Tips for removing fuel filter

[ladyk325]

Sorry to get off topic but does the 2000 Malibu have one or two fuel filters? I've been told that it has two but I'm only finding one. Does anyone know?

[RalphT]

Originally Posted by galantin

ok if you have or had the black plastic quick connect heres what you do, if you still have the black plastic on the quik-connect side do this: get a pair of needle nose pliers and gasp the filter between the quik-connect and the filter body, push the hose into the filter as if you were putting it back on and hold it, then pry up with the needle nose pushing the black plastic into the line away from the filter, keeping pressure on the the black plastic pull the line away from the filter. thats it, if you have ever used a quik disconnect tool it is the same way but it is built in the line. use the pliers only to push the black plastic up not to actually grasp it.

I have a green piece of plastic in the way. Do I need to remove the green piece of plastic first? It looks like it wraps around the black connector. Thanks

[galantin]

no the green plastic is opened with a small screwdriver and then you push it in so it pops out the other side a little and thenpull it away from the filter. re-install the filter and then close the little latch

[RalphT]

Originally Posted by galantin

no the green plastic is opened with a small screwdriver and then you push it in so it pops out the other side a little and thenpull it away from the filter. re-install the filter and then close the little latch

Oh..duh sounds very easy. Thanks a bunch