David Lynch Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Went to to Se7en this evening and cranked for 20 seconds but would not start. Pushed back out of garage to find pool of fuel on floor and dripping from somewhere around filter. 😳 Cleaned everything and checked all joints and hoses but couldn't replicate problem. Car ran fine once started (battery) with no evidence of leak. Got me confused (not difficult)  How does fuel return system work? Feel this should be my focus as well as changing what is a very old fuel filter. EN Yorks 7's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted April 12, 2009 Leadership Team Share Posted April 12, 2009 Dave, a common leak is the flexi pipe that forms a long curve from the tank to the filter. On my old car (similar age to yours I think) I disturbed it when doing some work on the shocker - it was days later when I decided to investigate the fuel smell that I discovered the hose was SERIOUSLY perished where it had been on the inside of the curved run. Disturbing the hose had allowed the cracks to open! Worth checking! Sometimes there's a weep from the output end of the tank also, but more likely to be a perished hose somewhere - both the feed and return run at high pressure in an injection car therefore can be prone to leaks if perishing has occured. Stu. Thanks Ian, edited for not being able to bl%%dy spell so early on a Sunday morning  Edited by - sforshaw on 12 Apr 2009 09:29:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Hi Stu ...... but only if filled with Welsh Fuel 😬 😬  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Lynch Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 Fuel was dripping from 90° hard pipe before (at bottom of) filter so yes the tank to filter hose is main suspect. Suprised it's not reinforced Will get properly inspected at MOT on Friday. Feel a parts order coming on  EN Yorks 7's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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