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WARNING On Underbody Fuel Filters!!!



In message <970330233414_1084957177@emout09.mail.aol.com> Porsray@aol.com writes:

> Apparently it was rust/corrosion over time.  The filter fitting and the end
> of 
> the banjo bolt were rusty; what was causing the fuel leak was that the 
> aluminum crush washers had apparently started to get eaten internally 
> due to corrosion and opened a leak path.  I could see the pits in the 
> washers where they had been eaten away.

?

All of the crush washers on my car are copper.  

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club