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RE: Fuel pump failures - the cure



Scott, could you please pass the "cutoff VIN" to us?

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

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> Subject:	Re: Fuel pump failures - the cure
> 
> [...]
> A few btdt on this subject.  Audi has a technical bulletin out
> regarding the
> "noisy fuel pump"/continued stalling" on some of the earlier pre 88
> turbo
> cars.  Apparently there is a coating in the tank that deteriorates
> over time
> that gets caught in the screen at the bottom of the fuel pump.  On
> further
> investigation, I found my wagon to be out of the cutoff VIN for the
> bulletin,
> but decided to investigate regardless.  
> [...]
>