Fuel Filter Change $$

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Quanz56
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Anyone know how much a shop would charge me to get my fuel filter changed? I already bought the filter hoping to do it myself but I can't get my car high enough off the ground to get to it (crappy jack) and now it's winter and I'm 10k miles over due.
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10k is really no big deal, a lot of people go WAY longer.

I'd just make a couple phone calls, it really shouldn't cost much. I've done my own but it isn't the most fun job.
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tgnorman
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FORDSVTPARTS wrote:10k is really no big deal, a lot of people go WAY longer.

I'd just make a couple phone calls, it really shouldn't cost much. I've done my own but it isn't the most fun job.

Eh, the gas doesn't taste that bad unless it's stale....
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tgnorman wrote:
FORDSVTPARTS wrote:10k is really no big deal, a lot of people go WAY longer.

I'd just make a couple phone calls, it really shouldn't cost much. I've done my own but it isn't the most fun job.

Eh, the gas doesn't taste that bad unless it's stale....
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there's a scheduled time to do that? humm, i just do it when needed.
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My '01 needed a change at 209,000 miles! First time it had been changed.
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I'd just use the money you would spend paying a shop to buy a better jack them change it yourself
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HilloNative
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^^^ true... i did mine in my other car in 10 minutes(mcdonals parkinlot)...
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HilloNative wrote:^^^ true... i did mine in my other car in 10 minutes(mcdonals parkinlot)...
yeah, but you're mexican
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pantera1
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Those clamp clip thingys are kind of a pain when they are all full of gunk. What happened to good old fashioned hose clamps?

Luckly none of those plastic thingys broke, but the new kit (not FORD) had some come with it. They were different looking, but probably could have made them work.

Good idea about using the money saved from a shop and putting it towards a tool.
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dartfork
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Monkey-Gein wrote:
HilloNative wrote:^^^ true... i did mine in my other car in 10 minutes(mcdonals parkinlot)...
yeah, but you're mexican
It took me about 25 minutes do change mine in a park-n-ride lot on the hottest day of the year 2 summers ago. Its really not that hard. ...much easier than an escort.
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Why do you think it needs to be done? Has some one been pouring dirt in your gas tank?
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HilloNative
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dartfork wrote:
Monkey-Gein wrote:
HilloNative wrote:^^^ true... i did mine in my other car in 10 minutes(mcdonals parkinlot)...
yeah, but you're mexican
It took me about 25 minutes do change mine in a park-n-ride lot on the hottest day of the year 2 summers ago. Its really not that hard. ...much easier than an escort.

^^^ and he is not mexican, but the point is that is shouldnt be that hard.
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