Fuel filter question

Hey guys I'm not around my truck right now or I would ruin out and check it. but when I get back into town I want to do some maintenance on my truck. Can anyone tell me if the fuel filter requires a special tool to remove like ford's do or are they a simple hose clamp?

 

I believe the filter is in the fuel tank and part of the pump

 

In the tank with the fuel pump... Should be good for the life of the truck.

 

Interesting. definitely not going to drop the tank unless the pump or sending unit go bad. so that's one less thing on my to do list. thanks guys.

 

Anyone ever add a secondary filter between tank and engine?

 

I have on other older vehicles and usually one of the clear ones just to see what is going on. but remember, putting one further up the line isn't going to take any stress off of the 1st one.

 

Did the "clear one" show dirt ? How much after how long ? Thanks for any reply.

 

Not on any of the cars that I put it on but I did put one on a motorcycle that had some bad gas and particles that I couldn't get out of the tank so I replaced the old fuel filter with a glass one that had replaceable filter cartridges and as I would see more particles start to clog the filter I would just replace the cartridge until everything got worked out of the tank.

 

Sounds good - please let us know how it works out if you decide to put one on your Tacoma. Thanks.