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fuel filter

  • 03-01-2012 10:00pm
    #1
    sideways83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭


    wel.going servicein the car tomorrow..
    is there need to change the fuel filter.
    not often do ppl say change it but would i be as well off,
    thanks in advance..


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  • #2
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    sideways83 wrote: »
    wel.going servicein the car tomorrow..
    is there need to change the fuel filter.
    not often do ppl say change it but would i be as well off,
    thanks in advance..


    It depends on the car, engine, year, when it was changed before etc etc


  • #3
    sideways83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭sideways83


    its a 01 corolla.
    dont know if its being changed thats the thing..


  • #4
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    It depends on the car, engine, year, when it was changed before etc etc


    Big difference between the fuel filter intervals between petrol and diesel.


  • #5
    sideways83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭sideways83


    its petrol.would i be aswel off to change it.
    cant be too hard??


  • #6
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    I would say change it yes.


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  • #7
    swhyte027
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭swhyte027


    listermint wrote: »
    I would say change it yes.
    I would say that filter is in the tank to be honest therefor not making it easy to change I could be wrong tho??


  • #8
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    sideways83 wrote: »
    its petrol.would i be aswel off to change it.
    cant be too hard??



    Squeezing blood from a stone eh!

    Lets assume its a 1.4 then for now....some models have in tank filters(never serviced) and some have the external type in the engine bay so it depends on which you have.

    ADT32362 is the blueprint part number for the external one, they should be easily available in any decent motorfactors.


  • #9
    couldntthink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭couldntthink


    sideways83 wrote: »
    its petrol.would i be aswel off to change it.
    cant be too hard??

    Normally I would say change it to be on the safe side, I always change fuel filters during a "full" service. But with a toyota corolla those fuel pipes on the filter will be very very very VERY tight and are a lot of hassle to undo and sometimes the part of the filter you hold with the spanner breaks off, and then you're in the **** as you can't heat it or grind it to help.

    They can also be a right pain in the ass to seal again properly. I've never seen a corolla with any issues caused by a fuel filter being blocked. For your own sake I would say leave it.


  • #10
    sideways83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭sideways83


    ^^
    ya it probley be better off.it nevar gave trouble.could be causing more harm than good.


  • #11
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Its in the engine bay on the passenger side against the firewall.
    I changed an 11year old petrol one about a year ago, just out of interest I cut the old one open (carefully). It was spotless inside.
    OP unless you are having fuel delivery problems that you can trace to it leave it alone is my advice.


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