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dodge Fahrvergnugen

958 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#300117
ok dudes n dudettes,

the time has come (the walrus said)
and now i need to find out how to change my fuel filter.

twoguns quickly mentioned some things (which i've largely forgotten - sorry mate) like having to blow air thru the jets or something when i change them...

SO the question is...
can someone tell me the steps to change a fuel filter please?

i've looked in the john muir book but it doesn't mention much about the jets, so i thought i'd come and ask all the guru's on here 😉

thanks all!! 😀

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#300136
Nah, just do the filter. Should be so obviously easy... two hose clamps
Pay your debts, CxxT

twoguns simply aircooled

4,275 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#300301
blowing was only to find out if your fuel was being blocked. all you gotta do to change the filter is undo the old, remove and replace with t he new. jsut make sure all is nice and tight.
Simply Cruzin'...

~air fooled~ two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#300992
yep... just crawl under the beast and look up near the right side of the gearbox (the side the starter is on..) and you will see a little plastic cylindrical shape thing that is clear ( most likely...) that has hoses either end.... undo the clamps and pull off the filter but BEWARE! fuel will then run all over you!! straight out of the tank!! plug the hole with a bolt or your finger and then put in the other filter and connect all up again.. easy!!

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#300998
mine's on the other side - it could be anywhere after 30 years of fiddling!
Pay your debts, CxxT

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#301033
Dodge

1. what type of car do you have ??? Bug, Kombi ???

2. most cars have 2 filters fitted, the stock one in the bottom of the fuel tank .... n usually an inline one one the fuel line plastic or similar.... and some fuel pumps have one in the top of them as well. so in could be 3 filters to change or clean.

3. the one in the tank if its not rotted away can be removed and blown out with air n replaced.
also the one in the pump can be do same.

4. the aftermarket plastic on in the fuel line should be chucked n replaced with new or similar.... usually held on with 2 hose clamps.
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

akean1 Remember To Love

1,088 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#301052
the glass ones look nice and shiny, anyone know if they filter as well as the old plastics?

dodge Fahrvergnugen

958 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#301488
vw54 wrote:Dodge

1. what type of car do you have ??? Bug, Kombi ???

2. most cars have 2 filters fitted, the stock one in the bottom of the fuel tank .... n usually an inline one one the fuel line plastic or similar.... and some fuel pumps have one in the top of them as well. so in could be 3 filters to change or clean.

3. the one in the tank if its not rotted away can be removed and blown out with air n replaced.
also the one in the pump can be do same.

4. the aftermarket plastic on in the fuel line should be chucked n replaced with new or similar.... usually held on with 2 hose clamps.
I own a 1973 Kombi.

I've already looked underneath and I have two plastic filters (as far as I can tell). They are both located underneath the car, near the fuel tank.

One question.... which size fuel filter do I get? There's a whole heap of sizes at Repco (or wherever) so what do I get???

~air fooled~ two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#301499
take in the others as samples or get them from vw shops.... i dont think some of the aftermarket guys have listings on those filters though...

but yeah, your best off taking in the old ones as samples if you can manage it...

dodge Fahrvergnugen

958 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#301535
right, so i remove my fuel filters, get fuel all over me, go down to the local, smelling like a sniffer, to see if my filters are the right size and it should be right?
HAHA, this is going to be fun

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#301563
Get along to your local VW shop they should know which ones fit, ( or at least they do down here in sydney ) Dont buy them from Repco you will get the wrong ones.
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#301566
and get your self a fuel hose clamp so you dont have to bath in petrol
Futue te ipsum!!!

vern74 Fahrvergnugen

901 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#301573
I didn't even know I had one till I got charged for one in the last service !

~air fooled~ two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#301586
they probably ripped you off vern, you might not have one still!! hahaha :P:P:P ive seen weirder things happen in my days in the auto game!

but yeah dodge, thats pretty much it... your still up in brissie yeah?? micks motors on the northside are great, sell the filters for like $2 each, but there must be some guys on the southside who you can go to also... it was wynnum you were stayin at yeah?? ask on the forum for other shops, i cant recall right now..

ps- dont let the fuel run straight out of the hose into your eyes!! i did that last time and had to stumble blind for 50 meters to the nearest water! arrghh!