jimllshiftit

jimllshiftit

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Good evening everyone. Haven't been around for a while, mainly as the old girl has been behaving herself. Who ever said P38s were unreliable?

Anyway. Just got home and noticed a small patch of fuel leaking on to the drive from under the Range Rover. First inspection shows that the back of the fuel pump, the injector pipes and everything from the injectors upwards is bone dry. No fuel building up in the wells around the injectors either. The wetness appears to be coming from somewhere in the middle of the engine, on the fuel delivery side but below where the air intake manifold mates to the cylinder head.

Havent had a chance yet to strip it down and poke around but what is in the area that ive described that would leak fuel?
 
Diesel return pipe from number one injector is at the back end of the diesel pump ,has been known to split :eek::D
 
Cheers fellas, ill have a closer look but at the moment the injectors or the leak off pipes dont seem to the trouble. The engine is pretty much spotless (not quite as spotless as some ive seen, but its clean) and genuinely, the injectors or the spill rail don't appear to be the problem.

Do you reckon ill be alright to take the intake manifold off and run the engine? That'll give me a much better vista of the situation.
 
Spill pipes probably need renewing. If one is gone change the lot. 2meters is plenty should be less than a tenner at a motor factors. Fiddly job but doesn’t take long just chop it to size some use heatshrink or small cable ties over the ends for longevity.

They split like this 562B7FFD-49FA-4046-BD67-7A88C5EF0051.jpeg
 
jimllshiftit said:
Do you reckon ill be alright to take the intake manifold off and run the engine? That'll give me a much better vista of the situation.
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yes but be VERY careful nothing gets sucked in. Don’t wear a tie. It sounds awesome with manifold off :cool:
As always if around the engine bay with anything running be careful not to lose fingers!
 
Sounds awesome with the manifold off? :cool: ......... ive not long fitted Longlife Stainless pipes which have made it sound awesome already, so this should be interesting. :)

Tie will be firmly tucked away inside my tweed shirt and overalls, but yes, I will be careful ;)
 
Personally if I got my head in the engine bay I don’t want anyone else there or near the controls. Use your left foot and peak over the open door as close as you’ll get. You’ll find the leak ticking over
 
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