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So my fuel filter I think is causing my truck to run pretty poorly, exhaust stinks, and needs to be replaced regardless. Issue is previous owners put perhaps a super cheap one on, and the two stems that come from the filter are really short and a fuel line disconnect tool doesn’t fit between the body of the fuel filter and the fuel line clamp (I’ll attach a picture). I guess I just need to cut it, but I’m pretty scared to and was wondering if I should or try some over way to get it off? I’ve tried prying it and lubing it up to no avail, and I’ve had one recommendation to use a plumbing pipe cutter? Any recommendations appreciated, thank you!
1992 F250
In addition to Scndsin's suggestions you should be able to also disconnect the fuel line up at the fuel rail as well and push it back down toward the filter so that you have more room to work with it.
Of the two choices given, I'd think you'd probably be better off with using a hacksaw and cutting it as close to, and as flush with the filter as possible. This should give you enough of the remaining stem to slide a fuel-line-removal-tool over it and release it and still have something left of the stem to pull on. BUT BEFORE using a hacksaw, I would try to drain as much fuel out of that line and filter as possible.
You could also drill or punch a hole in the filter body and then rotate it to drain as much as possible out.
If there is enough room to maneuver, you could as an alternate method, take some tin snips and cut away the filter body and it's end caps until you're only left with the stem.
Lastly, from previous and recent experiences, I would avoid cutting the stem off too close to the fuel line connector and avoid cutting it with anything that collapses it while cutting it. I had a very hard time, more than once with trying to re-round the remaining stem out so that I could get a fuel-line-removal-tool over it and remove it.
Hope you have good luck no matter how you end up doing though ...
Last edited by OldTrucksAreBetter; Nov 14, 2022 at 12:40 PM.
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