What have you guys used for fuel pumps?

[Kneale Brownson]

Some folks have reported being able to twist the pump cartridge (I think 
it goes counter clockwise for extraction) by using a leather glove on 
the hand.  Others have used a home-made tool that was a bar with tabs 
welded on to match up with a couple of the dips in the cartridge that 
the "special tool" grabs to turn it.

On 6/27/2011 7:03 AM, Tony Hoffman wrote:
> I've never used any special tool, and have done a few of these. Just takes a
> little extra "friendly persuasion" if you know what I mean.
>
> Check out http://www.boschfuelpumps.com/ for your pump, and then just do a
> little searching online. I will say that I personally will not use anything
> but bosch or pierberg on any older German car. The stock pump will hold up
> with upgrades till at least 300hp, btdt. I'd suspect it will go well beyone
> that, but I don't know that for sure.I'm sure there are guys who can tell
> you more.
>
> Tony
>
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 6:09 PM, David Yentema<yentemad at rider.edu>  wrote:
>
>> I've pretty much confirmed I've got a bad pump. No matter where I adjust
>> the
>> external fpr this 200 has, the pressure does not change. And with 12v at
>> the
>> pump, I got just under 300cc's flow, which iirc is drastically low.
>>
>> What id like to know is, how the heck am I supposed to remove the whole
>> fuel
>> pump assembly w/o the special audi tool (this has the 43mm pierburg btw)
>>
>> And
>>
>> What are some affordable fuel pump options for me to use in this car?
>> Definitely not afraid of some tinkering to get something to work, as long
>> as
>> it can hold up to some of the "mo powah" mods I plan, ie, more system
>> pressure and such.
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