Thread: Things are starting to get to technical!

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My wifes chevy suburban quit running a couple weeks ago.
So I checked it out and found that it was not getting any fuel to the engine. Pulled the fuel line off the back side of the fuel filter.
I then had my son turn on the ignition key, it pumped fuel out for a second and stopped. Now right away I'm thinking the fuel pump thats located in the fuel tank has gone out and what fun thats gonna be to replace. Well I figured I should go ahead and change the fuel filter since I had it half out, any way. So I figured I would just take it out to take to the store with me. Also since it could be one of three differant types. Take it out, { RIGHT!!!} After three trips to auto part houses and trying to get the tool that would fit between the filter and hose connector I still Did'nt have a tool that would work. Little did I know I had the tool for removing the filter the whole time. They are called Vise Grips. I used these to lock down on the fuel filter and rip it out of the fuel line, along with a metal clip that locked it in to the fuel line. I then took the fuel filter to the part store. Here they gave me a new Purolator fuel filter with a plastic clip that sticks out of the fuel line after the filter is installed.
This way all you do is pinch the plastic clip to remove the filter.
I did'nt know that replacing a filter was this complicated.
And oh, the car started right up after the new filter was installed.
Glad I did'nt have to replace the pump in the tank after all the trouble I had just trying to remove the fuel filter. HE! HE! HE!


~ Vegas ~

Dang Look Like You Need To Be A Brain Surgeon Or Rocket Scientist Just To Work On These New Car I Thought About Buying A New Car Once Till I Popped Open The Hood Kind Of Scratch My Head Like Haw!! Closed The Hood And Walk A Way Smiling As I Walk To My Old 65 Chevy At Lease I Know I Can Work On This One

I know your right John, It takes special tools to do the easy jobs we used to use a pair of pliers and a screw driver for.


~ Vegas ~

See how easy that is. I can relate because the new cars engines are like something from the future especially after you grew up messing with flatties from the early 50's.

Welcome to my daily world Vara, Now the bad news you'll probally be replacing that fuel pump very soon if the filter was clogged up enough too keep her from startin, It really puts a strain on the pump......

yea, ive had to do 3 of those filter type this week at work. its no fun... The one i REALLY hate doing is the newer camaros/vette because to take the transmission out i THOUGHT you had to take the torque bar off...that wasnt the case, so i spent 2 hours wrastlin with the torque bar to get it realigned to make the car safe again.

"My wifes chevy suburban quit running a couple weeks ago.
So I checked it out and found that it was not getting any fuel to the engine. Pulled the fuel line off the back side of the fuel filter.
I then had my son turn on the ignition key, it pumped fuel out for a second and stopped."


thats what the pump is suppose to do vara4. thats so the pump want run all the time when the motor is not running and the key is on.

My wifes chevy suburban quit running a couple weeks ago.

Hopefully I can fix mine before it quits.

My 1993 New Yorker is 'sputtering' at cruise speed every now and then. If I hit the gas it accelerates OK, then sputtering again when I drop back to constant velocity. It only happens now and then - so far.

So - should I trace the fuel supply, starting with fuel filters as this thread suggests?

I could take it to the shop - but some time back I decided - no more shops unless absolutely needed or time is a problem.

Thanks - Bert

What really got me was when I was working on my 97 F150 and had to use both standard and metric tools to get the job done. You would think they could at least pick one and stick with it.

David