Doing this tomorrow. The guy at O'Reilly failed and thought I paid for the Fuel Filter day prior when I had to have it ordered. Walked out with 50 bucks of paint and a 30 dollar fuel filter and only spent $50. I will make sure I don't go back otherwise Ill have to obviously have some integrity. Where did you get the tools?

 

give me the info on the fuel filter from oreillys! Paid 50ish for ac delco filter off gmpartsdirect.... and the quick disconnect tool can be bought at oreillys lol

 

Is there a way to update the very first post with a notice to the California emission cars out there?

The Cali cars fuel filter is inside the tank. I was about to do this yesterday and spent 2 hours looking for the darn thing. Would have been easier if there was a disclaimer.

Thanks. Either way love the write up.

 

It's scary to imagine how many LSJ's could be cruising around with the wrong fuel filter..

 

I'll crack open a GM LSJ part number vs an AutoZone next time I change, and post results.

 

I need help guys. I have followed this guide exactly and now the car isn't turning over. Got back under the car and pulled the filter and its dry. By deduction i believe the pump has failed but any help or thoughts would be much appreciated before i throw money at the situation. Thanks in advance.

 

Anyone?

 

you could try taking the filter off and see if it spits gas.

check fuses and relay. Do you hear the pump when turning the car on?

 

i did take the filter off and no gas spilled when i cranked it but it ended up being the fuse relay. thankfully....

 

LOL I'm such a moron.... I fooled around with mine this afternoon for about half an hour, before taking a closer look at how the relay attaches. Moved it back to the right location, and sure enough, it starts right up. And I've replaced the filter before; this time I got bitten by the relay bug.... Gotta watch what I'm doing I guess. In all honesty, the location that "looks" like it might be the correct one, isn't. It has to be one slot further forward.

 

Did it prevent it from starting or could it...

 

just changed filter and when I blew it out gas was brown after 7k I get my fuel at a new sheetz store that gets alot of traffic but I was noticeing power loss and thats where I started also got my filter at a auto zone for $19 napa wanted $32 I'm sure napa's is better but is there that much difference?

 

Go with napa, anything else is junk.

 

Good write up! Even though this was forever ago

 

Good write up, will be doing mine again this summer at my 100k service. WOW did I say 100k....LOL. And its been foever since Ive been on here.

 

good write up will be doing mine asap i have 88k in my car lol still running like new

 

Good Thread!

 

wow, i guess i need to change mine. i have 45k miles

 

You have a TC it's not changeable. It's part of the in tank unit. You'd have to replace the whole unit.

 

Even tho this been posted for awhile now Good write up! I was thinkin it would be alil harder than that..

 

hmm idk if mine was ever changed.. i have 66k now

 

I got mine at 30k, so hopefully it was changed when I bought it. Because it has 94k now and I never changed it.

 

I didn't read all 13 pages of replies so someone might have already mentioned this but since I went through all the trouble of buying the part and tool and jacking up my car --- IF you have a TC SS (08+) this write up does not apply to you, the fuel filter is integrated with the fuel pump and it is not serviceable. Otherwise this looked like a very good write up I thought I knew exactly what I was going to do and looked simple up until the fuel filter was not where it was supposed to be lol

 

Weary about doing this.... but i have 89k on the car and im sure its never been done.

 

It's easy.

The filter should be changed every 20-30k miles.