Water In fuel sensor warning

[ByronB]

Hi guys,

Had sensor replaced on Thursday, so far I have not seen the flash up warning on start up, so fingers crossed. the opinion from service centre is they are unsure if there is a real problem, but mine was replaced anyway. They said only real concern with all warnings, was if they stayed on.

Cheers

[ByronB]

Guys sorry to say, saw message flash up again today, I am not overly concerned,
as I believe it must be normal seen as I have had my sensor swapped.

Love to hear if any other freelander 2 my13 people are seeing message.


Cheers

[gwirral]

Hi, Had the sensor in our car replaced last week to but like you the warning message re-appeared the next day. Looks like it's something that it always going to be there :(

[ByronB]

Hi,

Thanks for the update, the fact that it is happening to your vehicle as well, makes me feel better, as I now don't think it is an issue. It would just be good to know why it is so intermitent, as I was told it happens on a lot more MY13, it must be just a cycle thing. As this is my first LR, I feel that this wont be the first and last electrical glitch from what I know.

Cheers ;)

[oznut]

Hi guys, thanks for your update. I did not have my car's sensor changed but I only see it occassionally so wasn't fussed. Last time I saw it was driving up the driveway to the garage after vacumning the car - 10 m on the weekend (perhaps it does not like to be stop and started in short distances... 8o)). Before that, it appeared about a month or so back which was the first time I noticed it. If it was persistent then I think there is a real issue.

[ByronB]

I can go many times without it flashing / showing up, than it might do it a few times in a row, more so when fuel is low, I was told by service guy, tanks drain from the bottom, so if there was any water you would notice it. He did tell me that he has seen it flash up on a lot of new pre delivery vehicles as well.

Let's confirm issue here, I see it for about a second on startup, it has never stayed on for any period of time.

This will be a good ongoing discussion point.

Cheers

[oznut]

Thanks ByronB, for your tip. Since I usually fill up when the tank is 1/4 to 1/2 full, maybe that is why I don't usually see the message. Yeap, mine also only flashes at most for 1 sec when it does appear ...think I will only worry if it stayed on for any period of time... esp since it did not help (even) with the sensor replaced for both you and gwirral.

[ByronB]

Its interesting, how warning says, water in fuel refer handbook or user book, yet I have read my handbook cover to cover, and can not find any reference to this warning, have any of you looked for this in your books.

Cheers

[gwirral]

Hi ByronB yes I searched for the message in the manual but there's nothing there. Guess we will just have to live with the intermittent message.
Cheers

[gwirral]

Hi again,
Car was back at ULR this week and they believe that after replacing the sensor a (fault??) reset is needed. This has been done so fingers crossed that we won't see the message again. :D

[ByronB]

Cheers let me know if that works, it's amazing they don't know that when they change them.
Cheers

[oznut]

Saw the MSG again today after washing the car on the driveway..methinks for my car it does not like very short drive..8) ..have not seen the message during day to day driving ..

[gwirral]

Back to square one again....message reappeared today. Guess we will have to see if Land Rover come up with a solution at some stage. I'm forgetting about it now.

[ByronB]

Hi, It looks like it is something that is meant to happen, I am so glad to have this forum, as I was originally told by another land rover dealer, that if the message was right and there was water, they would have to drop the fuel tank, drain it, change filters everything, and the cost would be mine, due to bad fuel. est 2k. Can you imagine doing all that, just to see message reappear, so glad I picked this fault and did not go ahead with what they were suggesting, I only hope other people have not gone down that road, before reading this forum.

[Disco4_tech]

I had a PD last week that did the exact same thing. It eventually went out.

[ByronB]

Hi new to Land Rover is a PD a Discovery model, and do you mean in time this warning will cease to come on, or did the car die.

Regards

[Disco4_tech]

PD - Pre delivery inspection. Before the vehicle gets sold or put out on the dealer yard we go over the vehicles as check and make sure everything mechanically is sound. Check all fluids, lubricants, complete check over, software and recalls - carry out, fill with fuel and test drive :)

After I did the inspection the water warning came on. The car had less than 5L of diesel in it at the time too. It stayed on for five minutes and it went out and the light never came on again.

I even drained the filter but the light didnt go out.

I'm sure LR will eventually release something in regards to it...