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[Phil Payne]

> Hi!  I'm new to the list looking for some repair advice to keep our
1987
> Audi 5000S running a little longer.  Over a year ago, it started
acting up.
> We'd be driving fine at any speed (even 60+) and suddenly the fuel
pump gets
> loud and the car stalls.  I replaced the fuel accumulator.  This
fixed the
> problem for about 1 year.  Recently, the same thing started
happening.  Got
> worse over the course of a month.  I replaced the fuel pressure
regulator.
> Ran great for 3 days!  Now it's basically undrivable.  Any ideas???
Thanks!

Sounds like the classic 'clogged screen' problem to me.

Just pull the pump out of the tank.  If it has a gauze screen on the
base, rip it out and put the pump back.

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