yeah remove your gas cap and go on the fuel rail and find the black valve cap and depress the core slowly cause the line is probally under pressure. the remove the filter. After you replace the filter replace the gas cap and fuel rail pressure valve, and prime your system a couple times before you start it.
Im pretty sure thats how you do it, its been a while since ive done it.
I dont know if the filter has any locking pins that need to be replaced so you might need to be carful with that. You can bleed the shrader(sp?) valve if you want to make a big mess with gas, or prob. turning it over will pump it out as we do have a return line.
I need to do this as well with 120,xxx miles on my car .
Just make sure you have a rag or towell with you if you decide to relieve the pressure with the schrader valve. the first time I did it, I had my head right over it because I wasn't sure what I was doing, and I got a nice eye full of gas.
i unplugged the fuel pump connection in the trunk and then started the car to let it run all of the fuel out of the line. Then took the pins and filter off after that. I think thats what Chiltons says to do, and it worked fine for me, the hardest par was prying the old filer out of the rusted brackets.
alright, first thing you wanna do is to take your fuel filler cap off
then go behind the driver side taillight, and unplug the fuel pump cut off switch
Then, sit in your car, start it a few times, it will sputter and die the first few times, then after a while it simply won't start. you should have very little pressure in your lines now.
go to that valve, it should be immediately next to the intake on the fuel rail on the passenger side of the vehicle, right up front. Take off the cap, relieve what pressure is left, (have a rag next to it, that part IS TRUE).
Once that's done, lift the back end, but it is nice (convenient) to have the front end lifted a little further, that way to lessen the fuel that might come out of the lines.
Coming in from the back of the car, just behind the fuel tank, you'll see it, up there, harmless looking little bracket. I found it easier to just take off the entire bracket, but some might just say to loosen the C-clamp and try to pull it out. (got snagged for me though).
Remove the lines after you've sorted out the bracket. The small clips that come with the lines, will come with the new filter, so you don't have to worry about breaking them. They're going to break when you pry them out. I used needle nose pliers to get them out.
Now, move quick, have that new filter within arms reach. Quickly swap filters, ensuring the new one is pointing in the proper direction (it will say on the filter or package). Replace the C-clips, the C-clamp and the bracket, and you're good to go, it's a 25 min job in your backyard
thanks everyone. i'll get the filter tomorrow, if the car makes it that far. damn i hope this solves my hesitation problem because i really don't feel like trying to replace the fuel pump ...