The day was miserable, with loads of rain pouring down so when I got to the petrol station, I noticed huge amounts of steam pouring from under the bonnet.  My initial thought was that a lot of water had entered the engine bay and upon contact with the engine it had condensed to form huge amounts of water vapour.  However this was not the case, which to my detriment I only noticed 50miles later.

The steam evaporating from under the bonnet was in fact a loose diesel pump which was pouring diesel all over the engine. I had noticed a very heavy diesel smell in the cabin but had only thought it was related to the spare tank pump transferring diesel from the 2nd tank to the primary.

The problem related to a loose pipe which allowed the diesel to overflow from one injector to another.  I was wearing my business suit so it must have looked very strange to see a businessman with tools in his hand fixing a Land Rover!

The fuel leak was so bad that I 'lost' or leaked out 30litres of fuel!