Audi: Replacement fuel tank for 4000Q?

An online dealer?

"EL" <com> wrote in message
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4000 Quattro? I spent some time Googling, but all I can 

EL wrote: 

I think that's a dealer only part. What's wrong with a good used one?

-jim

"EL" <com> wrote in message news:<403d0719$0$703$newshosting.com>... 

Why bother with new? The thing's in the trunk behind the seat,
totally protected, and I can't imagine many of them have deteriorated
very much (what happened to the one you're replacing?). Try Shokan
Audi parts.
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; never touched one)

"EL" <com> wrote in message
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4000 Quattro? I spent some time Googling, but all I can 

Have you pulled the tank out of the car and had a good look at it? I
recently had a radiator shop fix the tank on my 4000 -- some pinholes had
developed in the fitting that feeds the fuel pump. The tank looked fine
otherwise, inside and out..

The shop soldered up the pinholes and tinned the fittings thoroughly with
solder. Problem solved for less than $50.


RM

Sigh... would that it were that simple. My problem is the opposite - rust inside the tank. Except that it doesn't *stay* inside
the tank, when you start the car it gets loose and clogs the fuel pre-filter and the car stops running after a couple of minutes!

I moved from MA to southern FL about 2 years ago, and since then the car has spent 99% of it's time stored outside with a non-full
fuel tank (yeah, I know, my bad). The weather here is so humid there's dew on the car 19 mornings out of 20, and I suspect the
same has been going on inside the tank.

I'm toying with the idea of sending it to one of those places that will clean it up and apply some sort of rubber/plastic coating
to the interior, but I'm a little suspicious of how that will hold up long-term.

Eric Law


"Russ Maki" <com> wrote in message news:supernews.com... 

"EL" <com> wrote in message
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inside the tank. Except that it doesn't *stay* inside 
pre-filter and the car stops running after a couple of minutes! 
has spent 99% of it's time stored outside with a non-full 
dew on the car 19 mornings out of 20, and I suspect the 
clean it up and apply some sort of rubber/plastic coating 
long-term. 

Sorry to hear that. If the tank doesn't leak you might get away with having
it cleaned and coated. Otherwise, you could do a search on
http://www.car-part.com and see what in the used market turns up in
Florida -- or, at least, in the Southeast.

Russ