Leaking fuel pump

[Dukeriesmike]

Had an accident recently where a young kid drove into the front of my car head on (his fault, but as usual he denied it )... got it all fixed via the insurance (drivers side wing, bonnet, headlight fog light and front bumper) looked very good work and couldnt tell any difference pre accident 

   A  couple of days after getting it back and I could smell diesel. so took it back to the repairers thinking something was caught/dislodged causing the leak. today they get back to me saying they couldnt find the leaks source so took it to main dealers to identify the problem.

The garage have just phoned me to say that its the fuel pump thats leaking and it will also need a new cambelt has that has been contaminated, and the best bit is they say it isnt accident related so the repairs are going to cost £1760 ish talk about peed off, ive only had it a month. I did look to see if it was subject to a recall...but no such luck, it does say it needs the emissions fix though as that hasnt been done, at least if thats done and it dies on me i'll have the emmisions  warranty maybe lol

2012 1.6 tdi greenline estate 145000miles

Edited 13 November, 2017 by Dukeriesmike

[CombatWombat]

In the absence of any other suggestions yet:-  

 

I don't have a CR engine in mine, but, I haven't heard of any fuel pump failures on CR engines, especially not leaks.

 

Just in case you didn't know already, the fuel pump is on the front/side of the engine, not far away from where you had the crunch.

 

So maybe an independent engineer's assessment is called for, so you can present evidence to the Insurance company that this is actually accident damage.

 

In case you don't know what the fuel pump looks like; here is a picture of a (probably very similar) CR Skoda fuel pump on eBay, secondhand, for £95.  The cam belt drives the pump via the toothed sprocket at the back of this picture.

 

In the diagram, the fuel pump is no.24.  The fuel filter is no.28.  When serviced (disturbed? Struck?) the fuel filter housing can leak out its top joint, but the garage should've spotted that fairly instantly.

 

If the fuel pump is leaking into the timing belt cover then you would not see it initially, and it would certainly ruin the cam belt (£450 or less, to replace that).

 

Edited 16 November, 2017 by CombatWombat