Hello, Friends!
Papa is Not A Happy Bunny.
When he last changed my fuel filter before Lock Down he bought a new housing with filter already fitted, thinking it would be easier and so it proved. Oh, if only the Old Fool had put the inlet pipe on properly he would have found out today's discovery much earlier.
He bought a Service Kit (oil, oil filter, air filter and fuel filter) and did all but the fuel filter earlier. Well, this afternoon he decided to see if changing my fuel filter would cure a little dribble of yummy diesel that runs down my powerful engine

. It left it damp, rather than wet but still I was dribbling a little food that could have powered me! When he got the top off my fuel filter with some oil filter pliers, the reason for the leak was laid bare. His 1st thought was that was NO seal and that made him mutter a Lot Of Bad Words. Not at me but at the Bad Person* who assembled the filter housing, then he found the rubber seal, compressed beneath the level of the hard plastic housing. More Bad Words and he expressed himself of the opinion that the person who assembled the housing was of dubious parentage*

. The new seal that came with the filter was not only deeper but has an angled shape to match the lid.
I am now not dribbling fuel and running more economically than ever which should please Daddy. Lily has calmed him down nicely which is why I love her. What a nice Hound! And as elegant as a Citroen.....
Love
Otterchops.
*. I think that's what he said means
*. See above footnote