Thread: Fuel Filter?

Hello;

I purchased a 2007 Grand Prix GT with 3.8L Supercharged.

I was trying to get a fuel filter for it, 59,000 miles, but can't find one.
The dealer mentioned something about it being in the fuel tank?

If so, can I still change it?

Thanks

im wondering this too. i have an 04. is it in the tank. never really looked

Originally Posted by Whitehispanic

The fuel filter is right in front of your left rear tire it looks like this http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/im...gs/HAGF367.jpg one suggestion i have if your gonna do it your self spray wd40 on it other wise your gonna have such a hard time trying to take that off its insane cause i just changed my and it was a pain cause i added wd40 after i tried to do so save ya self time and do it before.

right on dude. changin it this weekend

on the fitting end, my fitting was siezed to the fuel line so i had to spin the filter and the mounting bracket to get the damn thing out.

i had no choice in that matter.... But I'll end up doing it that way regardless from now on.

Found this ; why no in-line fuel filter? - Chevy HHR Network

GM has stopped putting inline filters in some models since 2004. Other manufacturers have been doing it longer. The fuel sender assembly (pump/regualtor/sock/level sensor) inside the tank has a container on the bottom of it about the size of 1/2 coffee can. All the fuel pick up components are inside of this container. It has a small intake port in the very bottom that filters the bigger debris so that the fuel that is filling the container is fairly clean. The fuel fills the container and a sock(filter) is used at the end of the fuel pumps pick-up tube. Smaller debris that makes it to the sock is then filtered by the sock before entering the fuel pump and simply falls to the bottom of the container.

Todays pumps are much more robust then pumps of old also. We still see more failures of the old style pumps with inline fuel filters then we do of the newer style.

GM calls this a self cleaning system. Any debris that does not go into the canister of the fuel pump assembly falls to the bottom of the tank and any debris that the sock stops falls to the bottom of the canister when the fuel pump is shut off. We are talking very small amounts of debris here too.