Re: urq fuel tank removal, parts renewal

["John Corbishley" <gtr1@traverse.com>]

Yup, mine was also leaking from the flexible return line.  Difficult to get
at through all the diff. mounting hardware.

John C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Del Tergo <mdeltergo@hotmail.com>
To: caliban@sharon.net <caliban@sharon.net>
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: urq fuel tank removal, parts renewal


>>it's the rfg-ii bug!  leaking fuel all over.  well,
>so we think.  anyway, i'm looking for a step-by step
>for removing the fuel tank, as well as a list of
>parts to get (sediment trap, what kind of lines and
>clamps, etc) at kragen on saturday before mike and
>i do this job.  also, are there any parts that i'll
>need that aren't aquirable from kragen?  don't wanna
>pull the tank (siphoning 10 gallons of chev 92 octane
>to mike's urq) and have the car immobile only to realize
>i'm missing parts ;)
>
>Pulling the UrQ tank is one of the more straight forward procedures you
>can do, simply disco the fill line clamps, disco the outflow hose, and I
>believe 4 bolts hold it in,(accessible from the trunk).  There is no
>need to siphon the gas, simply get under the car and you will see a
>short section of flexi hose held in by hose clamps.  Simply loosen and
>you can drain the tank very well from there.  AFAIK there is no sediment
>trap, under the car you will see the prepump filter that should be
>changed as well as the down stream hard filter.  You didn't say where
>your tank was leaking from, my 18 year old tank was fine but the flexi
>line underneath was leaking nicely!
>HTH
>Mike
>
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