Re: Fuel Pump Retainer Ring removal? //Bentley Index file

[David Boyd <john@dboyd.demon.co.uk>]

-----Original Message-----
From: nuthatch@ix.netcom.com <nuthatch@ix.netcom.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: 28 April 1998 04:17
Subject: Fuel Pump Retainer Ring removal? //Bentley Index file


>Car: 88 5000 :
> The Bentley Book says to use tool 3087 to remove the retainer ring to
>get at the fuel pump. (I'm replacing the check valve).  Has anyone found a
>reasonable way to bypass the need of this tool, and of course without the
>possibility of a spark. Banging on the fuel pump cover doesn't seem like a
>reasonable thing to do.

Ideally,  possibly not, but,  pragmatically,  pushing  very gently with a
strategically-placed screwdriver is probably many, many  times less risky
than driving your Audi 100 yards down any highway.


Regards

David
john@dboyd.demon.co.uk
Cumbria, UK.