2003 Ford Taurus
Having your machine tuned up by a mechanic can be expensive and accidental. Many of the matters a mechanic does you can determine yourself. Changing your fuel filter is one of those matters. Here is how you can convert it in your 2003 Ford Taurus.
Instructions
1. Asset a Apartment lodgings surface in an world with abundance of ventilation. On account of you Testament be working on the fuel string, and some fuel Testament inevitably spill, it is a admirable conviction to close this elsewhere or in a well-ventilated garage.
2. Back your motorcar onto ramps, or lift it with a jack. Provided you are using a jack, constitute definite you are working on a indurate, Apartment lodgings surface.
3. Advice the fuel energy. With your van even running, govern the Timber and locate the inertia switch (emergency fuel shut-off). It is a little red button inside of your trunk.
4. Turn your ignition off (once the button is pushed, the engine will sputter and die).
5. Locate your fuel filter underneath the rear passenger door, attached to the frame.
6. Use your fingers or a screwdriver to remove the plastic clips from the fuel line going into each end of the filter.
7. Place the bucket or pan underneath the fuel filter.
11. Reset the inertia switch. It may take your car a few tries to begin.
Place the filter into the clamp (paying attention to the flow lines on the new filter) and tighten the screw to secure the filter to the car frame.
10. Put the fuel line onto the filter and carefully fasten it with the new clips. Do not use your old clips--these will be brittle and can brake, causing your car to lose fuel.
8. Remove the fuel lines from each end of the fuel filter. Use a screwdriver to remove the bolt on the clamp holding the filter in place.9.
