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I own a 1998 Acura CL 3.0 V6. I am going to attempt for my first time, cleaning the intake and egr openings/ports. While I have the intake off, I thought I may as well change the fuel filter as well. Is that a good time to do a fuel filter change? Am I attempting to undertake too much? Where is the fuel filter located on this model? Thanks.
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Changing the fuel filter is good preventive maintenance. If you are ever in doubt, just follow the fuel line from the tank to the engine bay if you have a return type fuel system.
Return-less fuel systems have there fuel filter located in the fuel tank and is apart of the fuel pump module.
Thanks yarddog and dreamer for your responses to my questions. Finally a forum where I actually get responses!
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I own a 1998 Acura CL 3.0 V6. I am going to attempt for my first time, cleaning the intake and egr openings/ports. While I have the intake off, I thought I may as well change the fuel filter as well. Is that a good time to do a fuel filter change? Am I attempting to undertake too much? Where is the fuel filter located on this model? Thanks.
Just cleaned my EGR system from the EGR valve to the lower part of the intake manifold the weekend before last (some nasty stuff there). Get yourself some good cleaner and rags. Also if there are gaskets involved you may want to have some new ones on hand to put in. I didn’t think of that before I started my project and I ended up needing a new gasket for the EGR valve to the tube that connects the EGR valve to the throttle body and a gasket for the throttle body to the lower intake manifold(it was missing and I think the tech who installed some new coolant tubes for me over the winter never put one back in when he removed the throttle body). After my cleaning I had to put everything back together with the bad gasket, and without the missing gasket but everything is clean and good now. I wish I had not had to take everything apart twice though. The Neon is running fine now and no trouble code has reappeared since the cleaning. I don’t have an external fuel filter on mine, it’s integrated into the pressure regulator in the fuel pump assembly, But if it’s a cheap preventative maintenance item I’d replace it and save yourself a problem later. It would probably go with Murphy’s Law at the most inopportune time (rain storm, snowstorm, 100+ degree weather that’s how it would go for me). If you have a fuel pressure tester you could check the pressure at the tank and compare it to the fuel pressure at the rail and if the filter is in between, then if there is a difference in the pressures, if it is substantial, the fuel filter should be replaced.
I believe the fuel filter on that car is lifetime and does not require replacement. The procedure you are going to perform is the same as in this video, good luck.
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