Fuel Filter is going to be the death of me...
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Fuel Filter is going to be the death of me...
Ok, I started at about 12:30 today, and it's now about 2:30. I"M NOT EVEN HALF WAY THERE. I have the top fuel line off, and have the clamp for the bottom fuel line loosened and hanging on to the fuel line. I cannot get the bottome fuel line off. In about an hour's worth of cranking the engine/pulling on the line, I've gotten about an eigth inch of movement. PLEASE give me suggestions on what to do. I have the intake completely off, I have an abs system, and have cranked my poor engine at least 50 times so far. I don't know if this is the original filter (I now have 135k mi) which might explain why this is so damn difficult. I don't know. Please shed some light on this.
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Originally Posted by BigLou93SE
Ok, I started at about 12:30 today, and it's now about 2:30. I"M NOT EVEN HALF WAY THERE. I have the top fuel line off, and have the clamp for the bottom fuel line loosened and hanging on to the fuel line. I cannot get the bottome fuel line off. In about an hour's worth of cranking the engine/pulling on the line, I've gotten about an eigth inch of movement. PLEASE give me suggestions on what to do. I have the intake completely off, I have an abs system, and have cranked my poor engine at least 50 times so far. I don't know if this is the original filter (I now have 135k mi) which might explain why this is so damn difficult. I don't know. Please shed some light on this.
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That's what I've been trying to do, but since I have ABS there's not a lot of play room to do that. Thanks for the replies, I have to go to work, so tomorrow afternoon I will get back after it.
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I had a hard time removing my hoses. I sprayed wd40 around the top of the hose, and allowed it to seep in a bit. Then I used a flat head screw driver and gentally pried between the top of the hose and the filter until I was able to start twisting the hose with my hand off.
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Originally Posted by BigLou93SE
That's what I've been trying to do, but since I have ABS there's not a lot of play room to do that. Thanks for the replies, I have to go to work, so tomorrow afternoon I will get back after it.
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Everytime I am working on my car and I'm at the point when I'm like AHH I CANT DO THIS - my dad says "If I told you I would give you a million dollars to get this done - you'd find a way to get it done". 9 times outta 10 thinking about that annoys me to the point I get it done. So just keep that in mind, and you'll get that hose taken off.
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Originally Posted by ChristheNite
Everytime I am working on my car and I'm at the point when I'm like AHH I CANT DO THIS - my dad says "If I told you I would give you a million dollars to get this done - you'd find a way to get it done". 9 times outta 10 thinking about that annoys me to the point I get it done. So just keep that in mind, and you'll get that hose taken off.
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yea.... the filter was a real pita. had to cut both bottom hose and top hose to take off. that was easy. tha hardest part was putting it back on.. we were forced to lube up the hoses and try to slip it in. finally after numerous attempts it was finally achieved.
whata f*ckin PITA. good luck
whata f*ckin PITA. good luck
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I have no real mechanical experience but was able to take the filter off by using a small flat head screwdriver and allowed some air to get in between the hose and the filter and just pryed it off in like 3 min. Just don't pull it off as everyone said. Take your time and get something in there and pry it off.
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Originally Posted by lefty
I have no real mechanical experience but was able to take the filter off by using a small flat head screwdriver and allowed some air to get in between the hose and the filter and just pryed it off in like 3 min. Just don't pull it off as everyone said. Take your time and get something in there and pry it off.
take off intake hoses + MAF assembly before doing this,
1) take off top hose,
2) pull filter out of the clip
3) bend the filter 90 deg towards the front of the car, exposing bottom clamp
4) loosen the bottom clamp, using a flat screw driver pry the hose off.
15mins tops,for the whole thing.
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Originally Posted by BluFlame
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take off intake hoses + MAF assembly before doing this,
1) take off top hose,
2) pull filter out of the clip
3) bend the filter 90 deg towards the front of the car, exposing bottom clamp
4) loosen the bottom clamp, using a flat screw driver pry the hose off.
15mins tops,for the whole thing.
take off intake hoses + MAF assembly before doing this,
1) take off top hose,
2) pull filter out of the clip
3) bend the filter 90 deg towards the front of the car, exposing bottom clamp
4) loosen the bottom clamp, using a flat screw driver pry the hose off.
15mins tops,for the whole thing.
Pull the Fues for the Fuel pump and give the car a start, My 99 Was a bI)ch to take off. It would not come out.
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if you have small hands you can do this pretty quickly... get your girlfriend or sister to do this...
as everyone in the thread have said... twist and pull... that's the only way.
and patience... it took me about an hour or so for me to do the entire job.
as everyone in the thread have said... twist and pull... that's the only way.
and patience... it took me about an hour or so for me to do the entire job.
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Ok, well I had taken off the intake assembly to the throttle body, and I did take out the fuse to the fuel pump and cranked at least 50 times to try to relieve pressure build up. I'll definately try with the screwdriver/prying trick after I give the twisting with tape-wrapped pliers a go. Thanks for the help everyone. I hope my car feels better, I know it probably needs it.
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Let us know how it goes. As mentioned, don't just yank on it. Get a scredriver between the rubber hose and the neck of the fuelfilter and pry it to get some Air inbeteween than work it. Common sense. i.e. Tough to get a condom off by pulling it off from the ends however, if you lift it off the bottom and get some air in between, you can break the seal.
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Originally Posted by Ant96GLE
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