[s-cars] Fuel Pump Incantations 101

[Martin, Gary G]

Removed the fuel pump on my 91 200 recently. I was able to turn the
locking ring by hand. Not sure it is the same setup in the S4, but you
may want to try removing it with a heavy gloved hand.(to prevent cuts)
Removes counterclockwise as Trevor indicated.

Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Frank [mailto:tfrank at symyx.com]




Your fuel pump is in a carrier, it in turn is inside of a tube that is
mounted to the gas tank.  There should be two arrows that line up when
they are tightened together, the inner pot/carrier for your fuel pump
and the outer.  I used a screw driver to push against the inner pot to
spin it the 20 degrees or so that it needs to disengage from the outer.
It required quite a bit of strength and after talking to several Audi
mechanics about it, none thought it was possible with out the VAG tool.

If I remember correctly you will need to spin it counter clock wise,
makes sense.

Your hand will have to go in nearly parallel to the height of the fuel
pump carrier.  It may also be possible to do it with a really long screw
driver like tool from the outside of the tank reaching into it.

To get it back in you do the reverse, I had some issue getting it lodged
in correctly so that when I tried to spin it back on with my screw
driver it didn't pop back out.

Good luck.

Trevor.




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