Okay on my 06 LR3 it would have burnt to the ground if it wasn't for it raining extremely heavy that day. The Fuel line quick connect which sits in front of the fuel tank simply unlatched itself when I drove thru a water puddle! The LR3 died and I coasted to a halt on a side street. When I went to restart it nada and I could smell fuel very strongly. Well I laid under the LR3 and to my horror discovered the line had simply come apart.... I clicked it back together and yanked on it firmly and it wouldn't come unlocked...

Well fast forward 6 years and I've now got an 06 RRS. When the temps dropped below freezing. I started the RRS to get ready to drop my kids off at school. My daughter walks up and says daddy I smell gas.. I get out inspect the usual suspect from last time and nada. Then I see the same line further up by the transmission is "wet". I turned it off, and took the girls to school in the 97 XD. Of coarse when I got home the temps were in the 40's and it wouldn't leak. I even swapped out the upper line thinking it could be leaking from that quick connect and soaking the line down by the transmission. For 1 week after I replaced the upper line nada nothing. Then the temps got cold and BINGO it did it again!!! This time it was on a Saturday and I was able to lay under it and watch it. From the quick connect in front of the tank it goes toward the transmission. That part just looks like normal 5/16 fuel line held in place by 2 crimp style SS clamps. Well the one on the transmission side (furthest from the quick connect) was the one leaking. I carefully got the OEM clamp off and installed a fuel injector style hose clamp. I'll have to wait for the next cold front/freezing temps to verify it's fixed, but this is the second vehicle of the same year/generation with issues with the same darn fuel line.... No wonder some LR's simply burn to the ground! I have never seen a fuel line with so many weak links and connectors. The new entire assembly is 275.00 or more depending on where you source it. I'll verify my hose clamp fixes the issue, but if you guys smell fuel, but can't track it down check that fuel line with the quick connect in front of the tank and where it then goes up right above the passenger cat/O2 sensor. As our LR's age I think this is an area we should be inspecting, because on a normal summer day at a stop in traffic or at idle in the school pickup line your LR3/RRS could simply burn to the ground from a .5 OEM clamp...

 

Scary! I have never heard of that. In my case, those lines are usually a bear to disconnect because dirt/sand gets behind the blue push part. So I have to hit/smack and wash the connector before I can even uncouple it. And I know this because I have some fuel pump wiring issue once so I got pretty good and dropping the tank. I even used a parts truck to make a fuel pressure gauge that I have to connect at that very spot.

 

Yeah this time the quick connect wasn't the issue like it was on my LR3 but the darn factory crimp style OEM SS clamps used on the maybe 10-12inch section of rubber line before it connects to the fuel line. When the issue with the LR3 happened the only cases I saw of the same thing were in the UK on 05 LR3's and several people's LR3's burnt to the ground. I would have put it down as a one off until the same darn line had to give me issues on the 06 RRS on the same exact line in a slightly different spot (both above the passenger side cat though...). I'm in TX so usually it's a warm to hot day, and if that line decides to leak at that moment = it's all over. Would look like that KIA Sportage video that was circling around on FB a while back with it just cruising down the road totally a blaze.

I've installed a fuel line clamp vs a normal hose clamp, and will monitor it upon cold mornings and first start up. Just something I felt needed to be discussed here as a CYB. I have a good friend in Houston and their LR4 went up in flames right before LR came out acknowledging the issue. He didn't bother contacting LR as his insurance paid for it, but the LR3/RRS can apparently do the same thing if not caught.

 

And I bet there is no room to double clamp, not that may help much anyway. I dont think these are Rover exclusive connections, so makes ya wonder how many others have had the same issue - like in Jags and such.

 

just had my 08 lr3 on hoist. to check transmission fluid . noticed fuel running from exact same spot as best4x4. its about 20degrees outside. i was able to get the correct pliers into the spot to tightened the clamp more. it seemd to stop leaking or the exhaust warmed it up enought to stop the flow. anyway i cannot seem to find the fuel line in any parts catalog, id assume its the return line?

 

It was cold here this morning for the first time this year. Zero leaks after I swapped out that OEM fuel clamp for the fuel injection hose/line style. On mine once the exhaust warmed up the leak would go away until the next cool down cycle. I didn't want a fireball dropping my kids off at school or a fireball for any reason so I removed that OEM clamp and swapped it out. It took me about 15min taking my time to carefully remove the old one and then secure the new one.

 

like worm style clamp? send link to what you used.

 

That is the style I used, size wise I honestly can't remember as it was a year ago. Worked great though!!