Fuel Filter
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Fuel Filter
This may be the first time the fuel filter has been changed. I recently purchased this fine lady and have been changing out all of the fluids, belts, hoses, plugs etc.
The plugs were a fun job, as most of you know
Someone actually changed them once before and left two of the five coil pack bolts out of the valve cover. I can certainly see why, but.... anyway, the mechanic also did NOT tighten the plugs, they were only hand tightened. not sure why....
The plugs were a fun job, as most of you know
Someone actually changed them once before and left two of the five coil pack bolts out of the valve cover. I can certainly see why, but.... anyway, the mechanic also did NOT tighten the plugs, they were only hand tightened. not sure why....
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In any event, if you have a small ratcheting box end 10mm wrench, that last coil rail bolt becomes quite easy to remove, and thus putting it back (if you choose) isn't so bad either.
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fuel filters, second only to the neglected cooling systems.
mines been replaced twice since I got the car a little over 2 years ago, first time was general maintenance after getting the car and running a bottle of Lucas Fuel System cleaner (the small 10 dollar bottle), I gave it 2 tanks of fuel to work the Lucas thru then slapped on the new filter, then about a year / year and a half later the fuel pump died so I had the filter replaced with the install of the new pump.
mines been replaced twice since I got the car a little over 2 years ago, first time was general maintenance after getting the car and running a bottle of Lucas Fuel System cleaner (the small 10 dollar bottle), I gave it 2 tanks of fuel to work the Lucas thru then slapped on the new filter, then about a year / year and a half later the fuel pump died so I had the filter replaced with the install of the new pump.