[Pilatapus]

You did a good job in diverting to the nearest airport. I wasnt't there and it's easy to armchair pilot, but I may have thought about shutting that engine down, of course I don't know what other indications you were getting. It was very fortunate that you did not have an engine fire from the fuel leaking out.

We all have probably had or will have issues with maintenance not trusting the pilot that there is something wrong. This seems like a big one though. It is a hard lesson to learn that if there is a problem write it up. Nothing will get done otherwise and there is no paper trail if it is a reoccuring problem. I know this can be hard to do because of not wanting to piss off maintenance or interupting flight ops or scared of management. Just remember that none of those people will be standing next to you when the FAA wants to take your tickets because something went wrong. You are the final authority on that flight. It's your hard earned certificates on the line every time you sign for that aircraft.

CK you got the plane on the ground and walked away from it. That was an excellant job! Thanks for sharing, hopefully those reading this thread will come away learning something from this.
Fly Safe!