I went to drive home today from work and my car acted like it wasnt getting fuel. My car sat along time so the gas should have been flushed but when you need to get to work on time theres no better way then jumpin in a Supra. Its a dumb question but where is the fuel filter and what else should I expect?
where and how do I change my fuel filter?
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Its in a pretty shitty spot right above the rear diff. I did mine when I lowered the subframe down for solid spacers. Made life a lot easier since the filter was pretty tight on the lines.
Yeah, it is hard to get to. I did mine without lowering the subframe. You can find it very easily by getting under your gas tank, and following the hose from the tank straight to the filter. It's about a foot away from the tank and tucked up there pretty good. I used a crescent wrench and an open ended wrench. Make sure your tank is empty! Might also want to look inside the tank and check the pump depending on how long it was sitting.
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I would go ahead and empty the tank and drop it. That will save you a lot of extra labor now if you go ahead and verify the condition of the tank since the car has been sitting up. With my brother's car, the first thing we did was drop the tank and change the fuel filter. The filter itself is pretty tough to get to and harder to install in my opinion. I cannot recall the metric size, but you can find it in the tsrm. Whatever day you plan on doing this, be sure your schedule is clear because it will take you some time to complete. Good luck.
Lowering the subframe is quicker and easier then dropping the tank IMO. Put car on jack stand and jack under rear diff. Spin off the captive subframe bolts and lower it down.. Gives a perfectly clear shot to the filter.
1) The filter is a lifetime item.
2) It can be easily tested without removing it.
3) There are a dozen other possible reasons for your symptom.
4) #2
2) It can be easily tested without removing it.
3) There are a dozen other possible reasons for your symptom.
4) #2
I have 154,000 miles on mine - works fine. Unless you're running powdered acorns through your fuel lines, likely the issue is elsewhere.
jetjock;1851297 said:
i was thinking the same thing about it being a long lasting filter but at the same time i dont think they let the fuel system set for a few years with bad gas in it either.
It's not too bad. It does suck. I replaced mine because the fuel in the tank was bad and I didn't want to risk running the old filter. Just make sure you bust the banjo bolt and the fuel line before releasing the filter its self. I didn't drop the tank or subframe.
Don't you think measuring fuel pressure would be easier than pulling one of the nastiest components to get to out of the car?
Toyota claims this to be "lifetime" filter but cold hard truth is its not got mine out and and can't flow anything through it. Not even with my compressor trying to force air through. It can be changed without removing subframe or dropping tank but is much easier on a lift or in a pit. O and while I was changing mine my buddy was banging my old one on the ground and after twenty minutes it started to leak out some fuel along with chunks of rust. Longlife item yes. Lifetime no
Same deal with mine. The PO of my 90 had it sitting in a garage for 7 years before I bought it. Tank, filter, and pump were rusted trash, so I got new ones.
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bluepearl;1851599 said:
Sure volume would be best, but if the engine is as undriveable as the OP claims, then the pressure drop across the clogged filter will show as low pressure during operation.
Toyota does claim that it's a lifetime filter, but if you read through the article a "lifetime" is up to 25 years.