dodgethis Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Yea I already posted a question about this but got to ask ya'll something about it once again. I went ahead and tried to at least get my flare wrench on it without getting the car jacked up. It turns out I will probably have to jack the back with jack stands just to at least get aligned with the filter to properly remove it. The deal is while i was "testing" the idea of removing it it has a cage around it. That cage that holds it in place can it be removed? I have looked around the filter and don't see a bolt to where i can get the holster off the filter. I figured out also that I will need to hold the 20mm wrench on the filter while getting the 5/8 Flare on the fuel line to budge. It is on there pretty good for a car that only has 69,000 miles and its a 98. I figure i will just jack it up and put some Wd-40 on it. I can't believe its such a problem child because there isn't any rust on it what so ever. what the hell, this damn thing should only take me an hour at the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I did my '90 on the floor with the car on the ground. I should that strap loosens off - I can't remember on my car how I did it though. As far as breaking the lines loose I sprayed mine with some fogging oil and it cracked free no problem. I just used normal open end wrenches too - no fancy line wrenches for this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwk39018 Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Did one on my 94 cavy in the snow last year took about 20 and it was the oem filter.Not that hard.Just us a lot of pb blaster.Should come off easy then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgethis Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 cool, I will try again tomorrow and give it a shot. It is well needed. I just hope to hell i don't brake a line or strip a thread or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwk39018 Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 be careful you will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 vert Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 The "cage" comes loose by pushing a screwdriver at the top(floorpan) edge towards the opposite side(squeezing together). It's just clipped in the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgethis Posted January 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 The "cage" comes loose by pushing a screwdriver at the top(floorpan) edge towards the opposite side(squeezing together). It's just clipped in the floor. I figured that, I'll give that a shot. I am having the most difficult time trying to get the 5/8 nut to unscrew off. I am not trying to whine about it but damn its a P.I.T.A when you under the vehicle without jack stands, and using one hand maneuvering both wrenches. OK, this is stupid but just to confirm. Righty Tighty left loosy, ok no duh. In my case while laying down the F wrench should be moving in the counter clock wise direction while the 20mm wrench on the filter is pushed down in a clock wise direction. This is what I am doing with one hand trying to create a torsion to get the bolt to unscrew off the filter bolt. I have tried WD-40 and to no avail. I guess i will invest into some BP Blaster and try my hand at that. I want to also mention what i found out when i called around just to see how much it would cost if I had someone else do it. Fhirestonez quoted $70.00, $50.00 for the filter and $20.00 for labor. I cannot believe it cost that much when the filter I bought was $7.00. Damn I have a better chance getting a buddy of mine to help than to take it some place. I swear one really gets spoiled when work is done by yourself and not a company. Money is saved obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9lumina6 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Honestly never changed a fuel filter myself on a 1.5 Gen......The GTP is cake to do it... The "cage" is just held to the frame by a 13mm bolt .... then it comes off w/ the filter and u slide the filter rite out of it. I had the fuel filter replaced on my 95 Z-34 while it was in the shop for other things....so i really dont the procedure to doing 1 on those cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgethis Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Hey just wanted to give an update. Thanks for everyones input on this. I also wanted to say that Kroil stuff really works. I just got some today through the mail and i put some on the fuel filter bolts. I swear within about 2 hours i was able to pull it off. I didn't have an issue with getting the quick disconnects to let go. The whole thing about the fuel getting in ones face from the pressure isn't that bad. I just slowly turned the blot and then it lightly sprayed out. I just kept turning it until there wasn't any pressure. It was a simple job to do. It only took me 15 minutes at the most to get everything done. I think I read some where on the forum that one should be able to see the filter glow inside with a flash light. I swear that didn't happen when I did it to the old factory delco filter. It was pretty dark and no light shined through. So that was well money spent SAVED from Firestone at $60.00 to do the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Powered Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 its sooo worth it because they are ase certified and if there is ever any problems you can take it back and get charged more! and firestone is a cool word. makes me want to go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 You could have made it easier on yourself by pulling the fuel pump fuse and letting the car stall. That would have taken the pressure out of the lines. Might have been a bit tough to get it going on the first restart after that, but she would have went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgethis Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 You could have made it easier on yourself by pulling the fuel pump fuse and letting the car stall. That would have taken the pressure out of the lines. Might have been a bit tough to get it going on the first restart after that, but she would have went. Yea runt I could have done that. I didnt feel to keen about making the feul rail to go dry. I thought it was hard on them anyway when its done that way. I mean i didnt care about the fuel spraying a leak when i screwed the bolt off. I mean it really wasnt that bad. I just through a pan under it and it worked just fine. I thought it was funny however, that with the new filter I could tell by listening to the pump the resistance was lower. So I know a good deal of strain on it was alleviated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT2B GM Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 OWNS all line fittings. I have a pair of these. Worth every penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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