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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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| Rodent damage to fuel tank - how prevalent & prevention |
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It appear that rodent damage to the fuel tank is not unknown.
It would be interesting to know what percentage of (presumably rural) D3s are likely to suffer damage, and whether damage is limited to a particular VIN range or all cars (are D4s also at risk ?).
If that percentage is meaningful what preventative steps could one take?
Repellant
"Sheathing" the vulnerable areas
or ......
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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 9th Jul 2010 10:52 am |
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chrisbowler
Member Since: 30 Jan 2009
Location: UK WALES
Posts: 176
 
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We live on a farm with 4 cats - never seen mice or rodants and my D3 lives on a yard. It went away for a month and first full tankfull of diesel and the tank leaked. Pipe got hole in it !!! Not sure how but now have a D4 tank fitted as the D3 tanks are no longer available
CB Chris Bowler
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| 10th Jul 2010 12:58 am |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
Posts: 10509
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Thanks Chris
Did your insurers meet the cost, and if I may ask what did it cost, and how long was the D3 off the road?
Is the D4 tank different to the D3 in such a way that future rodent damage is unlikely?
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
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| 10th Jul 2010 11:09 am |
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DrLex
Member Since: 15 Jul 2005
Location: Ciderspace [Oi be in Zummerset]
Posts: 4863
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NJSS - might be a topic for a poll, but a search on the site would probably reveal under a dozen cases.
If you haven't had the problem, and you're concerned about it, then you could drop the tank and take the two courses of action you mention - a repellant and a block/sheath. Think the workshop manual has 2 hours for a tank swap, so if you get a dealer to do such, work on being charged the same labour rate. If you're going to do it yourself, run the tank down and have some copper slip grease (repellant) and fine guage chicken wire (sheath) handy, plus perhaps some Tiger Seal or similar if you think you've been 'got' already (see below).
I had the problem and had the tank replaced under insurance for around £500, paying the excess and having my premium rise slightly in the following year.
As Nick (TheLargeOne) points out in another thread, a replacement involves an expensive conversion on a D4 tank, so should you have suffered a nibbled hole, you'd be quids in by having a repair done prior to taking steps to prevent a repeat.
AFAIK, all the D3 tanks came from the same supplier, and without LR issuing any kind of Technical Bulletin regarding this, one could take the reasonable view that all tanks could be susceptible to the problem. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
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| 10th Jul 2010 12:13 pm |
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