labor day Audi labor

[Fred Munro]

What year is your car, Calvin? Cody's description applies to the fuel pump
mounting in the pre-'89 cars. In the later cars the fuel pump sits in a
basket that is twist-locked into a larger plastic bucket. The official way
to remove the pump is to turn the inner basket until it unlocks and lift it
out. There is a tool for this, but some of them turn by hand (the one on my
'91 200q wouldn't). An alternative method is to release the two tabs that
hold the pump in the inner basket and lift the pump out.

You have to determine which mounting system you have in your car - but then
you probably have the pump out by now :)

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces+munrof=sympatico.ca at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces+munrof=sympatico.ca at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
Cody Forbes
Sent: September 5, 2005 4:45 PM
To: calvink at fastermac.net; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: labor day Audi labor


calvink at fastermac.net wrote:
> I've finally gotten around to replacing the fuel pump in the
> 100 nonQ
> that I had inquired about recently.  The access panel and
> sending
> unit came out with no problem, but now I can't see how the
> pump
> comes out of the plastic mount in the bottom of the tank.
> It seems to
> be in a housing which is then soft mounted somehow within a
> larger
> piece.  I managed to get the round plastic top cover off of
> this outer
> housing just before my flashlight died.  I'm hoping while
> I'm at the
> store getting a new flashlight, someone will have an answer
> for me.
> Thanks.
>
> Calvin Krug
> _______________________________________________

There are 3 rubber bushings that slide onto 3 plastic "spikes" more or less.
Each "spike" has a plastic clip. It's somewhat tricky since you can only get
one hand in the tank and must simultaneously undo 3 clips and pull on the
pump. Use one hand to undo the clips, and with the other pull on the fuel
line thats attached to the pump from outside the tank. The easiest way to
get all 3 clips is to get one then cock the pump sideways so that clip
doesn't re-engage, then do the other two. Once it free of the bottom getting
it though the hole in the top requires some finagling too, but that should
be easy to figure out.

-Cody Forbes
http://www.5000tq.com
'86 5ktq
'86 5ktq
'86 5k-t-q
'87 5ktq - Fast.

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