deasil leak on the engine

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land-rover-dale

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• Mar 21, 2012

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my disco 2 failed an mot due to a fuel leak on the engine it seams it is on the side of the engine were the ABS pump and rotary filter it look like it coming from beneath the rotarty filter but car think of enything under there to do with fuel
can eny one help ??

 

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• Mar 21, 2012

• #2

Fuel Pressure Regulator, they go more often than you or I.

 

Shifty1962

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• Mar 21, 2012

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Wrong side of engine for FPR. Are you sure its diesel?

 

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• Mar 21, 2012

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Shifty1962 said:

Wrong side of engine for FPR. Are you sure its diesel?

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yer definatly smells like diesel and it cover the side of the block

 

Shifty1962

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• Mar 21, 2012

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I have no idea where diesel could leak from on that side of the engine. Give the engine a good clean (I use a pressure washer with parafin in the detergent bottle) and then run it round the block and check again. You should be able to see where its coming from.