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Feb 21st, 2011, 15:20 | #1 |
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Help! V70 D5 in Southampton , diesel leak near tank
lent my 2002 v70 to a friend who has a a terrible family emergency so she could drive to southampton, then dorset, and she has filled the tank and says it is leaking . Car is in Southampton, anyone mechanical on here nearby that is reading this and could look today, or any idea what could be wrong with it?
needs this fixed asap so any help would be awseome. I've only ever had about 50 quid in the car (2/3rds tank?) so im guessing its a problem in the top half of tank Thanks Will |
Feb 21st, 2011, 15:55 | #2 | |
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Just wonder if there is a problem with the filler neck where that attaches to the tank. Might not actually be the tank! Darryl |
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Feb 21st, 2011, 17:02 | #3 |
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I wondered that but didn;t know how high up the tank that pipe is, also searching around a couple of people seem to have had problems with the seal on the top of the tank where the pump etc fit, (access under rear seat) sometimes needing the ring tightening up it seems.
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Feb 27th, 2011, 01:11 | #4 |
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Car now under half tank and seems ok, its due to be back from its trip tomorrow so I will have a look.
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Feb 27th, 2011, 01:43 | #5 |
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i have pic of an 850 t5 tank dont no how diffrent but may give you some idea......
hope that helps......
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Feb 27th, 2011, 01:46 | #6 |
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let me no if you need a hand.......will bring the ramps and tools
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have you had the car long and has it been filled since you have had it ?
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Mar 1st, 2011, 15:17 | #8 |
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Thanks. Just got car back, have taken off the inspection lid and there is lots of dirt and diesel around the top of the sender. The retaining ring is all mangled up where someone has been tightening it up with chisels/ drifts etc
With some struggling and an extra pair of hands I managed to undo this ring and have taken the sender out and we have ordered a new ring (only about £7 thank God) and new seal (about £12) . Quick question, is there any markings for the correct orientation of the sender unit , as I can't see a locating slot/tab/pin and can't see any arrow marks etc. There seem to be a bunch of pipes that clip to the bottom of it too, which seems strange, why would they go over to this side of the tank if they are to do with the fuel pump? I am going to carefully try and clean all the grit and muck out of the threads and O-ring groove without getting the muck in the tank and wait for my ring to arrive later today. Thanks GD for offer of help, hopefully can manage with some guidance on here and its a bit of a trek for you. Last edited by willfromsussex; Mar 1st, 2011 at 15:26. |
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there should be very faint arrow marks on the sender and tank so the sender is aligned.
the pipes are allow fuel to both sides of the tank as its a saddle tank.
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Ah thanks, did find an arrow after i cleaned the top a bit , that faces to front of car?
Seems to be some kind of clip to hold pipes to the bottom of the sender also. Heres a pic anyway of what I'm doing |
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