That damn black retaining clip refuses to budge no matter what I try...wd40 or trying to make it move with pliers....just does not want to move...need help here
99 Cav
Just so you know, there is actually a tool you can get at part stores that greatly help in the removal of these filters. On my fiancee's '96 Grand Am, I was able to take it off and replace it without so much as a wimper. On my '98 SF GT I basically had to end up using a lot of very tricky methods to pull the metal retainer out of the line. Some people have went so far as to cut the hose and put a new piece in that allows you to use a fuel filter from an early '90's Cavalier/Sunbird.
Best of luck, it's never easy to do...
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http://www.phobia.net/~immortal/tech/fuelfilter.html
dont know if any of that will help with your specific problem, but check that out
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Here's how I finally got my stock fuel filter off of my 99 Z:
1. I got the Quick Disconnect tool set from AutoZone for about $8
2. Climbed under the car, undid the nut on the right side
3. Cut the left side of the filter off just to the right of the black clip with a hacksaw
4. This allows you to get the tool on there all the way (I tried it without cutting, and it wouldn't fit on far enough to disengage the clips)
5. The new filter installs and comes off a lot easier than the stock one
Here is a diagram I made showing where to cut:
Rob
Sold 2/2/05
Yea I tried mine & I gave up on it, I didn't want to twist the tubing off!! I think I am going to take it to the dealership to have them do it!! By the way Robz, nice GTO!!! I just bought a Pulse Red one!!!! I love it!!!
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2000 Cavalier Z24 A4 Green Met.
^^Follow my instructions and you will get it. I was almost ready to give up, but then read about someone cutting part of it to get at it.
Rob
Sold 2/2/05
Thanks Rob for the advice and diagram...will definitely give that advice a shot!
and if all else fails... get a pick set, and you can pry the retaining clips inward, and get it out, i speculate your 99 has the factory delco filter still on it, and it has corroded itself all up... (hickup) like i did.... took about 3 hours, i had cut the main part of the filter off to make it easier to get the picks in the the coupling...
Rob I got that tool....kinda cut/bent the old filter off but couldn't the disconnect tool to work right so all I did was pull out the remaining parts of the filter tube with a needle nose pliers...thanks all for their advice and help...goddamn AC Delco fuel filter
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tool from auto zone sucks arse!.. the dic holes who put my friends filter on before he had the car f'd his all up i ended up having to hack saw the filter off! crazy huh amazing im still alive.. its wierd his is so hard my filter i just go under grab the plastic parts and compress in and walla literally a 5 min job, his turned into a 5 hr job!
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