| I started by
jacking the car up and putting it on stands: |
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| And now put the
car on jack stands: |
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| Now remove 2 of
those push pin style clips by sliding you screwdriver under the head
and pulling it out, then 2 10mm nuts and finally 6 or so 8mm hex head
screws. Pretty easy to get off, here are 2 that need to be removed: |
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| 3 more 8mm
bolts: |
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| 1 more, this one
was great, at some point the car clearly scrapped something, bottomed
out on a speed bump or something because the head of this was a little
out of shape so I took my pliers to remove. Thankfully the 8mm socket
would fit the head though: |
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| Here’s one the
nuts that needs to be removed. 10mm I remember, remove this bend the
heat shield up and then pull the panel out: |
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| Now that the
panel is off here is the fuel filter. Remove the hose clamps on the
fuel side of the hose, these are the factory clamps so to remove
basically cut the clamp and pull them off. Be careful not to cut or
slice the hose: |
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| I clamped off 2
of the 3 fuel lines so fuel would not drain out. I clamped the front
line and then the rear line that faces towards the passenger side
exterior of the car. After these are clamped, loosen the bolt that
holds it in [I think a 7mm torx] remove the small hose that comes off
the regulator [this hose is not clamped], then work off the other
hoses, I started by removing the front hose and then sliding it
forward to remove the rear hoses. HAVE a bucket underneath to drop
the fuel filter in as the gas in the fuel filter is going to drain
out. NO SMOKING: |
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| Here’s a pic of
the dirty fuel pouring out of the filter. NOTE: Yes the fuel was
dirty, but a lot of the grit you see in the tub was dirt falling off
the car as I was wrestling the fuel filter out: |
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| Now prepare to
put the new fuel filter in. Loosen the clamp and slide the old clamp
and rubber fitting off: |
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| It came off
pretty easy: |
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| Then slide the
whole assembly on the new fuel filter, I slide the rubber fitting on
first and then fit the clamp over the top of it. Reinstall the
filter, hook up the hoses and use NEW hose clamps. I now lowered the
car and started it. When I started the car it stumbled for a few
seconds and then ran normal: |
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