Bubble18-30
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Hi Guys,
Thought i'd post this one after succeeding in doing it - when i'd thought failure was on the cards! It's a collaboration of several techniques from various members in the US and UK.
Note for anybody who has not changed the fuel filter yet...Change It! I had a rough idle and it was lumpy at pickup at low revs - not it's so smooth and rumble free!
Anyhow, The instructions:
1) Make sure this is done with the tank at least on reserve.
2) Disconnect the battery negative.
3) Jack up the front nearside only - this will give the working clearance needed but also tip the tank backwards away from the filter so the fuel ends up at the back
4) Tools needed:
- 14" Bolt cutters (About £8 from eBay)
- Torch (Avoid the high powered halogen type - they generate a lot of heat in a confined space)
- Googles (Petrol in your eye will blind you...)
- Mole grips
- Bent Small Nail
- Small Flathead Screwdriver
5) Disconnect the 2 clips that act as a safety clip from the hose to the filter at both sides and hang them out of the way
6) Use the bolt cutters and placing them as near to the filter bowl itself "clamp" the inlet and outlet pipes until they are "flat" where the bolt cutters have crimped them - i stopped at cutting straight through them as i wanted the minimise the risk of any spark)
7) Take hold of one of the pipes and bend it up and down with the crease - like snapping a credit card until the pipe snaps free from the filter body, do the same with the other one and on bothpipes being removed drop the filter body out and dispose (Or cut it open to see how gunged it is inside!)The clamping will also act as a seal so hardly any petrol will drip out. The result will be similar to this:
8) take hold of the left over fuel filter end still attached to the pipe with the mole grips and using a twisting motion pull it out as far as it will go (it may come out completely - BONUS! or it may be stopped by the quick release tabs.
9) on looking inside the pipe with the fuel filter end still attached you will see 4 tabs holding onto whats left of the fuel filter end, with the end now pulled out as far as it will go use the screwdriver to push all the tabs to the outside edge to free the filter end qand using the mole grips pull it out - Hey presto! Do this for both ends.
NEED A PIC OF THIS!
10) Using the small bent nail, hook it under each of the tabs and by rotating the nail over the outside edge bend each one of the tabs towards the hole in the centre until the edge of the tab lines up with the edge of the hole.
11) Connect the new fuel filter up by push fitting the new filter on and pushing it into the clamp - Done!
12) Reconnect the battery - it's likely that the PCM has been reset so take it for a 20 mile drive for it to relearn the engines settings again.
I didn't get all the pics i wanted as my main camera is broken - the iPhone doesn't have a flash!
If anybody has any suggestions for modification of this technique or has any pics to make it easier to understand please upload them!
Ben.
Thought i'd post this one after succeeding in doing it - when i'd thought failure was on the cards! It's a collaboration of several techniques from various members in the US and UK.
Note for anybody who has not changed the fuel filter yet...Change It! I had a rough idle and it was lumpy at pickup at low revs - not it's so smooth and rumble free!
Anyhow, The instructions:
1) Make sure this is done with the tank at least on reserve.
2) Disconnect the battery negative.
3) Jack up the front nearside only - this will give the working clearance needed but also tip the tank backwards away from the filter so the fuel ends up at the back
4) Tools needed:
- 14" Bolt cutters (About £8 from eBay)
- Torch (Avoid the high powered halogen type - they generate a lot of heat in a confined space)
- Googles (Petrol in your eye will blind you...)
- Mole grips
- Bent Small Nail
- Small Flathead Screwdriver
5) Disconnect the 2 clips that act as a safety clip from the hose to the filter at both sides and hang them out of the way
6) Use the bolt cutters and placing them as near to the filter bowl itself "clamp" the inlet and outlet pipes until they are "flat" where the bolt cutters have crimped them - i stopped at cutting straight through them as i wanted the minimise the risk of any spark)
7) Take hold of one of the pipes and bend it up and down with the crease - like snapping a credit card until the pipe snaps free from the filter body, do the same with the other one and on bothpipes being removed drop the filter body out and dispose (Or cut it open to see how gunged it is inside!)The clamping will also act as a seal so hardly any petrol will drip out. The result will be similar to this:
8) take hold of the left over fuel filter end still attached to the pipe with the mole grips and using a twisting motion pull it out as far as it will go (it may come out completely - BONUS! or it may be stopped by the quick release tabs.
9) on looking inside the pipe with the fuel filter end still attached you will see 4 tabs holding onto whats left of the fuel filter end, with the end now pulled out as far as it will go use the screwdriver to push all the tabs to the outside edge to free the filter end qand using the mole grips pull it out - Hey presto! Do this for both ends.
NEED A PIC OF THIS!
10) Using the small bent nail, hook it under each of the tabs and by rotating the nail over the outside edge bend each one of the tabs towards the hole in the centre until the edge of the tab lines up with the edge of the hole.
11) Connect the new fuel filter up by push fitting the new filter on and pushing it into the clamp - Done!
12) Reconnect the battery - it's likely that the PCM has been reset so take it for a 20 mile drive for it to relearn the engines settings again.
I didn't get all the pics i wanted as my main camera is broken - the iPhone doesn't have a flash!
If anybody has any suggestions for modification of this technique or has any pics to make it easier to understand please upload them!
Ben.
