My 2000 motorhome on a 2.5 Td Transit chasis has developed a fuel leak.
It starts and runs perfectly smoothly.
After a 30 mile journey I could smell fuel outside.
I lifted the bonnet and the whole engine looked like it was sweating from the top all the way down the left hand side (looking from the front). i.e. the offside. From underneath it was dripping off the crossmember. See photos
I started it and watched and noticed the braided black pipe running along the top of the engine was coming off at the back end and fuel was being pumped out of it. It hadn't come completely off, but nearly.
I thought that was it - cured.
I went for a run the next day and all seemed well. The 'sweaty' appearance dried off the side of the engine and the top dried off. However drips still came from the crossmember underneath.
I have left it for a few days to dry out and also waited for the roads to dry.
Today, after a run, the crossmember is dripping again.
Looking in the bonnet now everything is dry. I can't see any signs of leaking or spraying from anywhere. The filter connections are all dry.
It's just the drips from the crossmember.
After a recent new hip I find it difficult to get underneath to try to look up from the crossmember but I can't see anything.
Has anyone any ideas of what it could be?
Is it something that caused the top pipe to come off (nearly) or is that just coincidence? ( I don't believe in coincidences like that!)