What a pita that was.

 

Dale clark can do it in 20 minutes!

 

WOW....
Why post a thread like this..... waste of time... we all know what a PITA it is to change a filter..

Pics of your hands didn't impress...just means you need to clean your undercarriage... LOL LOL

 

What did expect? ha

 

Sir... After all that work did you at least relocate the filter so that next replacement would be no sweat?

 

I can do it in one minute.

Spare yourself the agony - get an Aeromotive high flow housing and relocate it on the rear subframe. Aeromotive even sells one with a shut-off valve so you don't spill any gas (or very little)

 

Sometimes you just need to share the misery with others that understand.

 

Two words: Nitrile Gloves.

 

^+1.
But since the thread has already been made, maybe a link to DaleClark's how-to is worthwhile for someone doing a search in the future.... https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...highlight=fuel

 

+1!!

Although they make my hands sweat something fierce.

 

I did mine a couple of weeks ago and tried to relocate it. Unfortunately I could not figure out how to get the hose clamp off of the fuel line above the differential! So just replace it but what a waste of 4 hours! Maybe next time I will just cut the fuel line to relocate it.

 

I figured there were plenty of others who shared what I went through. I had no clue what a pain it was going to be so I just went for it. I wish I would have relocated it but I will in the future when I upgrade. Live and learn.

 

going to replace mine in a couple days. o joy. I get free nitrile gloves from work so I have that working to my advantage.

 

I just did mine today too. It was intimidating looking at it, but once I jumped in and did it, it wasn't too bad. Overall it only took me 40mins. 15 of that was forcing the lines on w/o any lube(I know, bad call). My hands only looked half as bad.

 

The transformation is starting...

 

I wonder how many threads are in the archives with "fuel filter" in the title. Seems like there has been one every few months since 2001

If you don't relocate it, you're either cheap or a masochist, it's just that simple

 

Btw, little known trivia: the S2000 does not have a true fuel filter, it only has the standard fuel pump sock in the tank....baffling to me why Honda feels it's not necessary, but you don't hear about clogged injectors or similar issues with S2000s, either

 

I dont think you can replace that hose WITHOUT cutting it lol thats what I did. I destroyed both oem fuel hoses during my relocation, but then again you have to replace them with longer hoses anyway.

 

Same on the RX-8...

 

Interesting. Assuming the sock has the same screen/filter capabilities then one would assume it should be equally safe.

I wonder if the filter is truly clogged on an RX7 or does it just brake down. There is lots of fuel, and a fair bit of heat in that area ( although it shouldn't be much different then other cars ).

 

The fuel pump filter socks are fairly coarse mesh, that's why they last so long. Probably in the range of 100+ micron, which doesn't trap fine iron particles, for example.

 

can I get a shipping estimate on that cookie?