F*$kin fuel filter
01-02-2003, 05:12 AM
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F*$kin fuel filter
Ok i attempted to change my fuel filter these holidays and all i did was managed to get drenched in fuel and scrached up.
I got everything except the bottom connection off the filter. Its a PITA. Anyone have any hints/tips on geting that bastard off?
I got everything except the bottom connection off the filter. Its a PITA. Anyone have any hints/tips on geting that bastard off?
01-02-2003, 05:28 AM
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Anyone have any hints/tips on geting that bastard off?
Let someone else do it! Anyone have any hints/tips on geting that bastard off?
*lol* I was gonna change mine too, but after seeing how much of a pain it was, said screw it, and I just paid my friends mechanic 40 bux and a 6 pack of brew, to change it for me. tongue.gif
01-02-2003, 08:43 AM
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I remember the first time I did it on my 93 Excel.
Almost gave me a brain tumor.
Almost gave me a brain tumor.
01-02-2003, 09:13 AM
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Ok i attempted to change my fuel filter these holidays and all i did was managed to get drenched in fuel and scrached up.
I got everything except the bottom connection off the filter. Its a PITA. Anyone have any hints/tips on geting that bastard off?
heat it up....Ok i attempted to change my fuel filter these holidays and all i did was managed to get drenched in fuel and scrached up.
I got everything except the bottom connection off the filter. Its a PITA. Anyone have any hints/tips on geting that bastard off?
J/k its a filter drenched in fuel.....
umm i dunno ill get back 2 ya in a few
01-02-2003, 03:03 PM
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I haven't done mine yet, but go here:
http://www.hmaservice.com/webtech/
it tell you how to do it. your saposed to mrmove a hose or someting then staert the car, let it stall then do somthing. Do'nt remember, but something about relieving pressure. Chaeck it out, it might help.
http://www.hmaservice.com/webtech/
it tell you how to do it. your saposed to mrmove a hose or someting then staert the car, let it stall then do somthing. Do'nt remember, but something about relieving pressure. Chaeck it out, it might help.
01-02-2003, 11:00 PM
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01-04-2003, 02:09 AM
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This is a universal problem with Hyundai`s!.
Luckily I had heared about it before I tried it, so I wrapped the bottom union nut with a strip of rag soaked in brake fluid the night before trying to undo it.........it works!.
Luckily I had heared about it before I tried it, so I wrapped the bottom union nut with a strip of rag soaked in brake fluid the night before trying to undo it.........it works!.
01-06-2003, 07:22 AM
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I tried to replace my fuel filter too & ended up kinking the dag nab fuel line. So I had to take it too a shop & have them do it.
So, to answer the question: How to change the fuel filter on my car? Let the shop do it!!!
LOL...
So, to answer the question: How to change the fuel filter on my car? Let the shop do it!!!
LOL...
01-06-2003, 10:05 PM
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man that takes me back. A cold day in the parking lot. Me under the car, girlfriend leaning over the hood. Me cussing the a$$hole who tightened the fuel filter to 120 ft-lbs. But my freakishly strong girlfriend with one wrench and me with another managed to finally get it off.
it was a PITA, but was worth it to save $80 or so that a mechanic would have charged. Now it's not on there as tight, so future changes should be easier.
ac
it was a PITA, but was worth it to save $80 or so that a mechanic would have charged. Now it's not on there as tight, so future changes should be easier.
ac
