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by **u4dina** » Mon May 02, 2005 12:41 pm

Hi Im new to this forum but im glade im glade i found a NZ forum for my gtt...
Im going to replace the fuel filter and im wondering what i should be aware of before i remove this and put a new one in its place.....

by **ee904age** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:31 pm

Close your eyes and mouth whilst undoing the fuel lines..... otherwise can be very unpleasant.

But seriously, make sure the engine has cooled down and undo the fuel lines VERY SLOWLY. There will be 40psi ish in the lines so it can be dangerous.

by **CozmoNz** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:37 pm

wish i thought of that...

wear goggles or something aye.... its HORRID getting crap in your eyes while under there...

and you cant wipe it out, having fuel on your hands!

just take it slow, wear goggles, and make sure you put it back the way it was

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by **u4dina** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:11 pm

Hey all thanks for the advise...i'm going to give it a go this weekend.... i'll make sure i don't swollow any gas and take it slow will undoing the cap in the fuel tank help release some of the pressure u reckon..???

Website · by **Bling** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:56 pm

i don't recall any pressure when I replaced my filter

by **u4dina** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:29 pm

It's all good i'll just take it easy and give it a go....thanks for the advise...

by **ee904age** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:54 pm

u4dina wrote:will undoing the cap in the fuel tank help release some of the pressure u reckon..???

Nope, the pressure is between the fuel pump and fuel rail. Taking the cap off the tank wont help.

Just undo the bolt on the filter slowly until the fuel starts dribbling out, then leave it for a while till the flow stops. Even once the gas stops dribbling out, take care.

by **ee904age** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:57 pm

CozmoNz wrote:wish i thought of that...

wear goggles or something aye.... its HORRID getting crap in your eyes while under there...

and you cant wipe it out, having fuel on your hands!

Yeah Ive been cought too, its a long painful trip from the garage to the bathroom with petrol in your eyes!!!!

by **Pelo** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:06 pm

You are supposed to relieve the pressure first!
Remove the main EFI relay/fuse and crank the engine for about 20 seconds, then the fuel will just dribble out instead of spraying like a kill bill extra.

by **ee904age** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:12 pm

Pelo wrote:You are supposed to relieve the pressure first!
Remove the main EFI relay/fuse and crank the engine for about 20 seconds, then the fuel will just dribble out instead of spraying like a kill bill extra.

But wheres the challenge in that.....lol

by **u4dina** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:53 pm

Pelo wrote:You are supposed to relieve the pressure first!
Remove the main EFI relay/fuse and crank the engine for about 20 seconds, then the fuel will just dribble out instead of spraying like a kill bill extra.

Cool thanks for that....will removing the efi fuse and cranking the engine will remove fuel from the line...??
anyway thanks this won't effect the engine in anyway will it....???

thanks

by **gt-trainer** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:34 pm

hope ya got small hands,if only it was an inch higher than where they put it would make it so much easier.

by **u4dina** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:44 pm

gt-trainer wrote:hope ya got small hands,if only it was an inch higher than where they put it would make it so much easier.

Yea i know what ur saying....i was looking at it and its kinda tight down there but i'm sure i can get to it as long as i let the engine cool down and make sure the fuel dosn't shoot all over the place...but the advise i've had are cool cos now i know what to expect and my main concern was just the fuel going all over the place i didn't know what to expect....

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:50 pm

Let us know how you get on, mine's due for replacement too...

by **gt-trainer** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:54 pm

Cambelts gonna be fun too,Thank god they gotta be done not so offen as filters and oil aye.Sometimes i wonder why i dont let other people do the shit jobs to cause me less stress but i hate paying for shit ya can do yourself.

by **u4dina** » Tue May 03, 2005 12:04 am

man i just had my cambelt change was to scared to do it myself so i took it into toyota to do.....thats kinda of an expensive exercise so ur right im glade u don't have to do it that often.....
i'm impressed with the way toyota have set up easy access to the oil filter tho i had a honda before and that was a real sh*t to get to....

by **u4dina** » Tue May 03, 2005 12:09 am

snwtoy wrote:Let us know how you get on, mine's due for replacement too...

sure man i'm going to do it this weekend...i've found that toyota themselves have been cheaper than repco etc for buying parts such as air filter,plugs, brake pads and also u get the geniune stuff but this time toyota are alot more expensive than brake and transmission instead if $60 from toyota u can pick one up from B&T for about $35 if that helps........

by **u4dina** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:48 pm

Hey all thanks for you the advise i replaced the filter and it went like a charm...

..my advise is take ur time and have a rag on hand...i loosened the fuel line bolts (top and bottom)just enough to let out the pressure before removing it from the bracket and use the rag to stop fuel from going everywhere......other than that its pretty easy....

Me, me, me, me..... · by **Just_Juzz** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:06 pm

Yeah, go slow.
Like stated, better to de-presurise teh system first.

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