What have you guys used for fuel pumps?

[Tony Escobedo]

Soft tapping with a large screwdriver and rubber mallet got it to "go" for me. Try with both hands and gloves first.
Tony

> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:58:39 -0600
> From: kneale at knitknacks.com
> To: quattro at audifans.com; yentemad at rider.edu
> Subject: Re: What have you guys used for fuel pumps?
> 
> 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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