Correct Gasket for In-Tank Fuel Pump
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 4:18 pm
Gents,
A while back I started smelling a bit of fuel vapor in my trunk, so I thought that perhaps the gaskets on the in-tank pump and/or sending unit may have dried out and failed, so I ordered the sending unit gasket and 161221116966: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxre ... series=E24 AND 62168782015: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxre ... series=E24.
It's been awhile since I ordered and my brain is aging, so I don't remember exactly how I ended up with both, but now I'm finally ready to do the work. I removed the pump and found an old crusty 16121116966 but no 62168782015, so I looked on RealOEM and realized that the two don't work together....it's either one or the other.
My car is a '85 M635 so according to RealOEM it should have 62168782015, not 16121116966 as it currently does. Apparently 16121116966 was used mostly on many US cars in particular the M6, and 62168782015 was used only on EUR cars, specifically the M635. So hopefully through all that you understand my confusion: do I put in the new 16121116966 or switch it to 62168782015? Is there a difference in the opening in the fuel cell on EUR cars that would be specific to 62168782015? Or is 16121116966 the better choice? Or am I just thinking too much about this?
Thanks!!
A while back I started smelling a bit of fuel vapor in my trunk, so I thought that perhaps the gaskets on the in-tank pump and/or sending unit may have dried out and failed, so I ordered the sending unit gasket and 161221116966: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxre ... series=E24 AND 62168782015: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxre ... series=E24.
It's been awhile since I ordered and my brain is aging, so I don't remember exactly how I ended up with both, but now I'm finally ready to do the work. I removed the pump and found an old crusty 16121116966 but no 62168782015, so I looked on RealOEM and realized that the two don't work together....it's either one or the other.
My car is a '85 M635 so according to RealOEM it should have 62168782015, not 16121116966 as it currently does. Apparently 16121116966 was used mostly on many US cars in particular the M6, and 62168782015 was used only on EUR cars, specifically the M635. So hopefully through all that you understand my confusion: do I put in the new 16121116966 or switch it to 62168782015? Is there a difference in the opening in the fuel cell on EUR cars that would be specific to 62168782015? Or is 16121116966 the better choice? Or am I just thinking too much about this?
Thanks!!