D3's & other modern diesels (ie all of them) die very expensively when water gets through to the high pressure fuel pump & the engine.
Manufacturers (incl LRA) deny warranty claim - it's owner cost which might be covered by your insurance policy.
Has anyone here got any personal experience of water-in-fuel damage to a D3/D4/RRS?
Fuel filter is not "user accessible". Service interval replacement on a D3 is every 24000 km or so, so it would be easy to "get a bad load of fuel" and not know about it until too late.
LRA and dealer also say fitting any other fuel filter (which has a clear inspection bowl, for example) voids warranty and they won't allow it.
Comments, anyone?
Swaggie
Originally Posted by solarstabi
What about fitting a 2nd fuel filter as a pre-filter?
Water is not your only problem. http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-...l-diesels.html
Your chances of getting water past your filter are higher if you use Bio. However all diesel can now contain 5% bio, and 10% won't be far off.
Swaggie
Get a Raycor filter/separator. These are the duck's nuts. They have a cyclonic pre-filter section like a Donaldson air cleaner which spins out water and solids.
URSUSMAJOR
Master
Is this "void" for an addition ?
Admin
The 2006 SsangYong Rexton we also have has two fuel filters, the first for catching water, it has a warning light and chime when it gets to a certain level.
To clear it is as easy as reaching under the first filter and turning the locking nut which then acts as a drain for the water. It only takes five minutes to drain the water.
If a SsangYong that most people laugh at can have a decent water filtration system then LR have a lot to answer for.
I will be looking into having a second water filter added in the not to distant future on our D3.
cheers,
Terry
Cheers,
Terry
D1 V8 (Gone)D2a HSE V8 (Gone)D3 HSE TDV6 (Unfortunately Gone)D4 V8
Master
Davis Performance Landies sells the same sort of add-on additioanl filtration system that you describe from a Rexton. DPL call it a 'Water watch trap assembly' - approx cost $350 fitted.
OldBushie
Defenders have had the same set-up for years. Pat
Master
Not anymore, i.e, there is no longer a warning light for the water level.
Obviously one should drain the fuel filter regularly, but the bad effects of water in diesel can be mitigated by adding 2-stroke oil in your diesel.
Master
....... or Castrol Fuel Doctor http://www.tds.castrol.com.au/pdf/3052_fuel_doctor.pdf
used it for years in the Kubotas 1ml per 1lt derv.
Master
The water settles in the bottom of the tank.
On a truck (tractor trailer), there is a drain in the bottom of the tank, so you can drain the water out. This is a routine procedure here, Particularly worsened because a hundred or more gallons and extreme temperature, bad fuel stations, etc. are common.
If there is a lot, it might be possible to drain it off, or pump out the bottom of the tank... just a couple of thoughts to consider. It will be whitish slimy stuff.
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