Thread: quick fix needed for fuel leak

if its a bit of pipe you can sleeve it with some rubber fuel hose or simply cut it short and replace it your best bet is going to be sanding it back and soldering it up.

as a temporary fix you can try wrapping it in waxed string and then soaping over the top of the string but you're liely to get more success from drying it as best you can then wrapping it tightly in alfoil then sealing it up with some fuel resistant sealastic, sikaflex or gasket maker, or bypainting the alfoil with hylomar #3 (aka non hardening aviation sealer #3 aka loctite non hardening sealer #3 aka that sticky brown stuff that always leaks out of the bottle and makes a mess in your tool box) prior to wrapping the pipe.

Just find a servo with fuel tank repair, most here in aus have them, its like a metal mend style putty, works a treat

how about just short filling it till you get home,
like only put in half a tank of fuel,
and stop for fuel more often.

Originally Posted by harry

how about just short filling it till you get home,
like only put in half a tank of fuel,
and stop for fuel more often.

hey,

it seems to be from the pickup pipe so doesnt leak when not running. I'll have a look around and see if i can get some sort of chemical metal...

H

Originally Posted by HPLP

hey,

it seems to be from the pickup pipe so doesnt leak when not running. I'll have a look around and see if i can get some sort of chemical metal...

H

Sounds more like it is coming from the fuel return line, check the clamp on the end of the hose.

Yes, if all else fails a bar of soap on the hole works. I've used the method before & know of it as an old bushmans repair.

Same problem occurred on my 300 tdi when still under warranty while up at cape york. Used epoxy putty to repair - just drain tank and clean area well first. Lasted for our trip round Aust until LRA could get their act together and replace the tank. This was a saga in itself - booked it in Darwin and asked them to replace tank while we flew home. When I got back to pick up car they said they could not find a leak but had replaced the fuel cap which was weeping! - even after I had explained what had been done. Did not want to wait around for new tank so headed off down the road about 600ks to find out that they had given us incorrect key for new cap! So had to remove locked cap with multigrips! Finally LRA replaced tank and cap in Albany WA. Drove about 500km down road to find fuel pouring out from under car. Had incorrectly fitted sender - total botch job and was now leaking - finally repaired in Esperance Incidentally 250,000 ks later tank now leaks from rust holes in top - However, I am more tolerant of landrover ways now and just don't fill it up to top anymore