FIP front seal replacement - fuel leaking into timing belt area - bosch ve

Discovery 1 200 TDI and 300 TDI Bosch VE Fuel Injection Pump technical manual available here - https://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical...=Bosch+VE+pump

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Originally Posted by RocketSoss

Thanks Rick1970,

i have bought one of these seal kits and its just arrived.

I know everyone by default says... 'send your FIP to a specialist', but im still entertaining the idea of having a crack myself.
I may end sacking the idea and paying someone to do it, but not till ive exhausted my options and arrived at the conclusion myself that its just not possible to do it at home.

Thus, has anyone here stripped a FIP apart, replaced the seals and reassembled it themselves?
successful? failed?

What do the FIP specialists do in their workshop that cant be done at home?


RS

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Yep successfully resealed it.

Have all the tools and a clean room with a test bench.