Hi lynall thank you for your reply. no recent work done recently The problem started after having my Land Rover back from being worked on by my mechanic. I did actually tell a Cornish man there was no rush and do it directly. If you ever been to Cornwall. You’ll know what this means the Land Rover had a full tank of fuel when it was dropped off at the garage, but some bugger must’ve siphoned the fuel off so I had obviously picked up air in the system when I discovered that the fuel tank was empty refilled with fuel clean the filter on the bottom of the pick up bled the system got it running had no issues. recently had issues with clouds of white smoke and it stalling and refusing to start I have replaced the lift pump with a Brit tank part I know the crap but they’re cheap just to see if I can get myself out of the **** pumps fuel fine with the hand pump, but what I’ve noticed is the fuel disappearing from the fuel filter. I’ve looked in where you bleed it from from on the bulkhead and you can see the fuel disappearing down the threads i’m going to replace everything tomorrow fuel line wise you mention the lift pump being on upside down. Do you mean the lever on the wrong side of the cam?