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Want better engine performance?? CHANGE THAT FUEL FILTER!
I got a NAPA fuel filter and just installed it in my camry and I was SHOCKED at how much better my engine sounded. It must have been really clogged bcos the rpms jumped from 750 to 1K. My engine had been sounding really rough when at idle so what I thought was a mysterious vacuum leak was actually my engine starving for fuel! The car responds much better, sounds better and drive better. I am still in disbelief. Thinking back on it I have owned my car for about 5 years now and have never changed it. Now I know better. So what's the interval of a fuel filter change? And I read somewhere that gas stations have a prefilter at the pump that catches a lot of stuff but if it isnt changed regularly (monthly) then its as good as not having one.
I got a NAPA fuel filter and just installed it in my camry and I was SHOCKED at how much better my engine sounded. It must have been really clogged bcos the rpms jumped from 750 to 1K. My engine had been sounding really rough when at idle so what I thought was a mysterious vacuum leak was actually my engine starving for fuel! The car responds much better, sounds better and drive better. I am still in disbelief. Thinking back on it I have owned my car for about 5 years now and have never changed it. Now I know better. So what's the interval of a fuel filter change? And I read somewhere that gas stations have a prefilter at the pump that catches a lot of stuff but if it isnt changed regularly (monthly) then its as good as not having one.
How many miles? Model yr? engine?
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96 Camry Coupe LE V6
98 Honda CRV
08 GMC Crew
11 Kia Sportage EX AWD
The Toyota fuel filter is supposed to be a lifetime filter, but i when changed mine
(it was the original one from factory) it was filled with mud and i experienced the
same thing you did, the original filter had 245000 km on its back
Way to much regardless of what Toyota says. I have decided to
change it every 50000 km
Oh sorry, got at Gen3 (94). It has 230K on it and its a 5sfe engine with manual transmission.
Thanks for the info, I have one with 117k and the other with 109k, so I guess I can push them alittle further...where is the fuel filter located on a gen 3? and how much did it cost ya?
Did you do it yourself or have it done?...Appreciate the additional information!..Thanks
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96 Camry Coupe LE V6
98 Honda CRV
08 GMC Crew
11 Kia Sportage EX AWD
You've got me thinking now, I've never seen a Toyota (EFI) that didn't have the same cannister-type in exactly the same place. Nice and hard to get at!
I've actually been trying to replace mine (the poor car's at 340,000km and still running strong, but I don't think the filter's been replaced in over 200,000K now), but I can't get that stupid fitting loose from under the cannister...any ideas anyone? Since I can't use a torch to heat it (ka-boom) and it's touch to get penetrating oil up under there, I'm at a loss... any suggestions? I've never had this happen before.
__________________ 1990 5spd V6 Camry (Still kicking at 393,000km) 1991 Celica GTS -- Pappa needs a 3SGTE...and AWD for all this friggin' snow
Honda my A$$, you just can't kill a Yota...
You've got me thinking now, I've never seen a Toyota (EFI) that didn't have the same cannister-type in exactly the same place. Nice and hard to get at!
I've actually been trying to replace mine (the poor car's at 340,000km and still running strong, but I don't think the filter's been replaced in over 200,000K now), but I can't get that stupid fitting loose from under the cannister...any ideas anyone? Since I can't use a torch to heat it (ka-boom) and it's touch to get penetrating oil up under there, I'm at a loss... any suggestions? I've never had this happen before.
Flair-nut wrenches - a 17mm and a 14mm. I had to use a pipe as an extention on my 320k mile-old filter on my Camry. Luckily, the engine bay had no engine in it!
-Charlie
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1989 Camry Alltrac LE 3S-GTE 5spd - SV25/ST205 hybrid
1990 Camry 3S-GTE 5spd - parted out / junked
1990 Camry DX 3S-FE 5spd - The original white90dx; gone but not forgotten
break it and go to the wreckers and get a new one, is the way everyone does it. common problem.
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I got a NAPA fuel filter and just installed it in my camry and I was SHOCKED at how much better my engine sounded. It must have been really clogged bcos the rpms jumped from 750 to 1K. My engine had been sounding really rough when at idle so what I thought was a mysterious vacuum leak was actually my engine starving for fuel! The car responds much better, sounds better and drive better. I am still in disbelief. Thinking back on it I have owned my car for about 5 years now and have never changed it. Now I know better. So what's the interval of a fuel filter change? And I read somewhere that gas stations have a prefilter at the pump that catches a lot of stuff but if it isnt changed regularly (monthly) then its as good as not having one.
Help me understand something here. I don't doubt for a minute that Reaper has found his problem, but....
If the fuel filter on Reaper's car was clogged, wouldn't he experience a greater problem at high RPM's (say, 4000) than he would at idle. It seems to me that the engine is calling for a lot more fuel at 4000 RPM than it does at 750 RPM, and a clogged filter may not even allow enough fuel to pass to even get to 4000 RPM. Reaper did not say anything about how the car was running at higher RPMs, so I assume it was probably running fine there.
What am I getting wrong here?
Thanks!
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"If you don't understand the technology you depend upon, you will someday be a victim of that technology."
i have a fuel filter sitting in my trunk i haven't been able to loosen the nut on mine...my car is a 2000 camry le v6 with 142k miles on it....this is the ORIGINAL FUEL filter ... i'm going to try and loosen the nut again this weekend by spraying some liquid wrench on it to see if it can help loosen it....i don't wanna try to loosen it with alot of pressure...
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Want better engine performance?? CHANGE THAT FUEL FILTER!
I've never had this happen before.
1990 5spd V6 Camry (Still kicking at 393,000km) 1991 Celica GTS -- Pappa needs a 3SGTE...and AWD for all this friggin' snow
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