Fuel Filter Install quick question
#1
Fuel Filter Install quick question
i read the instructions for changing my fuel filter, but i have a quick question for you guys...
are there any screws I am going to need to remove to take off the current filter?
i do not have ABS, so perhaps I can do it myself within a reasonable time frame. (hopefully) lol
EDIT: I just called my Local Nissan Dealership (Bob Sharp's Nissan in Georgetown, CT) and they told me 40.00 for install and 17.48 for the filter) Should I not even attempt my own install and break out the lube for a 30 minute job they say? lol
are there any screws I am going to need to remove to take off the current filter?
i do not have ABS, so perhaps I can do it myself within a reasonable time frame. (hopefully) lol
EDIT: I just called my Local Nissan Dealership (Bob Sharp's Nissan in Georgetown, CT) and they told me 40.00 for install and 17.48 for the filter) Should I not even attempt my own install and break out the lube for a 30 minute job they say? lol
#5
Changed my own filter a few months back. I have small hands and it was still VERY VERY difficult to get to the bottom hose clamp. Once off the difficulty for me was getting leverage on the hose to pull it off of the filter.
If I can find someone to do it next time for $57 parts and labor like you, I'll take it and save the 2 hours of frustration and mangled hands.
If I can find someone to do it next time for $57 parts and labor like you, I'll take it and save the 2 hours of frustration and mangled hands.
#7
do u need to depressurize the fuel system? (it says to do this in the Haynes repair manual)
one chance in hell this fixes my backfiring problems
Jesse
answered my own question: found the fuse inside the car, disconected it and the negative terminal, started the car, which drained the fuel, no being squirted in the face for me
one chance in hell this fixes my backfiring problems
Jesse
answered my own question: found the fuse inside the car, disconected it and the negative terminal, started the car, which drained the fuel, no being squirted in the face for me
#8
It's not too bad. You can remove the airbox to get more room. If the fuel hose is stuck to the fuel filter, you can use a flat blade screw driver and pry the hose from the filter body. Should take no more than 30 minutes to change the filter. I let the car sit overnight and did not have to depressurize the fuel system.
#9
I read once many hoses are designed like `finger lock' cannot remember the exact term. It means if you pull straight on them, instead of pulling out, they actually squeeze towards the inside, gripping even more on their ' catch' . (They are built with a locking thread mesh inside the material (rubber or other) . Dont know if all automotive hoses are built like that. Nevertheless, avoid pulling on hoses, cause it wont work. Pry them out with a screw driver has recommended by UncleMax98
#10
Originally Posted by UncleMax98
It's not too bad. You can remove the airbox to get more room. If the fuel hose is stuck to the fuel filter, you can use a flat blade screw driver and pry the hose from the filter body. Should take no more than 30 minutes to change the filter. I let the car sit overnight and did not have to depressurize the fuel system.
Screw paying someone to do it for you, save that cash for your next mod, something cool like a supercharger+mevi+100 shot of nitrous.....
f a g s pay people to do their work for them.
#13
I just changed mine a couple of weeks ago. I'm no mechanic, by any means, and it took me only 45 mins. And I have ABS. Getting the top section off was what took the longest. Once you get that done you can maneuver the fuel filter around to get the bottom screw and hose off easily. Don't pay anyone to do it, it is easy enough to do.
#14
Just changed mine last week in about 30mins. (minus the hour that I stood there listening to some preacher that caught me outside and telling me how I should come to church ) It was a cake job! Almost easier than replacing my tension/idler pulley. I used the help of a pair of vise grips to pull the hoses off the filter, works very well. Just be sure to have a cleanup cloth right nearby, cause there will be extra fuel in the line that will come spewing all over the place. Goggles arent a bad idea either. Oh and make sure to DEPRESSURIZE THE FUEL LINES first!!!
Later,
bluemaxdriver4
Later,
bluemaxdriver4
#19
Originally Posted by hoodedmunkee
damn...does replacing the fuel filter require that many process?i dont remember reading that in the chiltons manual for a 96.
I read the instructions to pull the fuse, crank the car a few times till it dies/wont start. that is what they mean by depressurize right? I dont want a face full of fuel.
#20
Originally Posted by dpassino
i am going to attempt the change on sunday. we will see how it goes. I think I can do it. the only thing I dont like is the face of the screw is facing the other way. I think I am going to need a really short phillips head. lol
I read the instructions to pull the fuse, crank the car a few times till it dies/wont start. that is what they mean by depressurize right? I dont want a face full of fuel.
I read the instructions to pull the fuse, crank the car a few times till it dies/wont start. that is what they mean by depressurize right? I dont want a face full of fuel.
cool! then let me know how it goes!
#22
just a secondary question...
would there be any problems with adding some more hose before or after the fuel filter and relocating it to an easier to reach location? since it sounds like such a pain in the ***, yet not one seems to mention that, which leads me to assume I'm missing something obvious to make it a bad idea..
any thoughts, I mean, if you already have the filter off, it would be hard to just add a couple more inches of fuel line and put the thing in an easier place.. anyway, whatev.. just wondering
wJ
would there be any problems with adding some more hose before or after the fuel filter and relocating it to an easier to reach location? since it sounds like such a pain in the ***, yet not one seems to mention that, which leads me to assume I'm missing something obvious to make it a bad idea..
any thoughts, I mean, if you already have the filter off, it would be hard to just add a couple more inches of fuel line and put the thing in an easier place.. anyway, whatev.. just wondering
wJ
#26
I just replaced mine two weeks ago for first time, but it was very easy 20 min job for me. I, too, felt it was little hard to reach the bottom screws, but with small screw drivers it's a easy job. and i don't have small hands.
#28
I just did mine yesterday. I did it at the same time as when I cleaned my Throttle Body so there was some extra room to get in there! Simple job. You can pop the filter off the mount and then twist the hoses a little to get better angles on the screws to losen them. If a hose is stuck, you can take a pair of pliers and put them over the hose where it is stuck and squeeze the pliers firmly with one hand and hold the filter with the other hand. Now just twist it back and forth and work the hose up and off a little at a time. If you do it carefully it won't damage the hose at all.
#30
Originally Posted by joew
The thing that holds the fuel filter on 4th gen Max, does it holds 300Z fuel filter?
#38
It's easy to find. I took a pic of mine after I changed it. Keep in mind that my whole air intake removed during this pic while I was cleaning the throttle body so it won't be this open. If you need to clean your throttle body I'd do it at the same time as this because it gives you a lot of extra room to get at the fuel filter. To find the fuel filter, its mounted against the firewall under the hood just in front of the driver steering wheel area. Lean over and you can see it down there. If you go buy your replacement you'll see what it looks like. It just has one hose going in the bottom of it and one coming out the top. You just loosen the clamps by unscrewing them counter-clockwise and then work the hose off. Its easier to pop it off the bracket first to get a better angle at the clamp screws. The filter just 'clicks' into the bracket.
The filter is the gold looking thing in the back....
www.mywirelessdeals.com/fuelfilter.jpg
The filter is the gold looking thing in the back....
www.mywirelessdeals.com/fuelfilter.jpg
#40
Originally Posted by spanishrice
Do you have to remove any of the breakers inside the car or on the outside for the fuel system? I don't want that much fuel going everywhere. Woah it is back there I probally chnage mine soon.
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