It's amazing what a mini tune up @ 30,000 miles does to throttle response!

I wanna share a few tips for an easy fuel filter replacement:

1) Put a dab of grease on the ends of the new fuel filter so the hoses come off easier next time around.

2) Make sure your engine bay and all the hoses are nice and warm. There softer and easier to work with when there warmed up.

My fuel filter came off like butter this time around, took me less then 10 minutes to change that puppy.

No matter how long I get the car to idle without the fuel pump fuse in I still get sprayed with fuel when the first hose pops off.

 

what fuel filter did u use 300zx or maxima one
im planning on changing mine this weekend and cant decide on one

 

Nice tip on the having it warm for the hoses to come off, i hate those stupid hoses

 

I usually crush the old filter barbed ends to make them samller and so it comes off really easy that way ... maybe not the best method, but it works.

I need to do this soon along with plugs.

 

Stock Maxima filter, got it from Nissan.

 

30,000 miles?

 

nice tip there njmax ill keep that in mind im fixing to change mine here pretty soon.
so is it good to put a 350z filter in the max?? has anyone tried this b4??

 

300zx filter, not 350z. and yeah, i have one, it works fine, and will hopefully last longer than the maxima filter.

 

yeah i meant to say 300..

 

their claiming 30 k , we do it at 15k :lmao: I'm doing mine 2morrow as well.

 

ive also got 300zx, works fine, and fits fine. had no problems getting it in whatsoever. i also cranked up the car a million times so i wouldnt get sprayed by gas. thank god i didnt

 

haha, same happened to me. i cranked the car about 6 more times after it would stumble, thinking i got all the pressure out, i still got sprayed with fuel in the face. replaced it with a 300zx filter, so i dont have to worry about it for a while.

 

guys whats the difference between 300 or 350 fuel filter?? which one is better?

 

there is no 350 filter...that was already stated. 300ZX FILTER...NOT 350Z

 

i have a 95 gle and I want to get that 300zx fuel filter. Would i need to get a 95 300zx fuel filter??? Which year would be best?????

 

you have 30k on your car? thats it?

 

i think '90-'96 is all the same model. i asked for a '94 and got the right one, so any of those years should be fine.

 

what southeast_first said, any year and model will work, 90-96 non-turbo and turbo models use the same fuel filter

 

I just get sprayed and catch the fuel in a can- I don't like the idea of running my injectors dry by shuting power off the fuel pump- F's um up in my opinion

 

It is your opinion, a wrong one but it's still an opinion.

 

if you guys open the lid where you fill the car with gas and completly removed then ,unplug the fuel pump fuse u should realese any pressure from the lines.... try this next time (make sure tu put a rag in the compartment after taken the lid out...and put another rag on top the fuel filter just in case ... att Germr4 97SE...

 

Did that, doesn't help... still sprays a bit of fuel.

 

Right Dave..i was thinking about the fuel pump - that will definitely get hosed if it is run dry.

As for the filter change, I did this last week without the fuel pump fuse removal technique- I didn't get alot of spray maybe lost about a half pint of fuel- probably because I let the car sit overnight.

 

You guys are complaining of getting fuel sprayed, But it show that you fuel pump is holding residule pressure and that you injectors are not leaking. If you can't hold pressure then there is a problem. Like long crank time after sitting. To be 100% that there is no pressure remove the fuel pump fuse and crank the motor. any pressure left in the line will be sprayed into the motor. Or throw a rag over your hand while pulling of the fuel hose. The rag will block the spraying into you. Peace