quattro digest, Vol 1 #2241 - 20 msgs

[Tom]

Ha! I know the feeling.. remember the HVAC thread a little over a month ago?
Well, I foolishly deleted it without reading thinking to myself "my hvac
works great,  no need for this stuff.." well, as luck would have it about a
week later -> pffft, defrost only. DOH! and the list goes on, and on, and
on, and on...

Anyway, my leak displays exactly the same symptoms as yours. I think its a
seam on the tank. Need to find some replacement brake lines first as any
fittings that were once present have been reduced to what may be described
as "features" on an otherwise plain piece of rust.

-tom

> Message: 18
> From: "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org>
> To: "'audi list'" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: you guys need to stop doing this to meeeeeee!!!
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:47:34 -0400
>
> Everytime someone posts with a new problem on their type $$, my car
> mysteriously aqquires the symtoms!  Someone mentioned gas leaks earlier in
> the week, well now I have a leaking tank or fuel sender.
>
> Symptoms
>
> Puddles of gas on ground (duh)
> NO hard starting in the morning (course this is POP starting as I'm
> rebuilding the starter right now :P ), so its got to be the return line or
> the tank itself.
>
> I will get under the car when I get home tonight, but looking briefly last
> night, at the 1st muffler there is a heat shield, this was soaked with
gas.
> Makes me glad I have another type $$ to drive till I fix this!  Course the
> other car is having problems with its radiator too... but I wont go there
> for now.
>
> I know if im doing a tank its ALOT of work, dropping basically everything
> off the back end of the car.  My questions are this...
>
> If i got a crappy tank from someplace, can you get them recoated or
whatever
> to make them worthy of holding gas?
>
> Anyone got a tank thats already out of the car that they could
sell/donate?
> :)
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
>
> 86 5ktq (no starter, broken radatior fitting AND leaking gas now!)
> 89 200tq (leaking metal rad, mostly works :P)
> 94 Hyndai Excel (STILL the most reliable unfortunately :(  )



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