yah it took me 3 hours! but i R and R'd it! i think if i do it again it'll only take me bout 30mins...

 

Good job. It's really not as hard as everyone makes it out to be.

 

Awesome man. Feels good doing that crap huh. I did mine last week and I loved it. Took a gas bath and all. Congrats!

 

Love the feel of fuel in my eye.

 

What are the best tools to have for the job?
Im going to go ahead and do it once and see how it is.

 

10mm socket...and some small pliers to get the clamps off the hoses.

I use really long attachments for the socket and attack the bolts that fasten the braket to the frame from the groove is the diffs rear plate...that probably sounds really confusing, sorry.

 

1/4" drive tools are a must.

 

A plastic bag to put over the filter when you pull off the hoses. No gas in the eye.

Of course I learned that gas eats through plastic so you still have to be quick about it.

 

Gas won't dissolve a polyethylene bag.

 

Do you notice any "performance" difference now with the new filter on??....... Oh and Congrats on the job well done!!!

 

good job....3 hours though man....come on your slackin. gotta be quick...like lightning! To make yourself feel better after you tackle that bitch of a job cut the fuel filter in half with a kevlar cutting disk and see how dirty it was. Then light that ***** on fire and watch it burn. Makes the job worth the time

 

yah i did mine too. actually, it was the very first thing i did when i got my FD. pain in the *** though isnt it. i just threw the car up on jack stands and even with my skinny arms i could barly get my hands up there to get the bolt off. then the stock hose clamps are a pain in the *** too. i ended up replacing them with the screw type clamps so its easier next time.

i ended up doing most of it blind. i had some goggles but they didnt help much. fuel got all over my face. i just shut my eyes (since i couldnt see the filter anyway) and kept working. did you get any fuel in your armpits? damn that **** burns....

 

 

nice work, i remember doing mine the first time on my previous yellow r1, took me hours, spilled gass all over me, burned my arm pits, gas all in my eye and eveything LOL

 

Yeah did mine...took maybe an hour and a half. Also...fellas to make sure that gas doesn't come pouring out all over you, I think you take the gas cap off to release pressure

 

Ha ha ha it took me 1 1/2 hrs my first time. So there hehehe

 

I did mine two weeks ago. It took 2 hours.

I got a pleasant surprise when I noticed that the filter already had screw clamps on it, and the hoses pulled out fairly easily.

I made sure not get get gas in my eyes or arm pits, although I did get some on my face.

 

Oh yeah? I spilled gas all over my shirt, so took it off, ran in the house and washed the gas off because it was starting to burn pretty bad. Then I put on another shirt, and proceeded to disconnect the other fuel line, soaking my second shirt in gas. All in all, a very fun evening

Took me about 1 to 1.5 hrs. my first time.

 

I'm just wondering why I didn't relocate it...I'm gunna have to do it again! I did change the clamps.

This thread is hilarious!!!

 

After hearing the horror stories, I examined the whole assembly carefully before taking it apart (it was a good excuse to while I figured out how I was gonna do it). I made sure I didn't just yank the hoses off the old filter (a sure recipe for gasoline eye and/or body wash); I worked the hoses carefully to loosen them up, then plugged them the instant they came off with my finger, then inserted a tapered metal punch into each one (you can also use a 12mm thread bolt, I believe) so that the fuel wouldn't be leaking out everywhere. Replaced the POS spring clamps with screw-type hose clamps, and made sure they were positioned for easy access next time I had to replace the filter. I barely spilled any fuel on me the whole time....

You need a long 3/8" extension with a 10mm socket in order to get in between the rear framework to loosen the filter bracket, and take out the fuel filter bracket assembly as a whole; don't try to take off the filter first, you'll be screwing with that thing for days trying to get at it.

 

I wore two shirts, which helped the gas burn on the arm. Next time, I would change shirts and use a thick plastic bag.

The gas cap seems to release a lot of pressure. I did pull the fuel fuse and let the fuel burn off but it'll try not doing it to see if it's the same amt of gas coming out.

It's a sucky job that I would rather let someone else do it. I didn't notice any difference when I switched my 30k mi old filter. I think manual says 60k mi change so I won't be changing mine for a while.

I'll be working on changing the filter on my Buick this weekend. Lots of fun. Gotta find it first though. Anyone know where GM gas filters are located? Is it always near the gas tank or somewhere in the engine bay?

Thanks!

 

I just did mine over the weekend in 4 minutes...literally

no tools and without getting dirty (wearing street clothes no less)....beat that

of course, I have a K&N washable billet aluminum filter (now discontinued) relocated to the engine bay with nylon 3/8" quick disconnect fittings

I clean the fuel filter every 500-1000 miles and there is always crap in it....it's amazing how much it catches

 

Good advice, but don't forget to plug up the filter too, or that'll leak all over you (I ruined two shirts).

 

i think releasing pressure from the fuel cap and cranking the engine with the fuel pump fuse removed will relieve some pressure so it doesn't spray all over the place...

last time i did this when i changed my fuel filter, i spilled some fuel, but didn't spray it all over the place...

the engine didn't start when the fuel pump fuse was removed though, so i don't know if removing that fuse really makes much of a difference

 

well thanks everyone! i feel so accomplished! but i heard if you take out the fuel fuse... and start the car you wont have the fuel on your face problem that im hearing so much about... but yah i felt a huge differnce! i dont think the fuel filter has ever been changed on my car... and it has like almost 100k on it... so yah i felt more power.... and it was smoother..... and the gas mileage went up like a ******!! i feel like a drive honda!!! but yah i think if i do it again ill do it in like 30mins cause i replaced the hard to get to clamp with a screw type clamp.... so it will be a lot easier! anyways thanks again everyone!