Type 44 Rear fuel line and/or accumulator replacement?

[Michael, Dave]

Kneale,

Thanks for the tip. I'll study this weekend. How man hours to to drop
the differential and remove the tank? I think its 4 pages in the
Bentley....

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:knotnook at traverse.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:53 PM
> To: Michael, Dave; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Type 44 Rear fuel line and/or accumulator replacement?
> 
> 
> You should be able to undo the fuel lines at the top of the 
> tank and pull them out for replacement.  I'd fasten the new 
> one to the old one and let it pull the new one into place.  
> The lines are actually tied to the tank by a removeable 
> plastic tie on the passenger side just above where you can 
> see anything.  That plastic anchor just slips onto a metal 
> "T".  If you push it in the right direction, it'll slide off 
> the tee and you can bring it out with the lines.  The lines 
> also are anchored to the tank by some duct tape.  You can 
> pull them free of the tape with sufficient effort.  It's 
> surprising how well that tape still grips the lines after 14 
> years.  I know all this because I replaced a leaking tank on 
> my '91 200q20v a few months ago.
> 
> At 01:49 PM 9/15/2004 -0400, Michael, Dave wrote:
> >Folks
> >
> >The fuel pressure accumulator (in front of the right rear 
> wheel) on my 
> >90 200 QA is so rusty that I can't even tell what kind of fittings 
> >connect the lines to the accumulator, much less undo the 
> fittings. The 
> >car has 204,000 miles, and I want to make sure it does not  spring a 
> >leak at an inopportune time. The whole setup looks like it will 
> >disintegrate at any moment. So, a few questions:
> >
> >1. anyone ever have problems with the fittings or pressurre 
> accumulator 
> >rusting so badly they leak? 2. is it possible to drop the tank just 
> >enough to snake the old fuel line out and a new one in, or does one 
> >have to remove  the tank entirely(which means drop the differential, 
> >which means $$$)?
> >
> >Any other thoughts?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Dave
> >90 200qa 204k
> >98 m3/4 78k
> >02 mcs 14k
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