In this video, I’m changing out the fuel filter on our 1987 Pontiac Trans Am project car. I made an interesting discovery while swapping out the old filter. …
In this video, I’m changing out the fuel filter on our 1987 Pontiac Trans Am project car. I made an interesting discovery while swapping out the old filter. …
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Lol, always something isn’t it. I have some great stories too about stuff
like that.
One time I cut a fuel filter in half just out of being bored/curious.. and
after doing that, I have never understood why there is an in and out. Looks
the same on the inside, and I really don’t think it would matter. But I
could be wrong.. I just don’t understand why it would matter.
My dad would have put that fuel filter on wrong !! 🙁
i’ve seen mufflers installed backwards also as they put an arrow towards
the inlet and when you look at it you would think the arrow is the
direction of flow. fuel filters are one of the most neglected maintenance
items….as is the gear oil in the differential
Well the one I opened up was off an old Safari van and it looks exactly
like the one on the Trans Am.. but agreed. I would install it in the
correct direction just incase.
Alot of people miss the fuel filter when tuning up their cars and a
diffrence it makes when serviced corrrectly.
Yeah, it’s not like it’s very complicated. Thanks for watching!
niice!
i can t comment just watching it.this save money i have to go to the
dealership you also going to take away the rust under ?
dripping fuel and an incandescent bulb!! Aye yi yi !! Ya never know what
you’ll come across when you buy something used!! Good catch!!☺
It’s always a good idea to replace it. Thanks for watching!
It’s amazing what people do sometimes. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching!
I may cut it open just so we can see exactly whats going on inside. I
suspect that you’re right though.
It is amazing what you’ll find sometimes. Thanks for watching!
i replaced a fuel filter once at my bro’s shop, what a fucking pain in the
ass, i couldn’t even smoke, I COULDA STABBED SOMEONE… sorry, little
nicotine deprivation flashback..
I guess that could not read the word out. Anyway nice thing is you got it
done.
I wish you would have shown how to shut off the fuel pressure
WHen do we get to see more of this? I’m dying to see more! Even if its just
a father-son cruising around beating the cobwebs out of this motor video.
haha
Do you think we could get another barn/garage update? 😀 I really like
those.
Reminds me of the time we changed the fuel pump in my GTA, When we got the
tank out we found out the previous owner didnt even connect it to the
sending unit. So it was basically blowing fuel around in the tank lol.
the one i did was on a 90’s saturn so it came loose pretty easy
It was a little bit of a pain to get loose. The first time I tried it, it
wouldn’t budge, but the PB blaster helped break it free.
On some filters, I don’t think it does matter too much. I’m sure it varies
depending on the design. I still feel better about it being installed in
the correct direction…just in case.
We’ll be doing some painting underneath the car over time.
I don’t know how they could make it much easier. I guess they didn’t look
at it very closely.
I know, I know….our LED light was over in the barn. I was being extremely
careful with it.
We’ll try to get some new vids up soon. We’ve just been busy with other
things lately.
I dont think installing it backwards will affect the fuel going through it,
but it might have affected the filtering job that it was designed to do. I
think its all about the “storage” area of the dirt/rust that the filter was
designed to have for any “bad” stuff that should stay in the filter.