hobroydharry
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Perhaps just one or two of you have had a Td5 that refuses to start when below 3/4 tank? Well I have and it drives you mad.
Experts all say its the injector seals...changed those for genuine L.R (avoid cheap Britparts crap intact avoid anything that is aftermarket...buy cheap fit twice I find)....made no difference whats ever.
Changed fuel pump...again genuine L.R not cheap crappy one ........made no difference again !!!!!!
Fuel lines....No nothing there
OK I thought last resort fuel filter gone pours as I had changed Non return valve and air eliminator.
By change I decided to look in the filter housing and the little orange "bladder valve" fell out ! A bladder valve is what modern toilet cisterns have and is a simple but clever bit of kit. The new one was nice not mis shaped etc...so I decided to look at the old one and guess what it was deformed and would not close thus allowing fuel to leak past as its in the return side.
Cannot find this part anywhere, spoke to L.R Uk you cannot buy it as its part of the filter housing. Land Rover DO NOT STOCK IT AND DID NOT KNOW IT EXISTED AS ITS ON NO SERVICE SHEETS!!
So before you spend thousands and change everything just consider this little orange fellow that methanol or other **** in our diesel has made soft and deformed. You cannot buy him and he lives in the new fuel filter housing that will cost you £120+. Try it before you take your beast to bits for no reason and garages make thousands out of you
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Experts all say its the injector seals...changed those for genuine L.R (avoid cheap Britparts crap intact avoid anything that is aftermarket...buy cheap fit twice I find)....made no difference whats ever.
Changed fuel pump...again genuine L.R not cheap crappy one ........made no difference again !!!!!!
Fuel lines....No nothing there
OK I thought last resort fuel filter gone pours as I had changed Non return valve and air eliminator.
By change I decided to look in the filter housing and the little orange "bladder valve" fell out ! A bladder valve is what modern toilet cisterns have and is a simple but clever bit of kit. The new one was nice not mis shaped etc...so I decided to look at the old one and guess what it was deformed and would not close thus allowing fuel to leak past as its in the return side.
Cannot find this part anywhere, spoke to L.R Uk you cannot buy it as its part of the filter housing. Land Rover DO NOT STOCK IT AND DID NOT KNOW IT EXISTED AS ITS ON NO SERVICE SHEETS!!
So before you spend thousands and change everything just consider this little orange fellow that methanol or other **** in our diesel has made soft and deformed. You cannot buy him and he lives in the new fuel filter housing that will cost you £120+. Try it before you take your beast to bits for no reason and garages make thousands out of you
