Thread: Devastating phone call....

Oh bugger.

Simon

Pfffaf...


was it running when you took it in?

if so then the water trap and tank sullage was doing its job

drain, flush with dewatering agent, refill with clean fuel, jobs done.


anything else is them trying to get you to pay for something you shouldnt have to.

Originally Posted by one_iota

Sorry to hear.

You sure it isn't related to the fuel tank breather location...if it is then it might be Land Rovers issue?

no because we haven't been through any deep water

the engine was running ok but there had been a couple of times the car had a rattle and power was lost.....and once when the engine light came on (landrover assit came out but as usual it didn't happen when they got there)

apparently we need everything changing inclucding injectors...

yes we can trace fuel as we have log books and receipts....but as ian pointed out we have had the rattles and the engine light a while ago, we spoke to the dealer about it and they said they think it was probably a case of a bad tank of fuel.

so the water could of possibly been sitting there a while, any how we have only fueled 2 possibly 3 fuel stations as like i do with my car i always go to the same one..

Yukk

Sorry for your bad news! Your comprehensive insurance should cover something like that.

I have heard that midnight bandit fuel thieves sometimes put water into underground tanks so that the fuel comes out the filler and they can scavenge it off the driveway.

You can add methanol (metholated spirits) to petrol to trap small amounts of water contaminated petrol to allow it to pass the filters and be burned through the engine, but I'm unaware if the same goes for diesel.

Diana

Hope you've got SuperScouse in your corner.

Simon

I'm on holidays but surely it can't be too bad if the engine was running prior to taking it to Trivetts. However, Land Rover policy normally dictates that the fuel system be replaced to maintain warranty.

We have had customers fill their diesel cars with petrol & drive them 'till they stop. Insurance has covered this.

By the same token, there have been several cars towed in due to poor fuel & the servo in question has coughed up the full repair bill.

This seems unusual in that the engine kept running. The other Land Rover diesels seem to stop at the slightest hint of water.

I would be discussing this with your insurance company ASAP. Let them know what has happened & that you have fuel purchase records. Hopefully they should cover you.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Yukk

Sorry for your bad news! Your comprehensive insurance should cover something like that.

I have heard that midnight bandit fuel thieves sometimes put water into underground tanks so that the fuel comes out the filler and they can scavenge it off the driveway.

You can add methanol (metholated spirits) to petrol to trap small amounts of water contaminated petrol to allow it to pass the filters and be burned through the engine, but I'm unaware if the same goes for diesel.

Diana

I would not advise this. When I worked with some refinery R&D chemists many years ago, I mentioned adding methanol to petrol/diesel (even refineries have big problems removing water after hydrotreating) - they said it works, but when the water/methanol ratio becomes too high (supersaturation), all the water will come out of solution!!! It would be a big problem if this happens after your water trap!!!

Originally Posted by Scouse

I'm on holidays but surely it can't be too bad if the engine was running prior to taking it to Trivetts. However, Land Rover policy normally dictates that the fuel system be replaced to maintain warranty.

We have had customers fill their diesel cars with petrol & drive them 'till they stop. Insurance has covered this.

By the same token, there have been several cars towed in due to poor fuel & the servo in question has coughed up the full repair bill.

This seems unusual in that the engine kept running. The other Land Rover diesels seem to stop at the slightest hint of water.

I would be discussing this with your insurance company ASAP. Let them know what has happened & that you have fuel purchase records. Hopefully they should cover you.

i will et ian know he is talking to the insurance company......

the thing is scouse when we had the rattle and engine light problem (that did go off the next day).. and ian rang up the serivce centre they said probably a bad tank of fuel dont bring it in just see how it goes.......