[urq] 83 fuel problem solved-urq gas tanked

[Brady Moffatt]

I had the EXACT same problem in my 83 urq, and took the tank out, dropped it
off at a tank and rad shop. They cut a small access hole in a corner,
cleaned it out, welded up the access hole, and coated it. Works fine now.
The guy said there was almost an inch of crud at the bottom of the tank.
Total cost $80CDN.

Happy Holidays!

Brady
Urq, 4kq, Z

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
Watts
Sent: December 25, 2003 11:43 AM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] 83 fuel problem solved-urq gas tanked

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!
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