Hi everyone,
My td5 defender has started playing up when I start it fires straight away but chucks out white smoke and starts missing like there is fuel in the bores then I do the 5 pumps on accelerator and leave it bleed through I have to repeats his 3 or 4 times before it will run fine then it will be fine all day it’s just mornings. I have done the injector washers, replaced all the non return valves on filter housing and done the fuel filter and checked all the fuel pipes for cracks or squashed pipes and I have just ordered a new fuel pump for the tank to try but seems to be fuel still getting to tank over night I’m running out off things to try and getting very frustrated with it now. Anyone else had this problem I would love to know how you resolved it. Engine oil stays the same hight so not getting into engine oil.

Might be worth rechecking the injector seals, did you use genuine copper washers, many of the after market washers are just copper coloured steel washers and do not seal. Check for small leaks on the fuel pressure regulator.
Last year I had a leak on the fuel filter, it never leaked fuel out when parked so no signs of leak on the drive, it was picked up during the MOT while running to do emissions test.