Thread: Semi urgent help required

Here you go, the definitive how to.

www.discovery2.co.uk / TD5 Fuel Pump replacement.

As to pumps if you are planning on keeping the car for a while go for a genuine or OEM manufacturer part, which in this case I believe is VDO. Cheapest may not be the best quality. Try Roverlord on the forum here, as they may be able to ship one overnight if they have one in stock

Good luck

Cheers

Steve

Originally Posted by Rok_Dr

Here you go, the definitive how to.

www.discovery2.co.uk / TD5 Fuel Pump replacement.

x2 and ditto on the genuine or OEM.

If you want to avoid taking all the trim out, just get a Stanley knife and run it along both sides, preferably as far under the bins as you can manage.ie lean the blade over.
You can then roll the carpet far enough forward to get to the plate over the fuel pump.

When you put the carpet back down you cannot see the cut.
Regards Philip A

Update: Interestingly, once I got to the fuel pump, I d/c the plug and checked for power. Power on the plug was ok. As soon as I reconnected plug, the pump came to life and started buzzing. I turned her over and she started up with a little delay and push on the pedal. Unfortunately, I forgot I slightly loosened one of the hose lines to see how the connectors worked and the hose popped off spraying diesel everywhere Anyway, after remembering something I thought I saw on one of the receipts left from the previous owner, I realised the fuel pump had been replaced late last year, on the previous owners behalf, with a genuine VDO pump by M R Automotive. So either the fuel pump is intermittently faulty (I don't think that's the problem) or there is a wiring issue (seems more likely to me). I couldn't fault the wiring on the plug or the plug itself. So does anyone know where the relay that provides power to the fuel pump is found? (I'm assuming there is a control relay for the pump). An intermittent dodgy relay sounds more like the culprit to me, than a 6 month old VDO fuel pump playing up. Also, is the wiring from the relay to the pump a solid run, or is there a connection that may have come loose somewhere along the way?
By the way, I've only had her a few weeks, so would the experienced owners please tell me if they would continue to drive around, or if they would order another fuel pump and have it ready to swap out. Apart from locating and swapping out the relay, I'm not sure what else I could do.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

If you want to avoid taking all the trim out, just get a Stanley knife and run it along both sides, preferably as far under the bins as you can manage.ie lean the blade over.
You can then roll the carpet far enough forward to get to the plate over the fuel pump.

When you put the carpet back down you cannot see the cut.
Regards Philip A

Not necessary to cut it Philip it's precut from the factory you just need to tuck the edge back under the bins as you fit it back in place


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Fuel pump relay is in the under bonnet fuse box diagram inside the cover

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relay is found in the engine bay fuse box. It is possible it just needs taking out and reinserting, although they can play up. It may also have been a loose conection at the pump thta you rectified by repluging.

dang! beaten by the outback!