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V6LE_CAMRY · 07-30-2005, 03:07 PM

Hi. im just doing my fuel filter rightnow and i cant remove the bottom line; it's so hard and i feel that im going to trip the thread on the line the question is witch way do i tur the bootom line? do i go towards the firewall?

Thanxs

V6LE_CAMRY · 07-30-2005, 03:09 PM

Oh it's a 96 LEV6 1MZ-FE. Thanx.

chronoti · 07-30-2005, 03:11 PM

buy a set of box end wrenches ..... then break the line ... tear it out ... and get another from a junk yard .........

i got it off before i broke the line but some people werent that lucky

V6LE_CAMRY · 07-30-2005, 03:16 PM

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buy a set of box end wrenches ..... then break the line ... tear it out ... and get another from a junk yard .........

i got it off before i broke the line but some people werent that lucky

Oh amn will i have to break the line? The hole line is all metal all the way down.

yosh · 07-30-2005, 03:20 PM

I almost stripped mine trying to get it off and this worked perfectly. Get yourself a set of flare nut wrenches, these are from Sears. If you put the flare nut wrench on the fuel line fitting and a regular open end wrench on the bottom of the fuel filter itself, you can pry the wrenches apart with a screwdriver. This info was relayed to me from Jim@ForeignAffairs. I can't remember what direction to turn, but I think it was toward the firewall. Jim told me what direction to turn but I can't check it since camryman.org went down.

yosh · 07-30-2005, 03:22 PM

Yeah thats right I remember it was toward the firewall or if your looking down at it, clockwise.

chronoti · 07-30-2005, 03:39 PM

lol flare nut, box end all the same thing

unless that line is really stuck on you wount break it.

BullMarket · 07-30-2005, 03:47 PM

Mine was tough too. *Good* wrenches, patience, and an easy but firm hand will do it.

BULLMKT

V6LE_CAMRY · 07-30-2005, 09:30 PM

Well i din't have time to finish it because when i took off the top line to see if it would fit the new filter, it din't and i had to go back and exchange it for the right on and then from there i had places to so so i din't get the time today, I will do it tommorow morning, And one more question, What exact size wrench does the bottom line use? Is it a 14mm? Thats the sixe im using and it is a bit loose there but not that loose.

Thanx.

yosh · 07-31-2005, 12:13 AM

I can't remember but that sounds right. It might be loose because you may have rounded off the corners a bit.

V6LE_CAMRY · 08-05-2005, 08:57 PM

well now a week has gone by and i've noticed that im getting better gas mialage since i changed the filter, I sofar have gotten 110 miles on almost half the tank but it is not at the half mark yet, so i should get 220-230 miles on a whole tank is that what a 1MZ-Fe should be getting?

ag6286 · 08-05-2005, 09:17 PM

^^^ NO.........my 3vz-fe gets 400-450...most 1mz's are about the same

However, before my rebuild and tuns of other mods i was getting about 250/tank like you...

yosh · 08-05-2005, 09:20 PM

How many MPG?

rusty9 · 08-05-2005, 09:44 PM

righty tighty lefty loosy....if you cant figure out which way to loosen a nut...i dunno man...

***RningOnFumes*** · 08-05-2005, 10:09 PM

just did mine a couple of days ago...you gotta remember it's upside down--the nut and thread... so, yes turn towards the firewall to gett it off

lol...

righty tighty lefty loosy turn her over and screw her loosly, do her right and you'll make her loose it.

i kknow i know, i got it!!

Edit:
Righty tighty, lefty loosy. when turned over to screw her loosly, do her right and your nut will lose it.
End edit.

sorry, i don't know what the rhyme would be ---backwards