1987 5KCSTQ, fuel pump hints requested

[Kneale Brownson]

He's trying to avoid opening up the gas tank to get to the pump.  There's
no way to give the pump a whack without taking the lid off the tank through
the trunk.

At 01:05 PM 08/27/2003 -0700, Ti Kan wrote:
>MHLIGGINS at aol.com writes:
> > ...
> >        Are there any quick fixes to "encourage" the pump to do what it's
> > supposed to do? I'd prefer to try the work-arounds before having to dig
> into the
> > tank and drag that thing out of there to tinker with it.
>
>How about tapping on the fuel pump with a large screw driver, a wrench
>or somesuch?  I've had luck with this technique with an intermittent
>and dying fuel pump in the past...  Don't tap too hard, though.
>We don't want any sparks.
>
>-Ti
>2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
>2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
>1984 5000S turbo
>1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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