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

[Phil Payne]

That's the great thing about the jumpering trick - you can pull the jumper
at any time to sort out problems.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Keith <spotatashleys at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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