Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I have an 85 Diesel Hilux which has the Injector Pump leaking.
It "seems" to stop leaking when the car is warm. I have had a ( rough) quote to have it fixed, but just cant afford it at the moment.

I know Diesels dont like air in the fuel line, but - ??????

Should I drive it, and take the chance ( for a while ) or is it too risky ??

Has anyone been there before ? -- What could happen

Thanks -- Gatta

the leak will get worse and worse could run for quite a while with out playing up but never know how long that will be

rubber gasket is eyse to change only thing to watch is fuel spring hard to reatch

can you do it yourself? whats the cost of the rubber compaered to the cost of some guy doing it for you
cant be too complex for an 85 moddle can it??

Thanks for the reply`s.
I have thought about "trying" to do it myself, but it far too involved.

There was a bloke on here a while ago that was trying to do it himself, not sure if he worked it out.

For a pump rebuild bear minimum your looking at 1k, while your there you may aswell do your timing belt to save the labour cost down the track, aswell as tappets, injectors and glow plugs.

I had the above done last november at Rankin Diesel in bayswater for ~$1800.

There isnt any real risk in driving the car round, the seal will swell and shrink as the car warms up and also depending on the humidity of the air, on a hot day mine used to pour out, the day i toook it down to be fixed hardly leaked at all because it was cold wet and miserable. The only real problem youll find is poor fuel economy and if you have a asphalt driveway youll start to eat it away.

Short of this, try searching wreckers/trading post/parts peddler/ebay for rebuilt pumps, R&R of the pump is fully explained in a gregories manual available from supercheap for around $30, or find one on ebay too.

Eventually, every pump built before the mid 90's is going to leak as the seals in these pumps require the sulphur in diesel to lubricate them, but with new low sulphur diesel, the seals arent lubricated and dry out/shrink/crack, hence your pump leaks.