It seems like the cable loom from the part I bought from ebay(see above) fixed my issue. Its half the price of the part from maltings. In addition you get a genuine fuel filter and housing. Im not sure if they would fit to L322. This summer I will compare the fuel filter to the one I have on the car now.
If anyone knows, let me know 😉 2011 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

garyRR wrote:

It's quite common for the contact inside the rubber plug to break over time and cause the water in fuel sensor fault code.

The cable on its own isn't available anymore, and the assembly for a 4.4 TDV8 is £300+. However, the loom from the 3.6 TDV8 fits and an entire assembly can be had on ebay for <£30, which you can remove the loom from and add to your car.

GAP IID is coming up with "Water in fuel sensor fault code" , I clear the code but it comes back 2 or 3 days later, this contact inside the rubber plug breaking down over time makes sense, mine looks OK but I replaced it anyway, sadly it did not solve the fault popping up later on in the day

For those that are struggling to find the genuine LR sensor harness which is no longer available separately to the fuel filter assembly - it is a Ford part. The part numbers are 6C119155BE
and 1685716 and can be bought for £40 on eBay.

been getting this on and off for a couple of weeks and had been hunting all over for the replacement parts, much appreciated the heads up on it being a Ford part! 2011 L322 Autobography - a lot of bells and some of the whistles...owner with no idea!

24valve wrote:

yep - still no issue from me....well, not on the water sensor front anyway!

Replacing the harness worked for me. Done more than 3000km and not a single time came that RP warning. I replaced it with a new one from a fuel housing assy for a RR sport 2011 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

some have also had success with a smear of vaseline ( petroleum jelly ) applied to the connector circled in yellow

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic70911...t=vaseline




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That's worth trying, thanks!

pcourtney wrote:

some have also had success with a smear of vaseline ( petroleum jelly ) applied to the connector circled in yellow

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic70911...t=vaseline

Excellent news RR2B

That's 4 or 5 of us now that have used that tip to solve the Water in Fuel error code that keeps popping up and showing "Restricted Performance" on the dash display.

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pcourtney wrote:

some have also had success with a smear of vaseline ( petroleum jelly ) applied to the connector circled in yellow

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic70911...t=vaseline


Thanks for the tip. I smeared Lanoguard grease on the connector two weeks ago, and no error code since. Coincidence? Time will tell.

fab news - well done that man

NB you will need to dab a bit more on, mine only lasted 6 months, I asked my Dad if he used anything on his boat, that was waterproof grease type of products, and he gave me a little bit of Aquaslip, so far so good

Carlube Aquaslip Marine Waterproof Grease - its not cheap to buy sadly, but he had some left over for me to use, otherwise I would not have used it.

Petroleum Jelly ( Vaseline ) will only last so long I reckon, your mileage may vary !

Hi guys
so I have been getting this intermittently.
With MOT day I thought crap it might fail if it throws the error
So I unplugged it.
Immediately the dash warning did not go off
So I thought ok it's a NC or NO circuit and unplugging should hide the error for MOT.
But
then it came on 10 mins later.

So what is it a broken wire along the line?
Is that why ppl replace the harness?..

. Cheers, Greg
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2011 Vogue SE 4.4 with lots of toys in Stornaway

I still have this problem too, kind of learnt to live with it. It comes and goes at it pleases. It never goes off she it comes and car is on until it is off and parked for a while then it is just pure luck if it comes again or not. Never comes on while driving only when I start the car. Definitely water in fuel and definitely something to the with fuel priming with that damn sensor being broken or something. Lots of Vaseline or little bit Vaseline has been used in and around the sensor. Helps but still comes back annoyingly. Housing needs to be changed I think, but I will leave that to another fix I will combine with to do later. Range Rover 2012 4.4 TDV8 - current
Range Rover 2008 3.6 TDV8 - previous
Range Rover 2004 3.0 TDV6 - previous

fatu - yes the harness will need replacing eventually, it is a known problem, a friend of mine just bought the Ford Transit Part Number 1685716 FORD TRANSIT (2006-2013) MK7 2.2 2.4 3.2 DIESEL

He only paid £30 for it on ebay, we removed the harness ( as shown in the photo below ) from the new Ford Transit part, we carefully removed the old harness and the thin wire that plugs into the bottom of the fuel filter, then we used a 13mm spanner to move the fuel filter bracket off the bolts to get better access, you do not need to disconnect any pipes or hoses to do this, then using a small blade screwdriver took off the old harness cable and replaced it with the new harness, and pushed the thin wire back into the bottom of the fuel filter, job done, it took us only 15 minutes, any DIY person can do this my friend

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