90 accord fuel filters?
03-22-2007 | 08:11 AM
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90 accord fuel filters?
Hello,
I bought a 90 accord LX automatic with 135,000 miles. I don't know if the front and rear fuel filters have ever been replaced. Does anyone know how important this is, and what the ballpark price would be to replace them? Also, does anyone know if Jiffy Lube's fuel service package where they clean out the fuel injection system is appropriate for this car?
Thanks,
Jaime
I bought a 90 accord LX automatic with 135,000 miles. I don't know if the front and rear fuel filters have ever been replaced. Does anyone know how important this is, and what the ballpark price would be to replace them? Also, does anyone know if Jiffy Lube's fuel service package where they clean out the fuel injection system is appropriate for this car?
Thanks,
Jaime
03-25-2007 | 05:37 PM
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1. Never go to Jiffy Lube. Never.
2. Front fuel filter will run about $6 at an auto parts store. You can do it yourself with moderate DIY skills. I say moderate only because you might have to remove the vacuum aparatus. Plus the hoses leading into the filter are sometimes difficult to unscrew due to the small amount of slack you have to work with and the fact that they may have been screwed into the filter for so long. I'd think it's important to keep up on maintenance on the front one simply because the maintenance manuals say to replace it (every 30K miles I think).
Overall it's not that tough of a job. If you have a shop do it they'll probably charge you $30-$50 or so. Just a rough guess.
3. I didn't know the 4th gen accords had a rear fuel filter. If it does it's probably on the fuel filter. Neither the hayes manual nor the owners manual mentions it, or I've never seen it. I wouldn't worry about it. In the later generations, the fuel pump filter doesn't even really require maintenance and is usually only replaced if the pump is replaced. So yeah, basically, not that important to worry about unless you suspect a problem.
2. Front fuel filter will run about $6 at an auto parts store. You can do it yourself with moderate DIY skills. I say moderate only because you might have to remove the vacuum aparatus. Plus the hoses leading into the filter are sometimes difficult to unscrew due to the small amount of slack you have to work with and the fact that they may have been screwed into the filter for so long. I'd think it's important to keep up on maintenance on the front one simply because the maintenance manuals say to replace it (every 30K miles I think).
Overall it's not that tough of a job. If you have a shop do it they'll probably charge you $30-$50 or so. Just a rough guess.
3. I didn't know the 4th gen accords had a rear fuel filter. If it does it's probably on the fuel filter. Neither the hayes manual nor the owners manual mentions it, or I've never seen it. I wouldn't worry about it. In the later generations, the fuel pump filter doesn't even really require maintenance and is usually only replaced if the pump is replaced. So yeah, basically, not that important to worry about unless you suspect a problem.
03-26-2007 | 11:50 PM
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1. Never go to Jiffy Lube. Never.
2. Front fuel filter will run about $6 at an auto parts store. You can do it yourself with moderate DIY skills. I say moderate only because you might have to remove the vacuum aparatus. Plus the hoses leading into the filter are sometimes difficult to unscrew due to the small amount of slack you have to work with and the fact that they may have been screwed into the filter for so long. I'd think it's important to keep up on maintenance on the front one simply because the maintenance manuals say to replace it (every 30K miles I think).
Overall it's not that tough of a job. If you have a shop do it they'll probably charge you $30-$50 or so. Just a rough guess.
3. I didn't know the 4th gen accords had a rear fuel filter. If it does it's probably on the fuel filter. Neither the hayes manual nor the owners manual mentions it, or I've never seen it. I wouldn't worry about it. In the later generations, the fuel pump filter doesn't even really require maintenance and is usually only replaced if the pump is replaced. So yeah, basically, not that important to worry about unless you suspect a problem.
2. Front fuel filter will run about $6 at an auto parts store. You can do it yourself with moderate DIY skills. I say moderate only because you might have to remove the vacuum aparatus. Plus the hoses leading into the filter are sometimes difficult to unscrew due to the small amount of slack you have to work with and the fact that they may have been screwed into the filter for so long. I'd think it's important to keep up on maintenance on the front one simply because the maintenance manuals say to replace it (every 30K miles I think).
Overall it's not that tough of a job. If you have a shop do it they'll probably charge you $30-$50 or so. Just a rough guess.
3. I didn't know the 4th gen accords had a rear fuel filter. If it does it's probably on the fuel filter. Neither the hayes manual nor the owners manual mentions it, or I've never seen it. I wouldn't worry about it. In the later generations, the fuel pump filter doesn't even really require maintenance and is usually only replaced if the pump is replaced. So yeah, basically, not that important to worry about unless you suspect a problem.
03-27-2007 | 06:14 AM
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[quote=losiglow;3431374]I didn't know the 4th gen accords had a rear fuel filter. If it does it's probably on the fuel filter. quote]
LoL. That doesn't make much sense.
I meant "fuel pump" at the end.
That makes sense.
LoL. That doesn't make much sense.
I meant "fuel pump" at the end. That makes sense.
