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Re: <E36> Fuel filter location

> 
> HoodsUp wrote:
> 
> > 1993 325i - in fact my fuel
> > filter is incredibily inaccessible - its at an angle at the very rear of th
> e
> > engine compartment underneath the intake manifold and I cant even get at it
> 
> > from below on a lift.
> 
> I have the same car, and the filter is in the same obscure location.
> 
> One thing he forgot to mention.  If you do happen to get the filter off
> from the bottom, you can look forward to a bath of high octane unleaded...
> 
> 

One further caveat; because the filter is so hard to get to - and thus to 
see - it is not obvious that the screw clamps holding the hoses to the 
filter are both of the tamper-proof variety - i.e, they may be tightened 
but not loosened.  Neither a screwdriver nor a wrench is very effective at 
removing them.

I discovered this after finally getting one off, after about 45 mins of 
hand/wrist/body/mind contortion/torture.  I still don't see a good reason 
for it.  But be sure to have replacement clamps on hand...

- -Stephen