Thread: 09 PUMA... With water in fuel

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Any more news or info on this subject?

Originally Posted by specwarop

Any more news or info on this subject?

A blast from the past. Land rover eventually covered it under warranty, and also did a mod on the breather, did another 80,000 ks on it before trading it in on a new one...

So are you going to install extra filters to the new one, does LR still good the warranty if you do?

Local land rover mechanic made me buy a defendoor thing - plastic cap over whole fuel cap area. He explained he'd seen so many pumas with water in tank, and his theory was the key locking cap is rooted. That water goes in through the lock quite easily.

I bought a new old school cap with no
Lock after losing 2 of the defendor plates

The only problem on mine was the location of the breather. Once that was fixed I had no more water in the fuel - I did have the filter checked every 5,000k's to be sure. I never bothered with the additional filter, as I was worried about it affecting my warranty. I've sold that MY09 now.

Does the relocation of the breather include anything more than simply extending the hose to a higher point. Our car came with the LRA sill tank and it transfers fuel to a point just above where the breather hose is fitted, so we see a little leakage when transferring.

I will extend the breather tube, but would like to know whether there is more to the breather 'fix'

Thanks.

Rob