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Remove the 2 screws that hold the fuel filter bracket to the frame.
Disconnect the other hose by loosening the banjo (hollow) bolt. Now
GENTLY rotate the filter and elbow back and forth JUST A LITTLE BIT.
It *should* break loose from the hard line and the compression
ferrule. This takes a lot of feel and experience so you know just how
much you can force it before you bend the line. Watch carefully what
you are doing, soemtimes a slight tap with a hammer in the right spot
will "encourage" the parts to separate. Age has nothing to do with
this. When this type of connection is made up and tightened correctly
this is EXACTLY how it is supposed to be. Don't be afraid to hit the
filter if you have to. If you damage the filter it doesn't matter, you
are replacing it after all. Use eye protection, you can get a drop of
fuel in your eye when working on this.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757
--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "secret_jedi_guy"
<secret_jedi_guy@xxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Well I have been able to unscrew the fuel tube nut from the elbow
> connector at the bottom of the old fuel filter, but now I absolutely
> cannot get the fuel tube itself out of the elbow. Granted that the
> car is 23 years old and has a little over 60k miles and these parts
> of the car have never been touched before, I still think that
> removing this filter is more difficult than it should be. I don't
> want to risk any damage to the "hard" fuel line by trying to tweak
> it out of the elbow connector, but I have to get it out in order to
> change the filter, but I don't know what to do. Any suggestions on
> how to get the tube out safely would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Japheth VIN: 1223
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