SimonV8

Right then gents, first of all thanks for all the advice. My 110 is back and running, and so far so good. The root of all the trouble seems to have been a load of water that had got into the fuel tank at some point, obviously the diesel sits on top of the water, water cant do anything but go rotten, it turns into some bacteria primeval soup, my new fuel pump was great at moving diesel but not my newly discovered eco system. Apparently seems this happens a lot in fuel oil storage tanks. Anyway back to loving my Landy, but two words of advice Ive learnt and may help anyone with fuel pump chahge on the cards. First I managed the pump change via an acces hole in the floor, worked well especially during the fault finding. Got some pics if anyone wants to cut holes in their landy, carefully!. Second when you change the pump, enpty the tank and clean it out, good chance while you have easy access. Cheers

Right then the latest news is there is a load of crud and waterery mush in the bottom of the fuel tank apparently the crud is hard but crumbles in your hand. Since I had cut the access panel this is not as bad as it sounds! Figuring out this crud bunged up the filter at the bottom of the pump and the only reason it ran for so long, Ive done 10,000 this last year, is that I never let it go below quarter full, so fuel could get into the top of hte swirl pot in the pump. Anyway going to road test it tomorrow and then I put some miles on it to get my confidence back. Will keep you informed. Thanks to everyone for the help so far. Cheers

Thanks for the tips guys. The fuel filter was changed at the last service in Spetember, but happy to try replacing it again. It feels like an old Range rover I had that had a blocked fule pick up pipe, would run perfect for a few miles then die, leave a while and it would go a few more miles, bascially using up the fuel in the line. If someone had run it on 'chip fat' type diesel could that be solidify in the cold weather and blocking the hea filter?. Fuel hoses are right way round, checked that, then re checked! Does the system air vent through the filter housing then, or somewhere in the tank? also Ive read I hould have cleaned the tank out completley, but I just had a feel around for anything big? Thanks again

Hi all. Ive looked through the forums and got so far, but now Iam stuck and need some advice. Ive got a 2000 defender TD5 110 station wagon. Couple of weeks ago the fuel pump started getting noisey so I ordered a genuine LR pump. Before it arrived the 110 died as I dropped my kids off to football. Got towed home by a friend, couldn't get it too restart, pump still noisey, but I figured the new pump would be the answer. Took the advice and cut a hole in the floor and the pump swap was relativley pain free, now for the first interesting bit, found an old rag in the bottom of the tank, always check the tank!. Anyway, couldn't get it restarted, purged, pumped the lot, pump still noisey though, the new pump!. resorted to the AA and they got it started by using easy start into the turbo inlet. Drove it down to my local specialist to se if he could sort it out. Picked it up this morning, lots of purging etc he had got it running. Drove to work, ran like a dream, I do love my 110. Started it to come home, tickover for a minute then it died, not to restart!, tried damp start which got it going but after a minute or so it died again. Ended up on the back of an AA truck again. now its down at the specialist, but since he could not find an actual problem last time, Iam hoping to tax your brains!. Fuel pump is nice and quiet, but it wont start, anyone ever had a blockage in a fuel pipe moving about?, air leaks in the hoses?, I dont know what to do next? Sorry about the saga story but Iam at my wits end.