Hi, is it hard to get at or is it under the car?

 

It's a lifetime filter located in the fuel tank. No need to replace it.

 

What would be your explanation of an accord which cuts out and is hard to restart?
This condition came about after the owner ran out of gas and then refilled with gas recently. I told her it is probably a clogged filter or bad fuel pump and suggest she get the filter replaced first. How can a filter be lifetime? If bad gas or water is present won't rust clog up the filter?

 

Actually, it's "lifetime" because you pray to God you never have to replace it within your (you guessed it) lifetime It's incorporated in the pump/meter asembly.

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You may be correct, I've seen fuel pumps cause this after running dry.

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Is it really that hard to change? Don't you just take out the floor cover in the trunk, unbolt six or so bolts, and lift it out?

Note that I haven't actually done this so it's quite possible that there is more to it.

 

it's very easy to change but it's not necessary. it is not a "filter" per-se, it is a mesh screen to filter out large particles. there is almost zero chance of it getting clogged unless somone really doesn't like you and decides to do the ol' sugar in the gas tank or the like.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by notoriousB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do the ol' sugar in the gas tank or the like.</TD></TR></TABLE>
A couple of small pieces of lexenite (that black stuff they melt to seal roofs) does an equally insidious job of gumming things up.
When exposed to fuel it starts to dissolve into a stringy mass that often makes it all the way to the injectors

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Thanks P!

[B saves to insidious ideas file for future consideration]

LOL - kidding of course - but that's interesting info. I've actually read that sugar won't do a whole lot when added to the tank on newer fuel injected motors but I'm not going to try it out myself.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by notoriousB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's very easy to change but it's not necessary. it is not a "filter" per-se, it is a mesh screen to filter out large particles. there is almost zero chance of it getting clogged unless somone really doesn't like you and decides to do the ol' sugar in the gas tank or the like.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah..another reason not to fill gas in mexico unless you really have to

if you are still concern about it, just take it out and see it. rinse it with some gas and put it back. the pore is pretty large so it's not very likely

 

A fuel pressure gauge works wonders for diagnosing possible fuel filter problems.

 

thanks for getting that out to everyone P, noones tank is safe now, thanks to you!

 

Well mystery solved. It turned out that the Sunoco station where my friend refilled up admitted that a mistake was made during tanker refill whereby diesel fuel was accidentally mixed into the regular and plus grade gasoline main tanks. Her car is at the Honda dealer who discovered diesel fuel contamination and has since gotten several other messed up cars from filling up at the same station.

Sugar solution in water is bad for gas tank as is plain water or any other fuel like diesel or motor oil. Choose your poison for sabotage but really anyone who does this maliciously deserves to be hung like horsethieves out in the wild west.

 

At the very least his roof won't leak !!

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by P_Adams &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> At the very least his roof won't leak !!

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Easy for you to say. ~walks away mumbling... jerk...~

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tshih &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well mystery solved. It turned out that the Sunoco station where my friend refilled up admitted that a mistake was made during tanker refill whereby diesel fuel was accidentally mixed into the regular and plus grade gasoline main tanks. Her car is at the Honda dealer who discovered diesel fuel contamination and has since gotten several other messed up cars from filling up at the same station ...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Out of curiosity... what is the dealer doing to fix it? How much was the bill, and is the gasoline station paying it?