Re: Fuel pump "fix"

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <01BE13BD.40BFA240.mwoodland@program4.com> "Mark E. Woodland" writes:

> It was sucking all this crap up against the pump screen and killing the
> engine.  Once the car died and the pump was off, it would fall down to the
> bottom of the tank, the car wouls start and run fine, until it picked up
> all the crap and died again...in about 5 miles.

The early ur-quattros were fitted with a sediment trap between the tank
and the fuel pump.  This was a 30000km service change item.

The German authorities (TUEV) then forbad any "Eingriff" (action) on
fuel supply lines as regular maintenance, and Audi removed the sediment
traps.

On my chassis (85-J-900637) the mounting tab was merely bent up against
the floorpan.  I bent it back down, cut the supply hose, and installed a
sediment trap.  It now has a small triangle of crap trapped in it,
about 8mm on the long side and 5mm in height.

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 Phil Payne
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