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higginbothamian
Member Since: 02 Jan 2009
Location: Offen
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Just had a warning message saying i have water in my fuel. Has anyone had this problem before??
There is no noticable performance drop so i'm not sure if its an electrical fault.
The only thing i could think of would be not driving over the last couple of days and the disco being parked on the drive in cold weather with very little fuel in the tank...possible condensation???
I do plenty of off road driving but surely this can't be to blame as the tank is a sealed unit.
I'm confused. 
Any ideas??
Cheers
Ian D3 - Out
Defender - On the way out
D4 - On the way in
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 11th Feb 2009 7:19 pm |
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wvlenthe
Member Since: 07 Jan 2009
Location: Arnhem
Posts: 1967
  
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If you don't notice performance drop, you could try filling her up with water and see what happens. Way cheaper than diesel and good availability.
Wiljo
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| 11th Feb 2009 8:01 pm |
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ljason286
Member Since: 11 Dec 2007
Location: Barham
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yes i have had the same fault and it took lr dealer 3 weeks to fine the fault and it turned at to be a faulty fuel module which its what the filter fits too.
the dealer tired water sensor in the filter
drained tank and new fuel
new filter
new sensor again
got fed up and ring landrover help line who got thing moveing and was fixed in 2 days of me phoneing up
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| 11th Feb 2009 8:18 pm |
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Ocsid
Member Since: 29 Nov 2005
Location: Hampshire
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Edit: Clearly this developed as I sat typing, but I will leave what I wrote:
I am pretty sure that the water in fuel indication is coming from a separator or filter. This is where it is coalescing and draining to the bottom and so triggering a sensor.
It is unlikely to be getting to the engine hence your not aware of a running problem.
The danger is that the volume of water can overwhelm the holding capacity of the separator and then enter the engine.
It can potentially do untold damage to the engine particularly if left in the injection system, say overnight.
I have no info available of the separator/filter used on the Disco to tell you how to drain out the water, its usually easy.
You are advised to take it immediately to a dealer for investigation possibly just draining the water in the separator.
Unfortunately water can come in big slugs as well as little ones. The system copes with the little ones but if the volume is too much it just floods the separator/filter and gets to the engine. So you need to drain it at the filter then monitor it does not warn again, if it does its a tank drain.
Water most likely comes from ground water seepage into the bulk storage tanks; like if we have lots of rain!
It is best to only use high turnover fuelling stations, a good reason to frequent the likes of Tesco and those outlets selling cheaper than the others.
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| 11th Feb 2009 8:26 pm |
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Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
Posts: 2050
 
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The fuel filter is inboard of the right hand chassis rail & above the sump guard.
Remove the guard & then drain the filter until only diesel is coming out.
HTH,
Peter The Bearded Dragon
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| 12th Feb 2009 4:16 am |
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barryp
Member Since: 24 Dec 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 138
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Bushwanderer,
I have turned the plastic drain on mine and only a small quantity of diesel came out.
Two questions that perhaps you could answer.
Do you need the ignition on to Activate the low pressure pump to get a flow?
Do you totally remove the plastic drain plug?
Regards
Barryp.
 
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| 12th Feb 2009 6:47 am |
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higginbothamian
Member Since: 02 Jan 2009
Location: Offen
Posts: 59
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Landrover assistance sorted it this afternoon. The bloke had never heard of this happening before and just reset the electrics on the car. Now sorted, but must take it to a main dealer if it happens again.
Cheers for all your suggestions. 
Ian D3 - Out
Defender - On the way out
D4 - On the way in
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| 12th Feb 2009 9:12 pm |
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richh
Member Since: 07 Feb 2009
Location: scarborough
Posts: 24
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hi guys, this could also be an electrical problem on the later filter types (further back on the gearbox crossmember just in front of the tank. water sensor runs from the connector into the filter head,there is an earth onto the top of the filter but the live and sense wires come back out of the head and down to the sensor the fault is mainly in the filte head itself which will need replacing, hope this helps, richh
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| 13th Feb 2009 11:39 pm |
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barryp
Member Since: 24 Dec 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 138
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Jonty,
Have you seen a link for the 2006 style filter which is not a screw on type but a semi permanent fixture? The link describes the process for the later screw on style which I think started with the 2007 model year.
Thanks and Regards,
Barryp.  2017 Range Rover Sport TDV6 L494 Fuji White
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| 20th Feb 2009 11:09 am |
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Jonty
Member Since: 13 Oct 2007
Location: On the beach
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Hi Barry,
This is the only link I've seen regarding draining the filter, but I'm sure the GTR site will have info for the older style filters. I'm not subsribed to it, so can't help you there...... 
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| 20th Feb 2009 4:13 pm |
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