Re: Fuel Pump

[Paul R Anderson <audistuff@juno.com>]

Don't be so quick to delete a shop which tried to save you money.
The pump ws apparently working fine.  They have been known to operate
just fine for 10s of thousands of miles while making noise.



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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:12:26 -0500 Ronald Paletzki
<paletzki@codon.nih.gov> writes:
>89, 100 5 spd   110kmiles
>Question about the fuel pump and tank.  I bought this car with 70k, 
>at
>about 85k the fuel pump became noisy, thinking it was going bad I took 
>the
>car to a local independent Audi specialist and they said the pump was 
>fine.
>Two months latter I was stranded with a dead pump, and I no longer go 
>to
>that "specialist".  Now at 110k the pump is load again.  What is the 
>normal
>life of these pumps?  In my other cares I usually replace them at 80k 
>to
>120k intervals (VW, Volvo, older Audi).  I checked the Quattro 
>archives and
>saw a reference to bad fuel tank linings in the 89-90 years.  Could 
>this be
>the cause of the short fuel pump life?  So my questions are,  how easy 
>is
>it to replace the fuel pump, any special tools required, parts need 
>such as
>special washers etc, or any tricks?  Does anyone have more information 
>on
>the bad fuel tanks, and what the fix is? I will defiantly check out 
>the
>tank when I replace the pump.   Also should I consider replacing the 
>fuel
>filter at the same time?  Thanks for any help
>Ron Paletzki
>
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