2.7L Fuel Filter Replacement DIY in 6 easy steps

Hmm, my 95 has a filter body under the truck too, wonder what the origin of that is.

 

Great write up. First time I did this involved many stubby wrenches and making sweet sweet love to the top of the engine.

One question, does anyone know the size or sizes of the crush washers? The filters usually do not include these.

 

I have a 2008 Access cab 2.7. I'm pretty sure the fuel filter is in the gas tank - yours isn't in the tank ?

 

I tried finding just the washers and I could only find you get them with the filter only. I never did find anyone who sold just the crush washers separately, they do seal fine if you reuse the old ones though, as long as you make sure they are clean.

 

Good news. I just heard back from Patrick of BMA Auto Parts (www.bmaparts.com)

Fuel Filter Seal - 90430-12026 - $0.45 each

 

I replaced the fuel filter in my 2.4L Tacoma Friday, using the conventional method rather than pulling the filter and fuel lines together like Moco advised. But I did use his extensions and universal joint setup to remove the pain-in-the-ass top bracket bolt. I tried every other tool I could think of to get to it....nothing else worked. The job took me just over 2 hours, with the majority of that time devoted to the top bracket bolt. We really should track down the Jap engineer who designed that bracket and kick his ass.

I also wasted about 15 minutes trying to get the fuel lines' banjo bolts to thread into the new filter after mounting it back on the engine block. I could not get either of the bolts to thread into the filter for love or money. I finally discovered that Purolator had pushed rubber dust protector plugs into the filter's holes. After prying the plugs out and exposing the threads, the banjo bolts went in easily.

 

isnt that the fun of it though

 

thanks, did it yesterday.

 

Going to try this soon, anyone else not seeing the pics in the original post?

 

No pictures, but there is a PDF attached with the same content and pictures.

 

Thanks! Didn't notice that

 

Followed the six easy steps, (other than removing the intake plastics)was done in 75 minutes... Excellent write up and pics!!! That fuel line connection behind the fuse box takes forever to unscrew and then reattach!!!

 

This is awesome, just did it on my new to me '99 2.7L thanks

 

Gonna attempt this this weekend, these are the most in depth instructions i've found yet but I've seen elsewhere people mention disconnecting the battery, pulling the EFI fuse, unscrewing the gas cap, "depressurizing the fuel system" beforehand - is any of that necessary? No ones mentioned it in this thread.

 

Success! thanks OP for the PDF. For me I was able to get the top bracket bolt off pretty easily from the top of the engine with just a 3" extension, didn't have to build the crazy 20" extension contraption to get it from the wheel well. Wasn't able to get the bottom bolt from the top though.

 

Awesome writeup, thank you!