Disco 2 Fuel filter housing

His guys.

Just a quick question. Does anybody have a diagram of how the filters and valve's SHOULD be in a 2003 td5 disco''s fuel filter housing?

Having starting problems and once I rule out the harness and injector seals I will be moving onto those little valves in the filter housing but after watching several YouTube videos and reading various threads on here (many of the picture links have expired) they all seem to contradict each other on where the air bleed valve and the non return valve should be!

air bleed is rear outer, non return front inner

So looking at this diagram

http://www.defender2.net/gallery/albums/userpics/12375/normal_td5fuel .jpg

Air bleed is the black pipe and non return is the blue pipe?

air bleed is white non return red

Thanks James that's great. Makes sense now.

Seems that there's quite a few people with the valves in the wrong points on the filter housing.

So I take it this is wrong ?
I ask as I have a non return valve on the way for an early TD5 that hasn't got one !!!

That is where most the threads ive read seem to suggest it is. Which is why I raised this thread to try and get a concrete answer before I fit it

My non return valve just arrived. There's nothing 1 way about it lol, it's just a hollow piece of tubing so I'm not sure really weather it's worth worrying about.

hipwell said:

My non return valve just arrived. There's nothing 1 way about it lol, it's just a hollow piece of tubing so I'm not sure really weather it's worth worrying about.

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you cant get the orange reed valve that fitted over the black fitting now

jamesmartin said:

you cant get the orange reed valve that fitted over the black fitting now

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So is there much point in changing the valve if I haven't got the red bit which actually turns it into a one way valve then?

Same issue !!!!

Right , at local main dealer .
The non return valve we have is I. Incomplete !
A genuine LR one is only £10.62 and will be here in the morning and his computer shows it fitting in this position
Left inner .(closest to the back of the truck and nearest the fuel tank )

Great stuff thanks mate.

Will you put up a pic tomorrow of your genuine LR part.

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news but your starting issues will almost certainly not be cured by changing those valves. Hopefully I will be proved wrong but they were one of the first things I changed when I had starting issues and made no improvement whatsoever. Another piece of advice is change the copper washers when you fit them as they will leak if you don't. I found the Land Rover ones pretty feeble and also expensive so bought some better and cheaper ones off Amazon.

hipwell said:

So is there much point in changing the valve if I haven't got the red bit which actually turns it into a one way valve then?

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no