fuel filter location

[quiznos]

im stupid, can someone tell me where the fuel filter is located? i heard stuff about firewall and brakelne...someone help me cuz im illiterate and need to replace my filter fast

[BustedLX]

Re: fuel filter location

Originally posted by quiznos
im stupid, can someone tell me where the fuel filter is located? i heard stuff about firewall and brakelne...someone help me cuz im illiterate and need to replace my filter fast

On the passanger side under the EVAP control Box.

[accordztech]

yea its under that black thing with vacummn lines comming from it near the fuse box.

you will see 2 gold metal or silver metal pipes going to it.

[punkrockimport]

ok man, if you are standing in front of the car looking at the engine, it is about a foot to the left and about 9 inches down from the throttle body. setting all nice and snug on the firewall. yea, theres a black box setting like on top/a lil to the left of the fuel filter. you will need to move it out of your way when you change the fuel filter. careful not to snap your fuel line when you change it, it happened to me

[accordztech]

how did u snap it?

just counter it on the bottom u can use a vice crip or something so that the filter wont twist.

i removed my intake hose so that i can get to it, with that black thing.

[thatsitbelowradarSTL]

That thing is really hard to get it out (on your first try), I would recommend buying some long socket extensions.

[h22sparkle]

Yeah bro get some long socket tools and take it off just like that. Also you may need a wrench to take off the two parts that go to the fuel lines to the fuel filter.

And it should come off just like that. But you have to take off the air intake and stuff liek that so you get some good clearance to remove it. Be very careful not to crossthread the thingor strip the threading and make sure you dont lose the original washers too.

[punkrockimport]

oh yea, of course, i forgot to mention taking the intake piping off of the throttle body so you can get to it. but anyways yea, i was just trying to crank as hard as i could to get the damn thing off, and being in a kinda bad mood in the first place didn't help, but i tried to turn it hard, and whadda ya know, a little twist and snap, here comes gas running out on the floor. i was kinda scared when that happened, cuz i didn't know how i was gonna fix it. it broke in the worst spot, inside of the bolt on the fuel filter(where the fuel line runs into the bolt and is held in place to the filter)! so i had to buy a piece of fuel line(the next day, cuz advance auto was closed for the night) to run out from the bolt a little bit and then put a piece of thick rubber hose tightly onto both the ends of fuel line, and put small hose clamps on each end. it held tightly though, and i havenm't had any leakage from there, so it worked. stressful night.