Fuel Leak near fuel pump, '84.5

[blake at clockworm.com (Blake Irvin)]

in my case, i found that it's best to replace the copper washers on  
the gas line fittings, or else you get leaks.

blake/

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>> 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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