Hi all
I appear to have a diesel leak from the back of the engine. When I look up from underneath, I can see it gathering on the rubber flexi trunking (the lower of the two above the exhaust manifold) and dripping onto the catalytic converter. It must also be running in a different direction as some of it runs down the back of the transmission and onto the centre of the anti roll bar.

Anyone had this and where at the back of the engine would the diesel likely to leak from

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maybe?

Ok so I had a good look.
Removed all the top covers and the air filter has diesel in it but no sign of where it’s getting in. It doesn’t leak for around the first ten minutes and then starts collecting on the heat shield above the manifold when viewed from underneath. I think it’s filling something up somewhere on the engine then overflowing causing the drip. I caught a bit in a plastic tray and it’s green and waxy so definitely diesel.
For the life of me I can’t see where it’s coming from!

What about the injectors and the leak off pipes? The connectors get brittle after a few years... .
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Just had a better look with a mirror.

I can see diesel pooling around the base of injector No 6 (back). It doesn’t appear to be coming from the top as it’s dry there. I mopped the diesel up with tissue paper and restarted it and in no time it started to pool again.

So I’m thinking injector seal is u/s. Thoughts anyone?