TD4 Fuel line fiasco

I've stalled twice (in the freezing cold) travelling at full tilt and then, voila, pas de engine power. Removed the fuel line from the pump, turned engine and got a frothy mix of diesel/ air. Swapped pump for spare, got a frothy mix of diesel/ air.
Ok, search for leak in fuel line, bearing in mind that I have experienced no decrease in mpg. Traced the fuel line from pump back to a manifold type thingy that had two fuel lines (feed and return?) heading back to tank, one going to pump and two others heading 'where, I know not'.
This manifold thingy looked distinctly weird and amorphous. If you have ever seen 'The Thing' it was definitely something mid-morph. Then I realised that somebody may have tried to fix an earlier problem with the manifold by pumping a tar-like mastic all over it.

Does anyone know what this mass of pipework is called, does it have a part no., has anyone out there replaced one, and does anyone know somebody who repairs things with tubes of builders mastic who needs their teeth kicked in?

Any help from the worthy sages of this forum would be treated reverentially as pearls of wisdom.

Also, its the dog's car and she wants to go walkies up the hills and her car is dead. Please help.:alien:

sounds familiar, have a read of this thread.......

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/intermittent-turbo-92240-2.html

yes as Mr chaser say's . . . . .FIT A NEW ONE

Many thanks for the help guys. I've found a scrapyard in Paisley that has a couple of F/Ls so I'm heading of to see what they want for it.

If it's Scott Street off Hawkhead Road, then I think the R-plate is a petrol. Not sure what the Y-plate one was as it was the wishbone bushes I was after. Hope you're lucky.

Do you know if this 5way array is different on petrol freelanders?

No, it was down at the Renfrew Ferry on Meadowside Street. There was a rover diesel (no use to me) and a couple of petrol ones.
The place was pretty disorganised...even for a scrapyard.

So, still looking.

why don't you fit the BMW part??

I'm looking at sourcing the BMW part. No 320d's or Rover 75 diesels in the scrapyards.

Scott Street have 2 petrol freelanders.