[s-cars] Fuel Pump

[Robert Myers]

Once you find the right combination you don't need to remove the 
basket.  There are two springy plastic retainer clips which can be sprung 
open and then the pump itself just lifts out of the basket.  It only took 
me about four hours of laying on the floor of the trunk with my arm elbow 
deep into the fuel tank feeling blindly for the clips to actually find 
them.  Fortunately I was doing this on a warm September day rather than a 
frigid January day.  I can send a picture showing one of the clips if it 
would be helpful.

At 07:33 AM 1/22/2005, Fred Munro wrote:

>Yes, I've been to lovely downtown Hinton, Bob. Very scenic. Fabulous place.
>Don't know how you tore yourself away to go to the seedy Jasper area.
>
>As for the fuel pump removal, on some cars you can turn the basket out by
>hand, on some cars you need the tool. I had to take my '91 200q (same fuel
>pump mount as the UrS) to the dealer to use the tool - I couldn't get it out
>by hand and none of my improvised tools worked; it was just too tight.
>
>Get the tank as empty as you can, wear neoprene gloves, use non-sparking
>tools, and use a "cold" light source (fluorescent trouble light or battery
>powered light). It gets kind of fumey after you've been stuck in the trunk
>for a while with the tank opened up, so keep the cursing sub-vocal.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Fred Munro
>'94 S4
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Bob Frizzell
>Sent: January 22, 2005 1:40 AM
>To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: [s-cars] Fuel Pump
>
>
>S-men,
>Ever been to Hinton, Alberta?  Well, that's where my fuel pump decided to
>pack it in on my way to Jasper for a little skiing.  Left the car in Hinton,
>ordered a pump to come by bus from Edmonton, rented a van, went skiing,
>three days later, still no pump in the Greyhound depot in Hinton.  At any
>rate, a couple of whacks with a mallet and a little rest got the old pump
>working and car back in Edmonton.  Now, once I chase down the missing fuel
>pump I will tear the old one out and install the new.  What is the best
>procedure to remove and install the pump without that special VAG tool for
>this purpose?  Any help greatly appreciated.
>
>Bob, home from beautiful downtown Hinton.
>93//S4 mit ein bad pump.
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