In-Laws are visiting this weekend (non 'car' people) driving Discovery Dti on an 'S' plate. Fuel filter warning light is on, and in that wonderfully vague way of hers, sister-in-law says " oh, it's been like that for a while". They're due to return to London tomorrow (200 miles) what do people think : call the AA now?
Tim
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Maybe water in the fuel filter ? and needs draining (easy)
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Bernie I have a 99 "T" TD5 discovery and in wet weather the fuel filter light comes on stating that there is too much water in the diesel why would this be and where on the car is the fuel filter? the car is running fine ???
i have found one filter under the bonnet with no pipe connected but alas no pipe left dangling ? could this be the problem?
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oh where oh where is the fuel filter located
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Not particularly familiar with Discovery's, but normally the fuel filter warning light on diesels means something along the lines of there being some water collected in one of the diesel fuel filters or the diesel pre-filter, (where fitted). Personally I wouldn't worry about it being critical at this immediate point but it is one of things that needs looking at the sooner the better. Especially if it has been like it for a while then it should be a safe bet that it will be okay to get back to London.
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The fuel filter on the Td5 Disco is up under the rear driver's side wheelarch.
Drain procedure:
1. Unplug the multiplug from the base of the filter
2. Unscrew the sedimenter (the little pot sticking out of the bottom of the filter) until water starts to flow out of the drain
3. When diesel starts flowing out, tighten the sedimenter back up again
4. Plug the multiplug back in
Easy!
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