I am having trouble removing the bottom hose, the clamp is undone, and no amount of pulling will do it. There is not enough space (i have ABS) to put pliers in. I read on a post somewhere that if I let it sit overnight, that it should come off easily?

Anyone can verify this?

 

There are several post on it, and no, there is no easy way to get it off. You already have the airbox removed, you just have to grab the hose in one hand, the filter in the other and twist and pull and b*tch and moan.

 

A set of panel poppers with a long handle works wonders - I took the hoses on ebmorgan's I30 off in seconds with this tool...(I30's have ABS)

Before that, we tried for 1/2 hour with pliers.

So yes, there is a quick way....I've posted about it at least 5 times....and yet people keep asking.

 

hey thanks for the comments, but i'd rather not go out and buy more tools. Once morning comes, I will try the screwdriver method, and if not jack up the car and pill it from there. If all else fails, i'll try the tool or cut the hoses. I was just wondering if anybody had any insight about letting it sit to make it easier?

 

I squirt a small amount of Simple Green just at the inside edge of the hose to work it's way inside the lip of the hose...works pretty good and not as invasive as WD-40 or the like...

 

Letting it sit wouldn't make a difference, unless you were allowing a lubricant to penetrate, but that's not really neccessary.

Try this: (If you haven't already), remove the top hose and pull the filter body out of the "C" clamp bracket securing it to the firewall. Maybe you haven't pulled the filter off the firewall, yet?

You should now be able to move the filter around a bit with the bottom hose still attached. With this new mobility, turn the filter so that you can get a better grip on the bottom hose with your left hand. Now, holding the filter body, rotate it in one direction while maintaining a firm hold on the hose beneath. Keep rotating the filter canister in the same direction & begin to pull up as you do so.

Eventually, the friction between the hose and the filter nipple will break from the high torsion. It is much easier/more effective to apply force this way than trying to pull it straight off. You'll see.

 

8 inch long pliers.

 

btw. nice lights

 

be a man and pull it off like i did

Ant

 

I 2nd that thought, thats what I did, right before i got drenched in gasoline

 

see i was prepared for that. I had about 30 shop rages and some plastic bags under and right in front of me to catch any gas that might blow out. Id say a good cup of gas atleast shot out once i got the top hose off :x

Ant

 

remove the fuse for the fuel pump, run the car until it dies
then try starting a couple times to clear all the fuel out of the lines

that should get most of the fuel out of the lines and then you wont have a huge mess when you remove that hose

 

I changed my filter last Saturday afternoon. It was pretty straightforward after referencing all the previous postings on this subject. Not too much fuel spilled out from the top hose, but I did get about a cup of fuel spillage from the bottom hose. Like everyone else said, no special tools are needed to remove the bottom hose. And like KWheelzSB said in his earlier post, you need to get one hand around the cannister and keep turning it in the same direction and use your other hand to pull down on the hose. After turning it a few times the hose slides off easily. The trickiest part for me was getting the cannister in the proper position so I could loosen the hose clamps with a phillips head screwdriver. One thing I did to catch the leaking fuel was to place a small container in the area underneath the fuel filter. I used the bottom portion of a plastic gallon milk container. It covers a wide area and its bends real easy when you want to remove it from a narrow area.

 

Although Ian will disagree use a blowdryer. That's what I did and it worked fine. Are you taking the fuel filter out of the clip so you can bring it up higher?

 

thanks guys, i got it yesterday, any insight here?

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=183838

 

I gave a reply there. Good luck on that.

Anyway, how did you get the hose off after all brod?

 

twisted the filter (nozzles) parallel to the ground and pulled and twisted from that position.

 

Hey, I was struggling with the hoses too since I hadn't changed my fuel filter in a few years. What worked for me was I put a thin rag, double wrapped it around the filter hose where it connects to the filter. I used pliers just to loosen the hose & filter (i.e., I could squeeze very hard without damaging the hose because of the rag, and I pull it I just twisted it). Once I felt it move underneath, I proceeded to just pull the hose by hand, twisting a bit while doing it, it came out in less than a minute!

Works great, now I just hope I can get my car to start!!

 

Hey, I was struggling with the hoses too since I hadn't changed my fuel filter in a few years. What worked for me was I put a thin rag, double wrapped it around the filter hose where it connects to the filter. I used pliers just to loosen the hose & filter (i.e., I could squeeze very hard without damaging the hose because of the rag, and I didn't pull it, I just twisted it). Once I felt it move underneath, I proceeded to just pull the hose by hand, twisting a bit while doing it, it came out in less than a minute!

Works great, now I just hope I can get my car to start!!