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dippycow

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Hi All
Have just become landy owner (yyyaaaaayyyyyy!!!!) and the fun has started already. I have a 1984 station wagon with what I believe is a 19j engine fitted. The engine has developed diesel leak in high pressure fuel line. Haynes manual says leave it to the proffessionals but my mate says he changed high pressure lines in his landy and fuel is only under high pressure when engine is turning over. His landy was much older than mine with older engine. Is his advice still valid? What if I disconnected battery before starting work. Any advice would be gratefully recieved.:)
 
Try looking on here for the relevent manual and pressures. I'd just get on and do it (taking health and safty into consideration), the pressures aren't as high as in more modern engines but then I'm not going to tell you that for fear of someone bollocking me for handing out dangerous advice

http://www.landrover.ee/est/varia/downloads/cars.htm
 
find a pipe joint get yer spanners on it then cover with some rags . after ye 'crack' the joint the pressure, if any, will be released . and the rags will stop it going every where.
 
disconnect the fuel line from the tank (before the fuel pump or if it has an electric fuel pump disconnect that. Run the engine untill it stalls, now you have very little pressure in the fuel line. Go to work with the spanner.

Do not burn any rubber fuel lines that you remove, they may explode. Do not attempt to board an aeroplane with the rubber fuel lines in your hand luggage, you may be roughly wrestled to the floor and then deported.
 
Where exactly is the leak, and what type of fuel lines do you have?

I have the 15J, (same as 19J, just Land Rover made a few slight mods to it, in that I can remove my timing belt cover without taking off the water pump) and I have never had any problems with "high pressure", these as said above are only pressurised when the engine is on, its the new common rail diesels that are dodgey as there pressurised to an extreeeeemly high pressure.

You can safely dismatle all the lines with the engine off on all the engines up untill the TD5 which I belive is common rail.

So fear not, get the pipes off and sort/replace them, I am guessing its the metal pipes from the I-pump to the injectors?
 
Thankyou everybody for your advice and especially for the superb invaluable link for workshop manuals. I think I'm gonna enjoy this!!
 
Do not attempt to board an aeroplane with the rubber fuel lines in your hand luggage, you may be roughly wrestled to the floor
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Don't tell the gaylanders that. Or they'll all be taking advantage of being roughly wrestled to the floor.
 
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