[T3] Mystery Fix (soaking fuel pump)

[J. Jonik]

Isn't the whole point of soaking a dry-stored Fuel Pump in diesel (or kerosene or heating oil) that this will swell up those O-ring seals so that they, you know, seal?
 If soaking doesn't work, does this mean that my half dozen or so salvaged fuel pumps are (probably) useless?

To this...
>  A shop owner mechanic who used to work on regular REAL VW's said that if one soaks a dry fuel pump before installing, it only need be for over-night, and it could be soaked in diesel, kerosene, or heating oil.

...Jim Adney responded...

For most cases that I've dealt with, that does nothing at all, but there's absolutely no harm in it. The worst thing is that you will probably spend a fair amount of time installing a pump that will promptly empty the gas tank onto the ground, via dried out and shrunken O-rings that no longer seal.