[urq] 83 fuel problem solved-urq gas tanked

[Watts]

My search for my mysterious fuel starvation problem, after replacing
everything except the gas tank, John at Sport Wheels discovered that the
amperage in the fuel pump went down when my fuel pump would start to
scream, not up like I would expect an overworking pump to do. He (and I
previously) had visually inspected the tank and found it clear without
any crap in it. But when the pump would start screaming (after about 5
minutes of perfect running) he pulled the main line from the outlet at
the tank and blew compressed air into the tank -Voila! - car would run
perfect for another 5 minutes or so then scraming pump. Pulled the line
again, compressed air into the tank- perfection! - evidently something
(maybe the "sock" that went around the inlet on some cars?) is stuck
behind the baffle and takes a few minutes to plug up the outlet enough
to cause the pump to fail and fuel starvation. Has anyone heard of this?
John believes the tank cannot be repaired as he has tried to get the
debris out of the tank but can't. Does anyone have an extra tank they
would like to sell?  A rhetorical  question as they are fairly rare I
suppose. I believe that a 4000 quattro would work (with less capacity)?
Tank comes out easy enough so BTDT"s on refurbishing/cleaning the tank
would be helpful. Happy Holiday's to all!