Fuel Filter

(darinmg) · (darinmg) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 03-07-2007, 12:02 PM

How the he!! do you get the canister off that contains the fuel filter. I spent a lot of energy trying with two people(three hands) and it would not budge. So I went out and bought a oil filter wrench, and we sheared the pins right off the new tool(broke it). I would love to hear suggestions for how to get this thing off.
Thanks.Darin

(badbob13ftw) · (badbob13ftw) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 03-13-2007, 9:35 PM

try turning it counter clockwise

(darinmg) · (darinmg) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 03-15-2007, 9:54 PM

Yes, thanks. I did second guess the way we were turning, but it was cc. Maybe I need a higher quality oil filter wrench.

(95sn) · (95sn) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 03-16-2007, 9:34 AM

Take it off and put it in a vice, use a strap wrench. The Nautique FCC's are known to be nasty tight. Search on planetnautique, lots of info on how others managed to remove it.

(hmurray) · (hmurray) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-16-2007, 11:16 AM

take a screwdriver and give it a big slap on the head. now you have a big hole in your fuel filter :P

(boss210) · (boss210) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 03-16-2007, 12:03 PM

my mb has the same set up. you have to get a good wrench, or if its realy tight remove it like someone else said. than take a chain wrench, available at any hardware store. make sure you oil the o-ring really well. thats why its stuck in the first place.