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Old 02-11-2008, 07:33 AM
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When I blew through my old one, it was as open and clear as if I was blowing through a garden hose. I even kept it for an emergency replacement. Shell gas FTW!
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Old 02-11-2008, 09:13 AM
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When I changed mine out, I felt a nice increase in power. That is no longer there on the butt dyno.
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Old 02-11-2008, 09:47 AM
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can someone point me to a write up on this
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Old 02-11-2008, 10:50 AM
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can someone point me to a write up on this
https://mustangforums.com/m_3713378/tm.htm
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Old 02-11-2008, 11:47 AM
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On my '91 T-Bird , There was a switch located in the trunk to shut off the fuel pump. I started the car up and it idled for a couple minutes until all the fuel pressure was gone and the car shut off. That made it easy to change out the fuel filter on it.
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Old 02-11-2008, 11:48 AM
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Only about 4 oz come out. If you know it will happen, not much to worry about. You can catch most of it.
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Old 02-11-2008, 01:02 PM
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Just swapped mine 15 minutes ago after reading this thread, picked up at fuel filter for 12 bucks swapped in 25 minutes. Lots of Gas did spray everywhere.
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Old 02-11-2008, 01:14 PM
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Just swapped mine 15 minutes ago after reading this thread, picked up at fuel filter for 12 bucks swapped in 25 minutes. Lots of Gas did spray everywhere.




Mine was under a little pressure sure, but after I pulled the fuse and turned the engine over a few seconds, I'm sure that helped.
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Old 02-11-2008, 01:17 PM
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I think what did me in was I moved it off a little bit to try and let that drain out instead of pulling it all off at once. I've pulled the fuel line off my pumps tons of times never sprayed out that bad. I should have pulled it off and stuck it in a bucket or something. Next time will be easier
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Old 02-13-2008, 02:03 AM
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I think what did me in was I moved it off a little bit to try and let that drain out instead of pulling it all off at once. I've pulled the fuel line off my pumps tons of times never sprayed out that bad. I should have pulled it off and stuck it in a bucket or something. Next time will be easier
When I did it, I had some fuel come out on me...I ended up having some run off onto me only because I had the car up at an angle, and there was still a little fuel left in the filter. It happens. Not a big deal, just enough to where I smelled like gas. Great aftershave smell, right guys?

Seriously, though, this is an EASY thing to do if you haven't ever changed it out. Hardest part is getting the little plastic "rivets" (for lack of a better word) out of the plastic cover. Once you get those off, though, it's easy to get in and change the filter.

Next easy thing to do is change out your cabin air filter...The one that filters outside air from coming into the cabin and getting all sorts of particles inside. (If there's any of you that live in So Cal, you might need to change this after the fires from October - mine was dark grey from all of the soot & dust that had come through)
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