tool for fuel filter?
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From: Richmond, VA
tool for fuel filter?
I am about to change out my fuel filter and it looks like i need an 8mm 12pt 3/8 drive allen to remove a strap that holds the filter. I've checked at home depot an advance auto but it looks like no one carry's 12 points. does anyone know if this is something that could be found locally or is it something that has to be ordered online? if so does anyone know where i might be able to get it from?
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From: Minnesota
I think it's a tripple square. I had the tool, but like most of us, mine was rusted in place. Special tool I needed was a hack saw blade handle.
Well said. I ended up putting a zip tie on there, just because. But I'm not sure how necessary it was.
Well said. I ended up putting a zip tie on there, just because. But I'm not sure how necessary it was.
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I put the rear up on ramps last night and went along with this DIY: AudiWorld Tech Articles and only had 1 strap and then when i tried moving the tank down it didn't budge at all and didnt see the filter at all. is the 01 a4 fuel filter location different from the 99? this was the only instructions i found online.
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you go at it by crawling under the passenger side rear door, right in front of the passenger rear wheel. Look straight up. cut the darn plastic strap or pry bar it until you can stretch it enough to pull the old one out. watch for gasoline spray to the face when you break the first banjo bolt.
Good advice. I took off my gas cap, pulled the fuel pump fuse and ran the car out of gas before I did mine, and STILL got sprayed with gas when I loosened the banjo bolts. Watch out for your eyes and ****!
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you go at it by crawling under the passenger side rear door, right in front of the passenger rear wheel. Look straight up. cut the darn plastic strap or pry bar it until you can stretch it enough to pull the old one out. watch for gasoline spray to the face when you break the first banjo bolt.
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I didn't remove mine, but I lowered it just like that DIY says. I'm not sure why yours didn't come down. I do remember having to pry on it a bit. I think you're actually bending the platic tank around the diff if I recall right.
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I replaced it today. On ramps under the rear end. I started loosening the tank straps, and thought one was spinning, plus I wondered how it was going to be to get it back in place, so I just used a flat screwdriver to loosen the plastic band around the filter (it never broke, as I was hoping) and pulled it out by the bolt with pliers protected with cloth. I had bought a filter and 4 washers from the dealer ($44 dollars). There are two silver ones and two red ones (aluminum and copper?). The alum ones went on the 19 mm bolt and the copper ones went on the 17 mm bolt - you can't screw this up because they are different diameters. I greased her up, pushed it in half way (there is a lip on the plastic holder at the bottom), drove around a while, and found no leaks. then with wood block and rubber mallet, I pushed it further into place. It ain't going nowhere.
Last edited by hartsoe1; Mar 5, 2013 at 08:56 PM.