fuel filter hose stickiness

? ?" <grailer@yifan.net
Thu, 16 May 2002 11:12:42 -0500


<spdracer@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:

  > has anyone devised a way to keep the hoses from getting so freakin
  > stuck onto the filter?

Yup, when you install the new filter, use a little silicone dielectric grease
around the fittings on the filter. Don't use too much - you don't want the
grease in the fuel line - just enough for a thin film. This grease doesn't wear
off and, assuming you change your filter every 20-40k miles, should make things
a lot easier the next time.

Carson M. Hanrahan                        '91 Classic w/the usual stuff
"It is better to go into a corner slow and come out fast than to go
into a corner fast and come out dead" - Stirling Moss