Think im goin blind!!!!! Can anyone tell me where the fuel filter is on the 1.8 GLX?

on the fire wall. near the brake booster.

it's hard to change the fuel filter on BA models.

shmulik

Its not had if you have long thin hands and can see round corners lol... took me about an hour to do mine got there in the end tho. phil did his a week before and he said it wasnt too much of a problem, he took the battery out so he had more room.

How often do they need changing? Mine was done last November 2004.

Ahhh but who said it was done ???? apparantly its a trick of the trade they say they do it ... but dont.. Fuel filter can be a pain in a**e to do, best thing to do is to mark it before it goes for service and check it afterwards..

GOGOBROOM. Can confirm it was done. Done by a garage in Derby some where. When I spoke to him (try to speak to last owner of car, last service mechanic befor buying the car) they complained that it took over and hour to remove and re-fitt. Also said that the car was good for it's MOT and only needed a few things doing. This is backed up the service history file that came with the car.

What are the affects of a blocked fuel filter? Do you lose much power?

[quote="bigs"]What are the affects of a blocked fuel filter? Do you lose much power?[/quote]
Can a blocked fuel filter cause the car to hesitate or "jib" on over run? basically when i take my boot off the trottle the car kangroo's slightly untill the throttle is re applied. I can get round this by touching the trottle very lightly when decelerating......but this is a bit of a pain! Any answers?

Yeah a blocked fuel filter can cause that. Causing low fuel delivery. If it was totally blocked then i dont think you'll get very far. Without looking at the service schedule its usually advised to change it every 2 yrs or 24000 miles.

I had a similar problem with my ZXi ..... changed the plugs to Iridiums and that sorted it.

[quote="bigs"][quote="bigs"]What are the affects of a blocked fuel filter? Do you lose much power?[/quote]
Can a blocked fuel filter cause the car to hesitate or "jib" on over run? basically when i take my boot off the trottle the car kangroo's slightly untill the throttle is re applied. I can get round this by touching the trottle very lightly when decelerating......but this is a bit of a pain! Any answers?[/quote]
Most probably a coked up butterfly valve. Remove the throttle body and give the butterfly valve a scrub with a tooth brush until it's all nice and clean. This will improve your throttle response.

Probably needs doing every 15-20K miles anyway ideally.

Mark

how much do the fuel filter cost?