I was getting ready to take the rover (1975 Series 3 FFR) out tonight, I started it up and while it was idling I noticed a new drip. Fuel was leaking from the fuel pump area. It didn't appear to be the gasket, it looked more like it was coming from the bottom of the pump (although I must confess I didn't look all that closely). In my eagerness to "do something" I took the pump off (came off without too much trouble although one of the nuts came off with the post) and then I had to call it quits to do homework with kids and get them to bed etc. Before I go back to it (not sure when time will allow me to) I was wondering if anyone had any advice from walking down this road before?
I should add that after it sat for the winter I did have to work the manual pumping handle on it for quite a while to get fuel flowing to the carb, don't know if that might have caused the leak.
Here are some of my questions (pretty sure they will multiply!)
Is it worth just getting a new gasket and seeing if that does it?
Assuming it isn't the gasket, is it worth trying to rebuild it ($24 for a genuine kit) or just spend the extra little bit to get a proline replacement ($35)?
Is there anything I can do without taking it apart to try and find the source of the leak?
After a search through the archives I found lots of people going to electric pumps, is that something that should be on my radar?
Thanks, Steve..