Hey guys looking to replace the fuel filter on a 93 magna 2.6

I found 2 possible ones, which is why I am confused. On on the passanger side fire wall, that leads to the fuel rail.

the second is a blue in line filter near the gas tank I noticed the other day.

I do not have any line wrenchs, so I am hoping australias weather does not have the same effect on fittings as canada's weather.

on a side note I already had a post about this but never hurts to get more input.
besides plugs, cap rotor, oil, air and fuel filters. any other ideas on increasing fuel eco?


Thanks
Sean

Second gen only have the one under the booster unless someone has placed one at the back which is not ideal as these are very high pressure and should not be just patched in

Ease up on the right foot ;)
Use a pipe spanner or there is a good chance you'll round the fitting (better to be safe then sorry)

and yeah its the one on the firewall mate

great thanks, I wounder what the little blue fliter is, I will take a picture and post it.

Probably still cheaper for me to buy the line wrenchs then pay a mech to do it for me.lol

I'll just do what I did for my oil sensor buy the socket from cheap auto then return it once I am done.lol

Mine was so hard to get off the fuel line I had to cut the line and take it to an engineering shop where there was a lot of swearing and then it came loose.

great thanks, I wounder what the little blue fliter is, I will take a picture and post it.

Probably still cheaper for me to buy the line wrenchs then pay a mech to do it for me.lol

I'll just do what I did for my oil sensor buy the socket from cheap auto then return it once I am done.lol

You'll always need sockets...I'd just keep them..

Ive also seen one above the fuel tank, a little blue one.

Does that perhaps filter the return line?

I think the one you guys are referring to is actually the surge or vapour valve, it lets vapour flow to the canister but if there is a backfire that sends fire towards the tank, the little blue thing arrests this

This is a common issue on older cars aslo when they get old and stop vapour flowing when on a hot day you get fuel smell

i got a set of spanners from supercheap for $12, its saves you rounding off the nut

those tend to snap more than the bolts themselves perry

OP just make sure that you place something under the car when you are pulling the filter off, therell be a lot of petrol coming out of it

Can I not le the pressure off?
and now I get it, spanner means box wrench.lol was haven some culture shock

I have a wrench set already, but I usually use a line spanner set back home so you do not round off the nuts.

Ah,...... Okayyyyy.....

so "spanner" = box wrench - over here (Oz) we have ring-spanners and open-enders, does a box wrench have rings too, or would a box wrench just be the three-sided type we call an "open-ender"?

Can you describe a "line spanner" - is that what we might call a "flare spanner" - bit like a ring spanner but has only a narrow slot out of one side - that you slip the fuel-line (for example) through the slot and the spanner has 5 out of 6 "flats" against the nut of the fitting? Flare spanners here also seem to be a bit thicker too, esp more contact on the fittings than cheap ring-spanners.

I love little linguistic differences between states here (Oz), and the greater differences between Godzone (also Oz, as in "godzone country" = Australia) and other countries such as NZ and USA etc.

Edit: Nugget, to pick your brains a bit more:
- what do you call sockets?
- what about things like pliers, and what we call multi-grips?
- where is home for you, just out of interest (O'seas, I mean)?

Ah,...... Okayyyyy.....

so "spanner" = box wrench - over here (Oz) we have ring-spanners and open-enders, does a box wrench have rings too, or would a box wrench just be the three-sided type we call an "open-ender"?

Can you describe a "line spanner" - is that what we might call a "flare spanner" - bit like a ring spanner but has only a narrow slot out of one side - that you slip the fuel-line (for example) through the slot and the spanner has 5 out of 6 "flats" against the nut of the fitting? Flare spanners here also seem to be a bit thicker too, esp more contact on the fittings than cheap ring-spanners.

I love little linguistic differences between states here (Oz), and the greater differences between Godzone (also Oz, as in "godzone country" = Australia) and other countries such as NZ and USA etc.

Edit: Nugget, to pick your brains a bit more:
- what do you call sockets?
- what about things like pliers, and what we call multi-grips?
- where is home for you, just out of interest (O'seas, I mean)?

Say's he is from QLD, that explains it :P
Perry, Don't be a cheap skate with tools!!!

;1064337']Say's he is from QLD, that explains it :P
Perry, Don't be a cheap skate with tools!!!

That post is far to long for a QLD'er, they will just look at that and think TLDR

Live in QLD, from Canada.
Well most of our Spanners, we just call wrenches They have a opened end( 3Sides) and a boxed in on on the other end.

A line wrench is what u called a Flare Spanner.

As to ur question, a Socket is a Socket.
then we have Pliers, in different kinds such as needle nose.

and I am glad I know about this Spanner business, Star Wars makes alot or sense when Solo ask Chewie for the spanner to fix the hyper drive, haha

Welcome Canuck!! Thanks - I can talk about sockets, at least, without confusion...oh, and pliers too! Cheers, Phil PS: Fuel filter is now sorted?

nah notyet, Its pretty tight on the bottom, haven trouble getting an adjustable spanner down there.

nah notyet, Its pretty tight on the bottom, haven trouble getting an adjustable spanner down there.

Dont use and adjustable spanner on a fuel line and filter ffs

Use a 14mm line spanner on the fuel line and a 19mm open ended spanner of the filter itself

BTW, dont leave that box wrench on the side walk or it may get clipped and bounce of someone's fender and land on the hood which means that you will not be able to remove the trunk later :)