In a message dated 18/10/2006 12:43:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Thanks  to all who responded to my earlier post about
my noisy fuel pump. The story  is not over but I'm
getting close.

To make a long story short my  fuel pump was noisy and
eventually failed completely because it got plugged  up
with a fine rust colored silt from my just "cleaned"
tank.   While the ruined pump is apparently my problem
(shop taking no  responsibility for this), they have
offered to re-remove the tank and send  it back to
Seatle Radiator to be re-cleaned.

I'm wondering if I  should just replace the tank - I
guess I'm just skeptical of anyone's  ability to really
clean out the old one and am pretty sick of  dealing
with this.  And i really don't want to ruin anohter
fuel  pump (this one was new in June!).

The guy at Seattle Radiator seemed  pretty baffled that
a tank he had just cleaned could have had gunk in  it
and claimed that they had never had a problem before,
but was more  than willing to redo the work (more than
I can say for my soon-to-be-former  VW mechanic).  Any
opinion on which route to take?  While it  would be
cheaper to let them re-clean, the last thing I want is
any more  trouble out of this - ever.

What would you do? Any advice on backyard  Seattle
mechanics who could install a new tank  cheerfully
accepted!

Curt, your just wasting time and money trying to  clean the tank.  It is
impossible.  This subject has been covered a  gazillion times by myself and
others.  Check the archives.    Then, install a new tank and stop burning up fuel
pumps !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg  (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa  Valley
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