[urq] removing old fuel from an urq that's been sitting

[Keith]

If you drain from below, just make sure you have plenty of appropriate 
containers handy. I seem to recall draining mine some years ago and in 
preparation ran down the fuel till it showed 2 gallons. When I drained it, 
there was more than 5 gallons in it!
Regards

Keith

'87 WR (still in bits-I'll get back on it soon).


-----Original Message----- 
From: Louis-Alain Richard
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:04 PM
To: 'W. Bean' ; urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] removing old fuel from an urq that's been sitting

I did mine years ago and IIRC, the outlet tube at the bottom will empty it
just fine. It sits in a recess at the very bottom of the tank so if the car
is level, all the fuel will be removed. Unplug it after you siphoned the
majority of the fuel in the tank from the filler tube. Or run the fuel pump
for a few seconds...

Louis-Alain

> -----Message d'origine-----
>
> I'm going to need to remove some fuel from an urquattro that's been
> sitting for a while as well as installing a new fuel pump. Is siphoning an
> issue on these cars? Any BTDT's short of dropping the tank?  It's been
> kept full of premium fuel but the gas is at least 2 years old.  I'm on
> digest so please email me direct when replying (as well as to the list)
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Wylie Bean

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