How to service a 200Tdi Defender what can go wrong!

[@johnsutherland8239]

With the fuel filter , the easy way is just to fill the new filter with diesel and you won’t have to worry about priming it 👍

[@Allthingsdefender]

Thanks for the reply. Yes I tried that too off camera I was getting annoyed with it. I have taken off the fuel lift pump it doesn’t appear to be supplying any pressure I think I’m lucky the truck actually run at all. It maybe why it was also slow and not very responsive. Got a new one coming Monday so will fit that and review the results then.

[@davidbrodie5044]

You vould check for crank case pressure which could cause oil in the filter.

[@Allthingsdefender]

Thanks so much for that I shall work out how to do that and check it out. I’ll obviously make a video on it too!

[@bryanmorrissey1300]

100% need a new lift pump. The engine can pull enough diesel through but having a working lift pump will make it respond better (fractionally) at lower revs.

[@Allthingsdefender]

It never has responded well at low revs so I suspect it’s defo broken. Looking forward to getting the new one installed. Should be Monday.