Am I being had?
ya i prefer if you plan on keeping the car for awhile..... its cheap insurance! if they look original and your car has higher milage....a hose might look good on the outside but the insides might be messed up..... they cannt cost to much and you can do it yourself very easy....
i would sugest using the bolt style clamps or at least new spring clamps.... they could be weak after a long life... again just cheap insurance. whats say 100bucks.... when if the hose does pop or pop off ten you have to pay for a tow truck or at least go thru the hassle of finding a friend to come get ya and borrow a trailer to take it home.....
you can change them yourself... its only 4 clamps 2 hoses..... then just drain the fluid, and either put it back in or put new stuff in... id say buy alittle new fluid because you fill have to bleed the system, very simple.....
fuel filter you can also do yourself.....
FIRST OFF make sure the motor is cooled down!!!!
what i would sugest is pulling the back seat up and find the fuel pump harness on the top of the tank under the cover. start the car up and just unplug the fuel pump harness which will of course kill the pump, and with the motor still trying to run it will suck most the pressre out of the system, then it just takes some LINE WRENCHES... DO NOT USE regular open end wrenches! you will round the heads right off! and the filter will be very tight!!!!!! i had to really putmy back into that sucker to get it to loosen up the first time! and just get some rags and wrap them around the fuel filter and lines after you cracked it loose this will suck up any of the gas that might/will run out of the filter/lines then its as simple as removing the old copper washers and put the new supplied copper washers on the bolts/filter lines. and just plug the fuel pump back in and everything and then pull the memory fuse.... otherwise you will have a CEL light which is just fuel pressure related since you relieved the gas pressure.. nothing to worry about. simply find the fuse and unplug it for like 15seconds or so and plug is back in OR just unhook the battery for afew mins for the same results...
i would sugest using the bolt style clamps or at least new spring clamps.... they could be weak after a long life... again just cheap insurance. whats say 100bucks.... when if the hose does pop or pop off ten you have to pay for a tow truck or at least go thru the hassle of finding a friend to come get ya and borrow a trailer to take it home.....
you can change them yourself... its only 4 clamps 2 hoses..... then just drain the fluid, and either put it back in or put new stuff in... id say buy alittle new fluid because you fill have to bleed the system, very simple.....
fuel filter you can also do yourself.....
FIRST OFF make sure the motor is cooled down!!!!
what i would sugest is pulling the back seat up and find the fuel pump harness on the top of the tank under the cover. start the car up and just unplug the fuel pump harness which will of course kill the pump, and with the motor still trying to run it will suck most the pressre out of the system, then it just takes some LINE WRENCHES... DO NOT USE regular open end wrenches! you will round the heads right off! and the filter will be very tight!!!!!! i had to really putmy back into that sucker to get it to loosen up the first time! and just get some rags and wrap them around the fuel filter and lines after you cracked it loose this will suck up any of the gas that might/will run out of the filter/lines then its as simple as removing the old copper washers and put the new supplied copper washers on the bolts/filter lines. and just plug the fuel pump back in and everything and then pull the memory fuse.... otherwise you will have a CEL light which is just fuel pressure related since you relieved the gas pressure.. nothing to worry about. simply find the fuse and unplug it for like 15seconds or so and plug is back in OR just unhook the battery for afew mins for the same results...
ORIGINAL: mundy5
The hose clips do not overtighten. they are not your usual hose clamps that tighten by bolt. they come loose by using plyers and squeezing it and they tighten when you release the clip.
The hose clips do not overtighten. they are not your usual hose clamps that tighten by bolt. they come loose by using plyers and squeezing it and they tighten when you release the clip.
And, lol, don't overtighten the coolant system bleed bolt when you're done. I did, and it broke, and everyone knows thats like the last step, so guess what i ended up doing... searching all day for a new bleed bolt housing, and then taking the hose off, letting some coolant out, putting the new housing on, and then attaching the hose and adding more coolant and bleeding the system. Then I made damn sure that i didn't overtighten it again. I have a bad habit of overtightening bleed bolts, valve cover bolts, basically any type of bolt that sucks to break.
Ooops... I was trying to say two things at once. Personally, I would replace the OEM spring-type hose clamp/spring clips with old fashioned screw type. In doing so, do not overtighten.
However, if you prefer the OEM style, don't re-use the old and replace with new.
Just goes to show that you should re-read your posts before hitting "OK".
However, if you prefer the OEM style, don't re-use the old and replace with new.
Just goes to show that you should re-read your posts before hitting "OK".
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