Fuel Filter

mrnickleye · 08-15-2007, 05:51 AM

It is NOT a lifetime filter. How could that be? Nothing is lifetime. I see at least 2-3 vehicles a month that are running too lean due to a dirty fuel filter.

Best to change it when its running good, and convenient, than when it plugs up at the worst of times. I run mine about 5 years, max.

CARQUEST/WIX #86503 Fuel Filter 88-92 List$30.86, Shop price $16.47

The fittings will likely be very hard to break free.

You should help the mechanic by soaking them in WD40 a few times before taking it to get replaced.

Some special wrenches will be used so as not to strip the line nuts.

Mine looked original (but maybe not, but had Toyota part # on it). Lots of rusty, dirty looking crap poured out of it when it was removed. I was glad to have a new one on. It made me feel good that I eleminated a future problem before it happened.

IHateHacks · 08-15-2007, 08:50 PM

Use a 14mm flare nut wrench on the side with the flare nut and the other side with the banjo bolt is 17mm if I remember correctly.

j3pz · 08-15-2007, 11:44 PM

^ that sounds right to me.
mrnickleye: thats just what ive read on sm, and if you say im wrong, ill believe you, cause you deff know more bout this car than i. ill try to find that thread on sm

edit:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26117
ok appearantly im wrong... looks like im going back under there...

08-15-2007, 05:51 AM	#1
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	Get It Changed It is NOT a lifetime filter. How could that be? Nothing is lifetime. I see at least 2-3 vehicles a month that are running too lean due to a dirty fuel filter. Best to change it when its running good, and convenient, than when it plugs up at the worst of times. I run mine about 5 years, max. CARQUEST/WIX #86503 Fuel Filter 88-92 List$30.86, Shop price $16.47 The fittings will likely be very hard to break free. You should help the mechanic by soaking them in WD40 a few times before taking it to get replaced. Some special wrenches will be used so as not to strip the line nuts. Mine looked original (but maybe not, but had Toyota part # on it). Lots of rusty, dirty looking crap poured out of it when it was removed. I was glad to have a new one on. It made me feel good that I eleminated a future problem before it happened. __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.

08-15-2007, 11:44 PM	#3
j3pz 500whp yet? Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, MD, US of A, 20659 Posts: 1,060	^ that sounds right to me. mrnickleye: thats just what ive read on sm, and if you say im wrong, ill believe you, cause you deff know more bout this car than i. ill try to find that thread on sm edit: http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26117 ok appearantly im wrong... looks like im going back under there... __________________ 88 N/A w/ 5spd - stock - not running, bhg 87 turbo/targa w/ 5spd- fidanza light weight flywheel, new oem slave cylinder, apexi air filter, no ac and no heat Last edited by j3pz; 08-15-2007 at 11:49 PM.

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08-15-2007, 08:50 PM	#2
IHateHacks 20psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Haven/Hamden Posts: 793	Use a 14mm flare nut wrench on the side with the flare nut and the other side with the banjo bolt is 17mm if I remember correctly.