Driving to work today in the TD I began smelling diesel. When I got to work, I opened the hood thinking I'd see leaky return lines. Instead I saw a wet left front inner fender and diesel dripping from the second fuel filter bracket. Looking closely I could see no leaking lines. Lucky for me I had a 24mm wrench in the car and a spare secondary filter. I took the existing filter off and replaced it. Once I turned the filter upside down I saw the source of the leak--two cracks in the bottom of the secondary filter slightly rust colored. They were pumping out a fair amount of fuel. I'd guess maybe a cup every 5 or ten minutes, probably more at high rpm's. The filter is at least 4 yrs old. I'm thinking water accumulated in the bottom of the filter and rusted it through? I've never experienced that before.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13