Fuel Leak near fuel pump, '84.5

[scourge at cogeco.ca (Scourge)]

Heh, I just replaced the same line on Blacky last night. HUGE pita. It was 
the original in there still. This box you're seeing is the "resevoir". The 
transfer pump feeds into it(and then on to the main pump), the return line 
from the fuel dizzy feeds into it as does the return line going back into 
the tank. I pray to God that I never have to change it, lol.
It's only on the big fuel tank cars(84.5 and up). You'll find info about it 
in the bently that comes after the one you have.

HTH
-George


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris" <open.seas@verizon.net>
To: "scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:48 PM
Subject: Fuel Leak near fuel pump, '84.5


>I noticed a fuel leak in my 84.5 Scirocco near the rt rear.  It appeared to 
>be the rubber fuel hose (elbow) from the gas tank to the fuel pump. So I 
>replaced it. The next day there appeared to be a few drops of fuel on the 
>new hose. (The battery had not been hooked up, so there was no power to the 
>pump to pressurize it.) I thought the hose went directly from the fuel tank 
>to the fuel pump, but on further inspection it appears to go up to a 
>rectangular box (at least the portion that I can see from below)that 
>appears to be separate from the gas tank.  The diagrams in the Bentley (R, 
>S, J, '80-'84) do not seem to show it.  The diagram shows the fuel hose at 
>the "incoming" end of the fuel pump but it does not really show where the 
>other end of the hose attaches (in order to get fuel from the tank).
>
> The closest object in the schematic is the expansion tank, but it does not 
> show any connections to the fuel pump. What is the "rectangular box" am I 
> looking at?
>
> Chris
>
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