Replacing Fuel pump and frozen check valve....

[Bares, Vittorio]

In preparation for your swap you should also get yourself some crush
washers.

I've had success using a cordless impact wrench - but of course you have
to be careful to insure that the banjo doesn't spin and destroy the
electrical posts (BTDT).

Vittorio -

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of MXHOWES at aol.com
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 9:50 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Replacing Fuel pump and frozen check valve....

Well, the fuel pump finally quit on my trusty '85 4000Q. I have a good  
working spare pump off a parts car and started in on the job only to
find the  
check valve frozen to the banjo bolt on both pumps. It looks like I can
get 
the  bad pump off by destroying the electrical connectors on the pump
body 
(unless  they are removable .....I doubt it) but getting hold of the
little,  
tiny, skinny crammed between the two electrical connectors check valve
nut 
looks  almost impossible. (another example of superb German
engineering). 
Looks like I  might have to fabricate (grind down) some sort of wrench
to get 
on the nut  ....needle nose miniature vice grips maybe.........  So last

night I soaked everything with PB Blaster and went to have a beer in the
hope  
that there might be a BTDT easier way to accomplish the task, if it can 
even be  done.
 
Thanks,
Jim
 
'98 A4 Avant  Q
'85 4KQ ..

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