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Hello i don't know what this is to do a search so i've taken a pic so someone can advise on leaking diesel i noticed the wet patch last week, and could this be a potential problem for my spluttering and difficult morning starts.

to me it is a stupid place to put a fuel filter   but may be easier to access than in the engine bay
common rail injection systems can have the same problems as you describe if they can draw air and the fuel has to get pumped back up
difficult to see the source of the leak  the filter head wont be cheap either
regards tom

it will be the pipework leaking the green one probably
yes this will definetly be causing poor starts and missfires due to air in the system
give it a good clean up with presure washer
i would replace the air bleed valve £16 first pipe on left as you look at it
filtter heads are also notorius for being porous

mine was the filter head the whole thing comes complete with all the pipes etc for about 70 quid

The filters themselves are prone to rusting,I had to change mine yesterday as it was wet with fuel round the base. Your problem certainly looks to origionate from higher up.

This is strange this just happened last week to me the filter had rusted through , the warning alarm was full tank got me 200 miles ;(

There is a purge procedure to bleed the fuel system the pump will make horrible noises but its normal after replacing parts in fuel system. Depress the throttle 5-6 times with ignition on the engine management light should come one from memory it should only be done once as you can flood the engine. Should start fine after pump has stopped making priming noises.

Another vote for a rusty filter casing, common issue.

Thanks for the replies gentlemen, soon as my replacement arrives i will be blasting it clean and replacing it and hopefully thats it, the guard has rusted off already so looking for the piece behind the filter that the guard attaches to..

is the chasis wet on the other side of the filter or is it just the filter side thats wet

is the chasis wet on the other side of the filter or is it just the filter side thats wet

O i dont know i will have to check, what would this mean if its wet on the other side?

probably green pipe leaking ,only ask cauz if this is the case you might have wasted cash on the filter head
hope this is not the case and it will solve your probs but you wont kno till you clean it up

Well i received my new filter cleaned up all the surrounding areas and replaced my filter, did a purge and this is what its revealed.
Now how do i go about fixing this please, does it mean replacing the line or can you buy just the plug?

All sorted, i cut the plug off with the red rubber jacket as thats where the leak was, and replaced it with a short pieces of fuel line.
Went out for a nice drive and all is well..