My truck still has it's original fuel filter, 287,000 km's (180,000 miles) later. Do you still have yours, or when did you put a new one on? Also, how do you know you need a new one? I was told by the service manager of the dealership I go to that these things are built to last for nearly the life of the vehicle, at least in this generation of Toyota truck, supposedly.

 

125,000 miles on a 3rd gen, you tell me:



Trying to suck through the old filter vs. the new filter is like trying to drink a milkshake vs. water through a straw.

When I took the old filter out, contaminated fuel actually came out of the tube attached to the OUT (toward engine) side of the filter.

Gas mileage increased slighty as well with a new filter

 

CoedNaked,

If you haven't already, read this thread...
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116/fuel-filter-replacement-tips-novice-90497/
It covers a lot of fuel filter info.

 

240,000 kms Mines still original, or at least looks original. I,ve been wanting to change it for a long time now. I,ve changed one in my old 88 chev(looks almost the same), but theres no room to change this one , so I,ve been putting it off.

 

negativo! I changed mine at 195,000 iirc

 

are they really stupendous on these older trucks? In the world of import racing it was an understood rule, that fuel filters get changed every 60,000 at least.

 

I changed mine at ~200000. Zero difference noticed.

 

269k km on my 1990. Had it since new so I know it is the original. I guess I better swap it out soon.

 

I was told the samething by my stealership. But mine was getting terrible fuel mileage and running rough so I replaced my filter. Yes it is a big PITA but it is one of those tasks that need to be done with any vehicle. Mine became a real PITA because the rear fuel line nut was actually rusted to the line and in order to spin the nut the fuel line spun too! Thus snapping the line and a replacement was needed.

 

90K+ still on the original filter.

 

I replace mine every 50K.

 

Mine was done at 100k which I found out after I did it again at 140k...

I thought the throttle response was better after doing it. Seemed to have less lag after hitting the gas pedal. Of course, I usually run the cheapest gas I can find...

It was definitely a pain to do. My lines were sprung something awful so I had to get my wife to lay under the truck with me (romantic I know). I held the lines together into the filter as hard as I could and she tightened down the nuts. My wife is awesome like that! Seems like most major jobs involve some major step where she has to step in and lend that critical extra pair of hands.

Oh, and I highly recommend jacking up the transmission and then removing the 4 transmission support bar bolts and then swinging that bar out of the way. It helped me to see what I was doing so much better.

 

i had 164k miles on my fuel filter on my 22re and have 135k on the 4runner trying to replace it is pita i couldint break the bolts loose