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jimmyvonk



Member Since: 31 Aug 2017
Location: Melton Constable, Norfolk
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United Kingdom 2004 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Epsom Green
Fuel Filter change then fail to prime.
Strange one today - fuel pump had started making a lot of noise - so on the chance of an easy fix, decided to start with a fuel filter change, nice and easy except the system would then not prime... at all using any method I could find - argh!!! Shocked
Lots of bubbling, fizzy noises in the filter and pump but not a nibble at a start till the battery was flat.
So, stuck it on charge and after much fiddling and surfing the web - turned out the air bleed 'valve' (WKB100330) in the filter housing was gummed up, so cut off the end filter bit and refitted and now running smashing again - pump back to usual noise levels and all good in the world.
So, I did find the problem - but in a rather cold and round about way that took much longer than planned. Embarassed
Post #669914 9th Dec 2017 7:29pm
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geobloke



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Hi Jimmy. Glad you got your engine running again. It would be advisable to replace that bleed valve as soon as practicable as it does a fairly important job preventing the fuel draining back down in to the tank (IIRC).
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jimmyvonk



Member Since: 31 Aug 2017
Location: Melton Constable, Norfolk
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United Kingdom 2004 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Epsom Green
Thanks for the heads up - will get one ordered, be a nice cristmas job. Big Cry
Post #671000 15th Dec 2017 7:07am
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