Re: 5ktq fuel pump strainer clogging

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

You're right. I incorrectly remembered the fit. I forgot that the fp is
mounted on that tripod thingy. I was picturing another car I did (what the
f was it???) that the fp had a reduced diameter line in the body and slip
fit into the pickup assembly. It locked using the reduced dia face of the
fp being engaged by a raised section in the pickup housing.

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*Steve                                             Sachelle Babbar
*'87  5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 bar             <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
*your results may vary from mine."
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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Ken Keith wrote:

> Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Then how would you slip the pump through the pickup housing in the tank if
> > it had this stuff on it? 
> 
> I don't know how tight a fit it is, but when I replaced the FP on my 
> '88 5kcstq a number of weeks ago, it seemed like it might have fit.  
> Are you referring to the plastic piece that goes over the pump body, 
> that slides over the three pins and are retained by the plastic clips 
> attached to the floor of the tank?  Is that the pickup housing, the 
> thing that is on the bottom of the tank?  I do remember the pump 
> body slid into a round hole in the bottom of that part of the tank.
> 
> Perhaps the screen could be attached and held on by the plastic 
> two-piece part that holds the pump in that hole on the floor?
> 
> These are just thoughts, not proven methods.
> 
> > Whynot  just clean the tank out after you remove
> > aqll the junk in way? If you get the fp out, get the pick up housing out
> > (remember to index everything), siphon the last of the gas out and then
> > with rags or paper towel, try to get all the crap you can.
> 
> That would work for the junk in the tank at that time, but you would 
> no longer have any protection from the nasty stuff getting into the 
> tank, and pump gears, from that point on.  I was trying to suggest 
> a way to still have some sort of a screen in place.  Perhaps it's not 
> possible or needed.  Maybe the original screen could be cleaned 
> with some sort of solvent instead of removing it.  (I don't know why 
> Audi wouldn't have suggest this instead tho', if it were possible.)
> 
> Ken
>