fuel fillter

[nxw990]

iM not really sure if I'm posting right to get my question answered by you guy

I'm trying to chang my ed fuel fillter but one of the bolts on the fuel line won't undo and is starting to strip,
I have tried dousing it in wd40 but no luck.
Any ideas?

[Ech0_]

iM not really sure if I'm posting right to get my question answered by you guy

I'm trying to chang my ed fuel fillter but one of the bolts on the fuel line won't undo and is starting to strip,
I have tried dousing it in wd40 but no luck.
Any ideas?

Lol what timing. I just jumped on here to search for the same thing as I got mine off on my eb but I can't get the girlfriends ef's one off even with a shitload of wd all it wants to do is strip

[AaronEF8]

Let the WD40 sit for a few hours, and try some gentle knocks on the thread.

It's been a while since I've done one, does the fuel filter have male or female ends? If they're female you could hacksaw along the length of it carefully, enough to get a small screwdriver or chisel into the hole, then open up the female end.

[campbell18]

yeh i did mine a few days ago and had the exact same dramas, didnt take long before the nut started turning into a round shape
I just covered mine with WD40, let it sit for an hour and then had another crack, came off first go

[deansxr6]

There shouldn't be an issue if the spanner is on right, and is the right size, 19mm on the fuel filter and 14mm on the line, and just crack it. Should need wd40 or anything.

[BBQBurner]

i had one round off using pipe spanners.
Used wd40 then a vice grip to get it off.

[Rollin]

I give the flats of the nuts a few big thumps with a hammer first, helps 'crack' the lock on the thread.

Then usually I use vice grips (carefully but tightly) on the fuel line nuts, I don't even bother with spanners because as you've all noticed, they just round the nuts anyway.

[Jake]

Yeah I used my sidchrome spanners, and they rounded off on me as well.

I used good quality multigrips with bars on the ends of the handles for more leverage to get mine off... and I still found it hard to squeeze the grips together tight enough to loosen the nuts.

[BBQBurner]

I coated mine in antiseize last time so hoping it easier to change next time round