in the middle, straight into the red if over heating is detected by the ECU. There are mods to make it actually useful. Your leaks could be caused by exhaust gases building up in the cooland system, causing excess pressure. To be investigated.

New plate looks AMAZING. I hope your enjoying your excellent jaaaaag reminds me a lot of my Volvo S80!

Loved the video Joel. The old Jag looks a treat. Have a great Xmas with Katy, cheers, John.

Loved it Joel! Another stunning video with the Jagggg! 😃

Good evening joel I have to say I really enjoy your journey is like this and Jag looks brilliant and the mpg prediction is 29.7 MPG the numberplate looks superb

Loved it Joel, great video with a wonderful old Jag

20:59 On May 25th 2006 my future wife arrived at the Chiesa di Cappucini in Siracusa Sicily in my 2001 Jaguar x-type 2.5AWD in ‘Champagne’ gold as you stated, his nickname was ‘Tiddles’ I wish you all the best next year, beautiful car, great video and content in the channel, keep going!!

Hey Joel, stick some radweld in the coolant tank and it will sort your leak out! I had a very similar leak in my Audi A4, I stuck some in and it completely resolved it! Amazing stuff!

Brilliant video Joel, with the S Type on the Isle of Wight. Me & my husband go on our summer holiday every year & we go in either one of our Jags (yes we've got two)😃. Good luck with the wedding next year. The island is a beautiful place for the wedding. I can also recommend Jersey where we had our honeymoon, a long time ago, admittedly..lol. But that is a special place too with a unique history. In terms of the Jag V8, might be worth getting the water pump & thermostat housing looked at. They're plastic on the early 3.2 & 4 litre V8s & do go. You can get metal upgraded one's though from the later 3.5 & 4.2 V8s. Might be worth checking the timing chain tensioners too as they are also plastic & can break, with nine failure. They can also be upgraded for later metal versions. If it's not already been done (check the service history). It's not a cheap job, for the tensioners & a new chain, probably nearly £1000 with labour. Good luck.

Just loved this one so good. Well done glad she made it ok and looks amazing🎉🎉

Ive been eyeing up V8 jags for some time now its just so tempting. Only the potential maintenance costs scare me!

Fantastic to keep a classic old jaggg running. Such comfortable cars. Feel lucky to have a 4.2 a V8 XF

Great video as always but not of advice from a roadside breakdown patrol 😊 keep a hold of the keys when working under the bonnet Joel especially in cold weather as the locks can play up and the car can lock ! Your a brave man leaving keys In ignition without a window open trust me !

Great video Joel. The Jag is looking great!

Absolutely love to see a new Joel video posted up ... made my night .... must be one of the most underrated youtubers please keep doing what your doing and also major congratulations on the upcoming wedding

I think it may go for quite some time like that with the "steel seal". Many of those leaks will probably go away now you no longer have combustion gasses playing general havoc with the coolant. However, it's not a real fix so it's going to be hard to sell the car.

😎 It seems like JAGs and WAGs go well together. 😎

Only half way through the video, but really interested, I'm thinking of taking my '96 XK8 down to Oxford from Derby next month but I am nervous! 🤣. Hopefully picking up an XF 4.2 V8 this week also!

Brilliant video, thanks Joel

Loving the jag videos Joel, and super pleased that Katie has fallen in love with the car too. As it will be your wedding car please be ultra careful with the old girl as you wouldn't want to upset your beautiful bride to be .Also how lovely would it be to make a comment to Katie to never sell the jaguar but to forever keep it in your garage as a permanent reminder of your wonderful day .

Great video and they are great cars. Look forward to more. 👍👍👍👍

Great stuff Joel. I have a 99 XJ 4.0 V8 Sovereign which I won on eBay last year by accident 😂. No regrets. Lovely cars and a great engine!

You just have to love a old jaguar

my xf did that expansion tank thing, after a while it settles down, keep topping it up.

Is there a nicer car to do a long road trip in than a wafty old jag? Cars looking good!

I owned a Jaguar S type 2.5 v6. Silky smooth & reliable engine, for a 2005 plate motor. Cost me £750. Good on fuel. Had black leather seats.Best motor ive owned.My dad drove it around for over a year.

Started watching your channel when I wanted a Z4, then an L322. In the end I got an R52 Cooper S (you need one, believe me..) and instead of a Rangie I decided on a Jag X350. Was going for the diesel as I do a lot of miles, but found a rare Super V8 in black with champagne interior for sod all money and so now used for special occasions. My 8yr old son loves it for the school run, but the little sod has now switched his allegiance to our new mk1 MX5. Anyway, now you've got a Jag V8 so I'll be watching again... 😁 Get an R53/R52 Cooper S as you'll love it and all its faults will give tons of content😂😂😂

Some great scenery and lovely drive by shots/on car shots, glad to see the S Type behaving itself… crossing my fingers for the way back…

Great to see this car appreciated, I drove one once, love it, still prefer the exterior styling of it anyday to a modern, bland Jag.

I loved my S-type 4.0 Sport, an awesome car and always a pleasure to drive. I had 30mpg out of it on a 200+ mile run more than once too?! and yes.. they'll drift!

Loving the videos man, been watching you since the M240i, I think cars like this jag are much cooler 😉

the ship is called The king charles Are the needles the isle of wight .100 miles lol idid 650 miles in my E38 on a sunday a few weeks ago just went out for a drive, I did manchester to tenby then over snowden to pwelli then llandudno then liverpool then back to manchester home at 8pm . FUEL LOTS OF FUEL .

If you can roll the driver side window up what you can do is press and hold the open all doors button and all the windows will open then just roll up the others I have the same problem in my s type because I completely forgot to roll up my front windows when it started poring rain one weekend and my driver side doesn't go down but it goes up I would check to see if it makes a noise when rolling it up if it does then you can use the method till you get it fixed

Always clean the surface with acetone or alcohol before using sticky pads to remove any grease and get a clean bond.

Thank you Joel, as interesting as ever. I agree with Josh, Redweld is great stuff.

I drove to Hartlepool and back from stoke on Trent in my 2007 TDV8 L322. It broke down three days later outside Starbucks 2 miles away. That was June. It’s still not starting. But I’ve narrowed it down now……… any day now.

The car alarm rave 🤣

Great video Joel 👍

The best Jag is a two door Jag. I have idolised this marque since I nappies, I want someone to do a Binky on an XJS - Joel, you should get one! I love the S Type, but not the colour, nor the interior. This would look better in red with black interior. Hope you are well Joel, we love your videos. So, has this car got a blown head gasket? I have not watched your latest video yet, I am saving that for tonight.

You have seen there is coolant in your oil, so may be you should do an oil change and drive some miles to see if the white smoke goes away. Nice car 👍😁

I do with my old lady,every year 2 trips from Poland,to belgium. Around 2300km. In 5 year, i got never a problem on the Road. And in Germany on the highway...170...200 km! No problem. 4.0 v8 is a good engine in my eyes. 4.2 maybe better,but i am satisfact,with what i have 😉

Good Jaguar! 👏🏼🐆❤ Gorgeous photography 🙌🏼✨

Great video Joel 👍 Loving the Jaaaaag 😎

hot chocolate in hand, roast being digested, itsjoel video, class.

that Jag is looking fresh!

Excellent.. we are off to the IOW 0n Friday for a long weekend… where’s good to go? Not sure wether to take the Cayenne you made me buy (& then didn’t get one yourself and bought this Mondeo instead) or the electric car. 😂😂 Joking of course - always had a soft spot for Jaaaag & was lucky enough to have an ipace for a few months…. Jag and IOW. Perfect. 😊 stop putting water in your cooling system tho… JLR products need no help to pick their next break down!!

Hey Joel! You should definitely consider purchasing a 2000-03 E46 330Ci Convertible in imola-rot 2 because its just the most beautiful combination of E46 ever with grey nappa leather!

before i stick anything on a car a badge or plates i spray after shave on the paint and wipe it clean it sticks brilliant its the alcohol in the after shave .thats why it stings after a shave .

Actually started laughing at the dancing to the car alarm 😂 👍🏻 As an L322 owner I love these old car vids. Great work Joel. 👏🏻

The new plate looks ace - :-)

Amazing Jaguar !!

Love the sound of these older naturally aspirated V8 engines, especially in a luxury barge, as they just sound so smooth and quiet at the same time.

Please document as much as you can of the wedding if possible. Would be fun to witness the matrimony

Juicy yes classy and elegant definitely that motor suites you and great video as usual mate

congratulations on getting married 🎊 and the idea of including this iconic jaguar in your wedding, is a wonderful idea! I do prefer the interior of this generation to the following facelift ones

Joel and Katy. My dad lives on the island too (Sandown). Depending on the big day date, I could head there in my X305 Jag XJ12 and would be happy for it to be used in your wedding party if needed. Can time it to see my Dad etc. Anyway, let me know. Would be my pleasure.

Bro you're a legend

1 thing worse than no working window , Having no window at all lol , It happened to me once in my old Accord the window got stuck down and had to drive around for 2 weeks like that until i could get it fixed , it was not good especially since it was raining like everyday when it happened lol

Your definitely an adventurous/brave lad driving over 200miles in an old jag (no disrespect to the old girl) with a known yet unresolved engine coolant issue. I assume your AA or similar annual membership is up to date 😁

I would really put a carport there to keep the cars a bit protected. If it's all your property and you're allowed ofcourse 😄

Hahaha the lady at 16:39 seemed quite confused by you congratulating your car

where are you in buckinghamshire? i'm in Chalfont st giles :D

Sat Nav interruptions remind me of the Clarkson review of the M5 😂

Isle of Wight is my favourite place in the world, it feels like home there

Keep this car forever. ❤️

good evening, thanks i am excited to watch this

I think with minus 7 degrees, you should have topped it up with neat anti freeze rather than tap water.

You should of warmed the boot lid with a hair drier or heat gun and warm the adhesive, or it may come off hope you make it ok .

Probably don't straight pipe it until after the wedding!

i dont think you have a head gasket problem . Sat navs are crap i set mine then ignore it its mad i set it once FROM , manchester to stratford upon avon it tried to send me on the smart motorway on M6, I IGNORED IT AND WENT M6 M5 on to m42 then m40 Junction 11 .86 miles less my way than sat nav..

Straight Pipe while it's in the Garage?

Joel please be careful when opening your old door handle and grab another part of your door, reduce the strain off your door handle.

Hi Joel, I’m Aylesbury based and an experienced home mechanic. If you ever needed/wanted to carry out some repairs yourself I would be happy to get involved with the channel!!

Where is the average MPG for the trip buddy?

Best advice when attaching number plates is to use screws. No getting stopped by the police for having no number plate on the rear on account of it falling off 10 miles back.

WHAT? "hopefully not going to charge me as much..." If a garage had failed to sort the problem with an easily-detectable solution, I wouldn't expect ANY charge for them to finally fix the job...that garage is making a lot of money out of you, mate.

QE2= Queen Mary 🤣🤣🤣 that might be Queen Elizabeth 2

Nice road trip 🚘🚙🚗⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍

Jimmy saville was checking you out in the ferry line mate careful.

Just a thought, you might want to check the antifreeze level of the coolant. With temps reaching minus 7 or lower you don't want frozen pipes.Especially if you are topping up with just water frequently.

Pretty sure Movember has finished 😀

Yeeeeeeeeeessss! Come on jaaaaaaaagggggg!

‘VW Sharon’😂

Does that satnav still show parts of northern France as being British? 😂 I love it

You didn’t check your coolant at the end . The suspense

Hi Joel, not sure if your Jag's sat nav is DVD or HDD based but I believe you can get updates upto 2020 which might help a bit. Picked up a 2020 DVD form my Land Rover L359 when I first got it.

Gorgeous

Not a good idea trusting bodge in a bottle, your car needs to have the heads lifted, checked for warping and new head gaskets...

I'd buy this car literally for the steering wheel 👍

If only I knew you were popping over to my island I could of made you a cuppa ☕