LABachlr

I want to replace the fuel filter on my Accord EX 2.2 VTECH. Anyone have a link to a tutorial with pictures, or anyone want to post one here?

TIA

hondadude

here ya go;

http://members.troublecodes.ne...r.htm

iam7head

dont try it unless you are good with car, i spent like three hours getting the bit-h bolt off the top with a vise and a wrench

hapexamendios 2.0

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iam7head &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dont try it unless you are good with car, i spent like three hours getting the bit-h bolt off the top with a vise and a wrench </TD></TR></TABLE>ditto, pain in the ***, be careful not to bend the fuel lines

iam7head

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hapexamendios 1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ditto, pain in the ***, be careful not to bend the fuel lines </TD></TR></TABLE>

fat hands for the lose

yeah, don't drop the washer thing too, if you forget the put in the brass washer or forgot to take out the worn washer it will spray you with gasoline upon fire up

LABachlr

Thanks for the link and advice. I think I'll pass on this one and have the mechanic do it. BTW, at what mileage should it be replaced? Have about 84,000 on it right now.

hondadude

It is not in the service schedule anymore; But by 90k it should have some junk in it. The official change time, is when you lose fuel pressure from blockage.

iam7head

we changed our around 140k and there's not much "stuff" in it, the same can't be said for my acura legend filter, it was caked with yellow dust

hondadude

Well almost all gas pumps have filter systems nowadays, So there is a lot less chance of getting junk in the gas tank.

SuShiBoiiii

when do you know its time to change or should i just change when i get to like 150k?

jli18

whats the use of changing the fuel filter? i never changed mine, and my car has 140k miles on it right now

iam7head

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around 100k, but your 6th gen doesn't have a real filter.

iam7head

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jli18 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">whats the use of changing the fuel filter? i never changed mine, and my car has 140k miles on it right now</TD></TR></TABLE>

filter: a device(fuel filter) that remove something(junk from the pump gas) from whatever pass thru it

pretty much the same idea for oil filter, air filter, a/c filter, light filter, atf filter, etc

change it if you haven't already, the legend/civic/teg filter is right by the firewall, which took less than 10 seond to remove

the accord 5th gen filter is between the steeringrack/crossmember and the loop of brake hoses, a royal paining **** to work on. the same go for DSM eslipse, it's mounted by the firewall under abunch of crap. Gas just leaks to your arm pit when you work on it

LABachlr

The reason why I want to change the filter is to improve the gas mileage. I'm getting around 17mpg around town, and should be getting around 23 according to my car's stats.

I've already done the following:

replaced and gapped the spark plugs
poured fuel system cleaner into the gas tank
replaced the air filter
replaced the spark plug wires
replaced two tires (other two are almost new) and gave them all 36psi

I still plan on replacing the distributor cap and rotor, and of course the fuel filter.

Is there anything else I can do to improve the gas mileage?


Modified by LABachlr at 7:56 AM 2/6/2007

TouringAccord

Maybe try cleaning your EGR ports.

Check the FAQ for a How-To on cleaning the EGR ports, it's located in the Engine section.

LABachlr

OK. Thanks. The FAQ section of what? Don't see any FAQ section on this site.

TouringAccord

are you joking?

It's stickied at the top of the Accord forum. Called Accord FAQ

LABachlr

Ah. A sticky. I was looking for a complete FAQ forum. My bad. Thanks.


Modified by LABachlr at 9:33 AM 2/6/2007

TouringAccord

yep, no problem.

Remember to look in there and search when your looking for something, chances are you'll find it between the two. If you find a good how-to or a good thread that you feel should belong in there, send a PM to a mod (myself or -RedneckDave-) and we can read it and add it if needed.

LABachlr

Cool. Will do.

fleetmack

what can one expect to pay a mechanic to replace a fuel filter?

I still get decent gas mileage and am on my original at 216K .... thinking I'm overdue, but this sounds like a pain in the *** that i'll gladly pay someone to do

TouringAccord

It's not as hard as it seems with the proper tools. Crowfeet make the job much easier.

fleetmack

i'm very ignorant, what are crowfeet?

TouringAccord

You can see them in the link at the beginning and how to use them in this situation.

iam7head

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You can see them in the link at the beginning and how to use them in this situation.</TD></TR></TABLE>

overrated

i was doing it with 99cents vise grip in one hand and wrench in the other, make sure you tape the tools and use a rubber band to wrap around your hand, you will drop it couple of time on the removal