<VV> Fuel filters, the other point of view

[Frank DuVal]

I like to keep rubber fuel line out of engine compartments, so I install 
the metal fuel filter just on the other side of the firewall.

No need to cut the metal fuel line, just use the metal filter with two 
rubber hoses to replace the rubber hose at that location.

Easier with the wheel off, but can be changed with the car on the ground 
and long arms....

Frank DuVal

Clark Hartzel wrote:

>On my way home from the CORSA convention in Buffalo, I had a fuel filter
>plug up with crap I probably shook loose by running in the autocross.
>Fortunately a previous owner had installed the filter just inside the
>firewall in the engine compartment with spring clip clamps.  It was a 2
>minute job with a pair of pliers to remove the old one and install a new
>metal filter and I was on my way again.  If the filter was under the car
>behind the gas tank, I would have had to jack the car up and crawl under it
>to change the filter.  Of course the filter being the lowest point of the
>system would have leaked fuel out until I could wrestle the new one onto the
>hoses.  Call me a new convert to filters in the engine compartment.  Much
>easier!
>Clark Hartzel
>
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