A mouse ate my Diesel Tank on My Discovery 3
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On our 2 year old discovery we recently noticed that on filling completely , a small pool of diesel was left on the ground.
The dealership have told us that they want £800 to £1000 to replace the tank.They say that rodents have chewed the tank and that it has a hole in it.
We had called the AA and confusingly that chap told us it was damage to a fuel supply pipe under the car (not the tank).
We are amazed on a car that is sold as being 'as tough as nails' , that a rodent has chewed up the diesel tank?
What next- a muntjack nicking the alloy wheels?
Does anyone else have any experience of this?
It's a lot of money and the dealership are just saying pay up or take the car back.
Apparently on the new discovery 4 the tank has been changed but seemingly just because the fuel capacity changed.
Any helpful views would be appreciated. Thanks
The dealership have told us that they want £800 to £1000 to replace the tank.They say that rodents have chewed the tank and that it has a hole in it.
We had called the AA and confusingly that chap told us it was damage to a fuel supply pipe under the car (not the tank).
We are amazed on a car that is sold as being 'as tough as nails' , that a rodent has chewed up the diesel tank?
What next- a muntjack nicking the alloy wheels?
Does anyone else have any experience of this?
It's a lot of money and the dealership are just saying pay up or take the car back.
Apparently on the new discovery 4 the tank has been changed but seemingly just because the fuel capacity changed.
Any helpful views would be appreciated. Thanks
ks, it's more likely to be a rusted fuel pipe or breather pipe and when the tank is brimmed a little leaks out. Hi Guys,
sadly this is more common than you may think!
I have seen a few of these ( I am a midlands based Indy), and the tank which is a plastic blow moulding, seems to attract the little buggers.
The tanks have been on back order for a while and come complete with the sender units as the design has since changed, hence the cost !
The tanks cannot be repaired easily and I would not condone a repair if I was not totally 100% happy that it would not leak, now or in 5 yrs time.
I do not know if there any remedies to this but I have coated the tanks I have changed with a non organic solution which is as inert as I can find.
Hope this helps
Roy
sadly this is more common than you may think!
I have seen a few of these ( I am a midlands based Indy), and the tank which is a plastic blow moulding, seems to attract the little buggers.
The tanks have been on back order for a while and come complete with the sender units as the design has since changed, hence the cost !
The tanks cannot be repaired easily and I would not condone a repair if I was not totally 100% happy that it would not leak, now or in 5 yrs time.
I do not know if there any remedies to this but I have coated the tanks I have changed with a non organic solution which is as inert as I can find.
Hope this helps
Roy
P100 said:
Hi Guys,
sadly this is more common than you may think!
I have seen a few of these ( I am a midlands based Indy), and the tank which is a plastic blow moulding, seems to attract the little buggers.
The tanks have been on back order for a while and come complete with the sender units as the design has since changed, hence the cost !
The tanks cannot be repaired easily and I would not condone a repair if I was not totally 100% happy that it would not leak, now or in 5 yrs time.
I do not know if there any remedies to this but I have coated the tanks I have changed with a non organic solution which is as inert as I can find.
Hope this helps
Roy
So you are confirming that they actually chew into the plastic of the tank - not the hoses?sadly this is more common than you may think!
I have seen a few of these ( I am a midlands based Indy), and the tank which is a plastic blow moulding, seems to attract the little buggers.
The tanks have been on back order for a while and come complete with the sender units as the design has since changed, hence the cost !
The tanks cannot be repaired easily and I would not condone a repair if I was not totally 100% happy that it would not leak, now or in 5 yrs time.
I do not know if there any remedies to this but I have coated the tanks I have changed with a non organic solution which is as inert as I can find.
Hope this helps
Roy
Maybe there is a opportunity for one of the ally tank fabricators to make a replacement...
Must be 3rd time i have read a post about a disco fuel tank has been nibbled away by rodents.
First time I thought -- thats unlucky
2nd time I thought ---- times must be tough in the countryside for the rodents.
3rd time ...starting to think ...must be something else causing it ...errosion or fretting or vibration.
First time I thought -- thats unlucky
2nd time I thought ---- times must be tough in the countryside for the rodents.
3rd time ...starting to think ...must be something else causing it ...errosion or fretting or vibration.
This happend to me too! I was gutted and stunned when shown the tank at a local indy. It was most definatly rodents.
So as soon as I got it back I placed every type of mouse trap, rat trap and poison I could get in a defensive field around the disco and popped it up for sale.
My wife was gutted as she loved it but I was not going to replace it with another one incase it got eaten again.
I too have heard of a number of these instances.
But they are not as bad as a friend's one, they had the wiring loom eaten behind the sat nav unit! That was expensive....
Tim
So as soon as I got it back I placed every type of mouse trap, rat trap and poison I could get in a defensive field around the disco and popped it up for sale.
My wife was gutted as she loved it but I was not going to replace it with another one incase it got eaten again.
I too have heard of a number of these instances.
But they are not as bad as a friend's one, they had the wiring loom eaten behind the sat nav unit! That was expensive....
Tim
I have this very morning parted with £900 for a new diesel tank for my LR Disco 3 (07 plate). A week ago after filling the tank a large amount of fuel vented onto the forecourt. The garage phoned me to say it had been gnawed by rats or mice. No choice but to agree to the replacement. It is scary how easily this can happen. I fear having to go back again soon to purchase yet another tank. And this after I've had to replace the clutch (£1900) and replace the turbo (£2200) pus a range of other faults - all at less than 50,000 miles on the clock! Bummer - what an expensive and unreliable vehicle!
And everyone tells me that my TD5 Defender is unreliable! A nightmare for you ruining your ownership experience.
It seems that a repair can be done with Tiger Seal, have a read here
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic43009.html
It seems that a repair can be done with Tiger Seal, have a read here
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic43009.html
croyde said:
Doesn't say alot for the go anywhere Disco. We had one in a safari park and the monkeys immediately and expertly removed the windscreen washer jets.
Those little monkeys will expertly remove anything they can bite !!!At Knowsley Safari park they pull off registration plates ...put the front paws on the plate and then run along the road surfing !!
They once pulled the washer jet off my Mitsubishi L200 pickup .... little git had the nozzle in his gob ...and had about 2 foot of washer pipe coming out of the bonnet ...thought he was going to drag the washer bottle out !! ...when the pipe snapped he did a great back flip as he shot over the bonnet ...I was in tears laughing !!
I've just started working for Land Rover and a customer bought a RRS in with a complaint of fuel leaking when full up. I confirmed a leak at the n/s/r of the vehicle on the tank protector. I removed the n/s/r interior to gain access to the fuel sender and it was covered in fuel.
I used a video-scope to investigate and found the breather pipe had a hole in it, right on the right-angle section of the pipe. I could have said it looked 'nibbled'...there is nothing for it to catch on, all the pipes were secure, very bizarre! It's quite a big job to drop the fuel tank and so the customer left it. I tried getting my hands in there to put some tape round the hole, but the gap is just much too small!
I used a video-scope to investigate and found the breather pipe had a hole in it, right on the right-angle section of the pipe. I could have said it looked 'nibbled'...there is nothing for it to catch on, all the pipes were secure, very bizarre! It's quite a big job to drop the fuel tank and so the customer left it. I tried getting my hands in there to put some tape round the hole, but the gap is just much too small!
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