Fuel Leak !!!

[Philboy]

Got home tonight and the woman tells me she can smell petrol form the car so i  pop the bonnet and from what i could see no problems. took a look underneath the car and i've got fuel pissing out of the fuel filter  I've been told it's a ten minute job. i  had a go earlier and can't get the fuel connectors off. Any ideas?

[bobbarley]

IMPORTANT - You need to de-pressurise your fuel line before you disconnect anything!  Remove fuse 28, the start the car until it conks out.

The connections are a bit weird, but they do just click on and off once you get the hang of it.

[K666PDP]

and the DRIVERS door when opened primes(turns on) the fuel pump!! so get in thru the passenger door or disconnect battery(defo do this anyway). 

[bobbarley]

Just pulling out the fuse and running the car until it conks out is sufficient, no need to faff with doors or the battery.  Trust me, I've done it

[Philboy]

Ok still having trouble with these connectors surely there must be a tool to take these off? I feel like i'm gonna break them if I pull any harder!

[bobbarley]

You don't just pull them.  There's a bit that you push in at the side, then they just pull off easily.

[Ant1981]

IMPORTANT - You need to de-pressurise your fuel line before you disconnect anything!  Remove fuse 28, the start the car until it conks out.

The connections are a bit weird, but they do just click on and off once you get the hang of it.

If it's pissing out of the filter, depressurisation is already taking place.

[Philboy]

Right all done  nice one for all your help