Is in the engine or in the fuel tank? How easy/hard is it to replace? When should it be replaced?

Thanks

 

Engine and it is pretty easy to replace. Its a black cylinder. Just follow the hose from the fuel rail. Needed to use a cheater bar on mine. Not sure when you should change it.

 

right next to the firewall towards the passenger side. its a black cylinder tilted at an angle.

 

jus look at the engine it should be between the battery and the engine(somewhere) around there... and look for what 95SiR described

 

is what it looks like. like everyone has said, right next to the battery..passenger side. the bolts might be a pain to take off.

 

Its bolted on the firewall just to the right of the battery. Its kinda a pain in the *** to do if you don't take off the batter because you can't get a wrench in there. Just spend the extra few minutes and take out the battery and save yourself the headache. I think I changed mine just before 90Kmiles. not sure if the original owner ever did????? about 90K is probably when it should have been changed but may be a good idea to do close to 60 or 70K they are only like 20 bucks i think

 

I just changed mine last night, had a hell of a time trying to keep the lower washer in place when I was putting the new one on. Ended up losing that screw that keeps the bracket together in the black hole of the engine bay. The brackets around the filter, just not screwed in, no problem, right? In hindsight, taking the battery out is a good idea, I just always hate having to reprogram my stations in the stereo. Oh well, I'm just lazy when it comes to things as small as that. Anyone know how to keep that damned lower washer from moving around when you put it back together?

 

well you probably got it by now.. but yeah its that black cylindrical housing next to/to the right of the battery.. along the firewall.. behind the motor...

get some flare nut wrenches.. the banjo bolt and the flare nut/fuel line nuts are on pretty tight... open the fuel cap and make sure you don't smoke or make any sparks... when you undo the fittings.. undo them slowly so you don't get sprayed... might wanna have a cloth handy to block the spray and a drain pan to hold some of it... and maybe some goggles/eye protection.... then when you get them loose.. let it flow/trickle out.. then swap in the new one...

I replaced my fuel filter w/ a Purolator and it hasn't had any problems.. its easier for me to go to pep boys than drive all the way to the dealer parts counter...

 

I didn't take the battery out on mine, didn't have any problems replacing it, either. I just used a normal wrench and a flare nut wrench. Make sure you get new washers with the new filter, you don't want to reuse the old ones.

 

make sure to ground the wrench out on both battery posts when changing it.....you dont want to get shocked by the fuel filter coil.....

Just kidding!!!!!!!

 

The parts salesman at acura told me it was lifetime.
Anyone ever heard this before?

 

are stock ones as good as aftermarket..... im putting my built motor in and i am going to change the fuel filter.

 

go with stock.

the ones like aem are really expensive...it's cheaper to just swap out filters every 15 or 30k.