OK, not a particularly good day attempting fault finding I’m afraid.
Such as (from the very kindly provided diagrams above)
Fuel Filter Warning System
1. Inspect warning light
(a) Disconnect the connector from the warning switch and connect terminals on the wire harness side to connector.
Of what? Where?
Is this at the filter?
There’s a bundle of wires and connectors there and I have no idea what piece the warning switch is, so I didn’t get very far with that.
Then I noticed that the white plastic tap on the bottom of the filter was dripping, from where I’d attempted to drain any water off yesterday. It wouldn’t tighten any more so I loosened it again and retightened it, in case whatever shuts off the flow wasn’t seating right.
That wasn’t a good idea as it happened, because then (after retightening it) it was just pouring out.
Panic...
Ok, don’t panic, (me talking sense into me).
I couldn’t reach the tap very well, so I took a 12mm socket and undid the filter casting from its support bracket and flipped it upside down.
Now I could see the tap, unscrewed it and realized there’s an “O” ring on the tap bit, that does the shutting off when you tighten it. It looked a bit hard and crusty, so I left it alone. I’ve got some O rings but none quite that small and not so “fat”.
Anyway, I found some windscreen washer water jet tubing and slid that over the tap end, with a piece cut from a 6” nail to bung the other end of the tubing. Remounted the filter assy. Not dripping now, but it’s a bodge.
Engine wouldn’t start
Ah, fuel, thinks me.
Primed the filter with the hand pump thingy... engine started... lots of black smoke
Mmmm, maybe it needs a run a bit to warm up and bleed off any air.
It drove ok around the block and the black smoke stopped (there isn’t a “sigh of relief” icon is there?).
Checked all the fuses (all OK) and thought best not mess with it any more.
BTW, what’s a “dome fuse” Rich? All the fuses I could see were those colored plastic spade thing type, with a squiggly wire thing inside. All good under the hood and those in the fuse box inside.
Both warning lights still on, and still I’m getting 14V/14.1V/14.2V at the meter.
I’ve given up gracefully... it was “grace under pressure” if that means anything to anyone...