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

[Phil Payne]

If it's really only two years old you shouldn't have a problem.  I have had
LEGENDARY problems with tanks that were only partially full and left for
eight to 12 years.  At that point, strip out and clean the WHOLE system.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Wylie Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>wrote:

> I appreciate everyone's responses. A couple people I have talked to
> including the owner of the car don't seem to be too concerned about running
> that fuel through the system. Personally I'm inclined not to. Thoughts?
>
> Wylie Bean
> theringmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v
> 91 200 <91200>q20v
> 92 urS4
> 08 Q7
>
>
> -----Original message-----
>
> *From: *Phil Payne <isham.research at gmail.com>*
> To: *Keith <spotatashleys at hotmail.com>*
> Cc: *Louis-Alain Richard <5145727795 at bell.net>, "W. Bean" <
> theringmeister at triad.rr.com>, urq at audifans.com*
> Sent: *Thu, Nov 29, 2012 18:07:38 EST
> *
> Subject: *Re: [urq] removing old fuel from an urq that's been sitting
>
> 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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