Leaking fuel.
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Leaking fuel.
Has any one ever tried to remove a 95 range fuel filter. I cannot get it off. I have the ford tools to release the rings but this one ooks different. also now it is leaking from the hose that runs to the engine. any help would be great. A shop said they would put on the inexpensive filter for 40 bucks or so. trying to save money .
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Do the lines just have plastic snaps (little white triangle) holding the lines tight instead of the rings? If so, just pop them out with a screwdriver. If not, at least this'll bump your post up.
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If that doesn't work, you could do what I did the first time I changed a fuel filter. I didn't have enough room to insert the tool to release the rings, so a friend (who was watching me act like a dummy) suggested that I cut the filter, close to the body of the filter, and then work on getting the lines out. Saved a lot of grief,and, I was no longer fighting with the filter - only the lines. Made it a lot easier to work with.
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dwildmanj, how did you cut the filter out? I'm having a helluva problem getting mine off with the disconnect tool as well. I can get one end off, but the other end will not budge. I even took it to a shop, and they couldn't do it. I'm worried that if I cut it off, I won't be able to get it out. Then I'd be stuck without a filter...
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It had a white trinagle snap from the tank and a silver connector to the engine. I have the ring tools but the are to big to fit snug over the silver thing. They dont release anything. I also am worried about not getting it back on right. And since messing with it fuel is leaking out of the line from the engine compartment. I mean go into work, come out the truck is on empty with the gas in a puddle under the truck. Didn't think i moved it enough to do that. please help.
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That's how my old ranger was. Are you sure you have the right size disconnect tool? It's supposed to go around the actual fuel filter line and then slide into where the filter connects. I could never get it to disconnect myself and always had to have someone help. The Explorer that I currently have has both ends like that, and I can't even get off a single end. Even took it in to a shop, and they gave up.
Here's a link to a sticky thread that may help:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...hreadid=204571
Here's a link to a sticky thread that may help:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...hreadid=204571
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Thanks that tool looks different than mine. Mine are little pacman looking things. i'll try this tool. thanks again.
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On my 02 xlt 3.0 i had a heck of a time with changing the fuel filter. I had the line removal kit from the Mac truck that i borrowed from a friend, but nothing was narrow enough to get in between the filter and the line. I spoke to my friends dad who is a tech at the local ford dealer, and he wasn't sure if there was a new special tool or not. He spoke to the tune-up guy and he told him that he just cuts the filter with dikes and picks out the fitting with a pocket screwdriver.
I ended up finding a plastic tool used on the fords in the late 90's and grinded down the one side to where it will barely fit onto the filter. You have to twist it around and put a pocket screwdriver on the backside but it will pop the line free. I've used this makeshift tool on my ranger twice and my freinds ranger once.
I ended up finding a plastic tool used on the fords in the late 90's and grinded down the one side to where it will barely fit onto the filter. You have to twist it around and put a pocket screwdriver on the backside but it will pop the line free. I've used this makeshift tool on my ranger twice and my freinds ranger once.
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Found a hole in the fuel line to the engine. Can the replacement kit with the unions and the quick rlease work on the braided line with a hose clamp maybe? I dont want to rig something that could be dangerous.
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OK been almost half a month, cut the lines and bought the quick release. sprayed gas everywhere. now parents explorer is acting up and think its the fuel system. Guess what kind of fittings it has. So fustruated with this enginering marvel. Are there different sizes of the quick connects and I still cant get the tools to release these lines to work. is there a trick or something. please help me before i drive a chevy.
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read my previous post, you have to grind down the smaller end of that special tool just enough so that you can cram it in there, and then put pressure behind it with a small screwdriver and twist the line a litlle back and forth to get it to release. I wish it took a regular line wrench like the Chevy, and also wish i didnt have to buy the damn filter at the dealer for $26, The filter on my old chevy is $3 and has 2 small hose clamps and i dont even have to lay on the ground to change it.
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It's a bit of a challenge to pop loose but if I can do it you can do it. Keep working at it. I seem to remember having to move the line back and forth a bit before it finally went in and the line popped loose. Just don't force anything or you will tear up the "alledgedly" quick release fitting at which point you will be in big trouble. Good luck with it.
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I had a bear of a time trying to get my 99 fuel filter off until I changed tools.
I tried using one of those metal split sissor type tools that Rockleddge had the nice picture of, but it just wouldn't work for some reason.
So I tried a molded split plastic one from Advance Auto, made by Dorman. P/N 800-009, for 1/4 5/16 & 3/8 lines. It just spreads to slip over the line, pushed it in & the fitting popped loose the first try.
I think the metal one's flange just wasn't long enough by about 1/32 inch nor the diameter big enough, to release the banjo spring, as the plastic one was slightly larger in both respects & worked the first time with no fuss.
Hope this helps some.
I tried using one of those metal split sissor type tools that Rockleddge had the nice picture of, but it just wouldn't work for some reason.
So I tried a molded split plastic one from Advance Auto, made by Dorman. P/N 800-009, for 1/4 5/16 & 3/8 lines. It just spreads to slip over the line, pushed it in & the fitting popped loose the first try.
I think the metal one's flange just wasn't long enough by about 1/32 inch nor the diameter big enough, to release the banjo spring, as the plastic one was slightly larger in both respects & worked the first time with no fuss.
Hope this helps some.