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Pimp_Dudu
Alfa Sprint
Joined: 17 Apr 2003
Posts: 157
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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 Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:55 am Post subject: Where is the fuel filter? |
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| Can somebody please tell me where in the world is the damn fuel filter...i've been sitting in the rain for over an hour searching for it and i still cant find it. car is 33 92 ie 1.7 bosch injection |
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BILL
Alfa Sprint
Joined: 04 May 2003
Posts: 154
Location: TRIPOLIS GREECE
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Pimp_Dudu
Alfa Sprint
Joined: 17 Apr 2003
Posts: 157
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| well...found the filter....and i have to admit...Goddamit those stupid italians were full of *#*& when they made that car....i struggled for about 2 hours (and to top it all off in rainy condition) to finally take the old fuel filter away (which was there for maybe 12 years)...i mean there's the exhaust pipe in the way, there's the wheel arches in the way...there's soooo much bull in the way...and on top of that the stupid bolts were rusted so its almost impossible to take them off....i finally changed it...and now im sitting at home...but for f**k's sake how can something which i used to change in my friends mazda and bmw for 10min take me 2h in my car?????????i mean have alfa made almost EVERYTHING harder??? |
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RFlower
Alfa 33
Joined: 17 Feb 2004
Posts: 432
Location: S of France
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| Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:50 am Post subject: |
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I don't know if mine has a different mounting, but it has a black plastic cover, heat shield I suppose, which clips over it, and can be pulled off.
The strap holding it in place can then be loosened and the filter dropped down to hang on the fuel pipes (these need to be unclipped from the car body), to make access to the connectors easier.
Access to the filter is easy via the wheel arch if the left wheel is removed and the car raised up on its standard jack.
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Pimp_Dudu
Alfa Sprint
Joined: 17 Apr 2003
Posts: 157
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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| Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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yeah well.....that still would take time...i also have the plastic cover, which came off easy...but then it was sooo hard working from underneath the car...adn the stupidest part is that i realized today that i had put the wrong rings around teh bolts and it was leaking so i had to do the WHOLE process over again but i finally am finished...now there's no leak and it works pretty fine...next thing im gonna do is put fresh oil in it..car's waiting outside right now....i only took a small 10min brake  |
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