Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by Markf

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Now of course, to spite me it'll come up with some other annoyance..

probably the heater hose!

Obne tyre has a slow leak, sorry, had a slow leak. I used one of those tyre rpair things, it worked, almost broke the tool, but it was good practice on the spares spares spare. If I need this on the Canning Stock Route, or what ever, I am good to go.

Originally Posted by johnp38

no idea how I would be able to simply replace the actual pump itself with just another pump and avoid buying the full unit in a new housing. I have read that it supposedly has been done, but every housing I have pulled apart those convoluted fuel lines are well and truly hardened and have needed to be slit longways on the nipples to get them off.

I did this, removed the clips and replaced them with hose clamps/jubilee clips. $280 I think for the pump a VDO one.

Originally Posted by AK83

probably the heater hose!

It is that time of year....

Originally Posted by Bohica

I did this, removed the clips and replaced them with hose clamps/jubilee clips. $280 I think for the pump a VDO one.

Mine was genuine VDO pump n housing, no clips except at top of HP out under cap, it was loose but hose was hardened and tight as were all the other hoses which were push fits with no clips.

What I did was cheaper for me and has simplified the plumbing.

Bonus is it actually works so haven't got egg on my face (yet).

Originally Posted by admiralranga

Keen to see how it all work's out for you cos the decent replacement's aren't cheap. What is very cheap is the ebay knockoff's, I'd suspect one of those would be perfectly fine as a donor housing (I bought one to steal the level sensor off as that was the cheapest option)

I was already running a cheap ebay jobbie for last 2 years, but it was squealing a bit last 12 monyhs, so I put in the original VDO that came with vehicle but it crapped the fuel level sender and was also squealing ( I believe my air bleed valve was the culprit after some experimenting) . So ended up with aftermarket one back in while waiting for the aeroflow pump to arrive, then spent last few months listening to the whine and having to keep tank above quarter or lottery if it started without bleed as I procrastinated doing the full high pressure mod.

I used the VDO as the donor housing with a spare fuel level sender salvaged from wreckers.

So far running it slowly out of fuel to see if it is all fixed, currently between last white line and red and starts instantly and no running out of fuel going up slopes.

Originally Posted by johnp38

Mine was genuine VDO pump n housing, no clips except at top of HP out under cap, it was loose but hose was hardened and tight as were all the other hoses which were push fits with no clips.

What I did was cheaper for me and has simplified the plumbing.

Bonus is it actually works so haven't got egg on my face (yet).

I've been trying to find one of the VDO insert. It may have had hoses on it, I did this in2018, so my memory is hazy

Not today, but start of the week, took both of mine ( lent one to a friend ) to a favourite spot for a camp, the "track" there prevents a lot from going.
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