I just finished doing an overhaul of the cooling system on my recently acquired 96 E300D, including a new water pump and thermostat. After starting the car I noticed massive drippage, and I was like oh crap it better not be the new water pump, but in fact it was fuel that was dripping, almost pouring. Clearly it's just a coincidence because I didn't touch anything near the source of the leak. Attached is a picture taken from underneath the engine. You're basically looking at the IP from the bottom, above it is the intake manifold, and the arrow points to the source of the leak. Is that the fuel prefilter? The reason I ask is that it looks quite different from the one in the parts database. If not, does anyone know what it is? I verified that it's indeed the source of the leak, and not something above it.

A couple other questions, where does one buy those clear fuel lines? I don't see them listed in the parts database. And does anyone know what the "fuel line seal" is? There's no picture of it.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL