Can the fuel filter be changed?

Full of posts today. Can the fuel filter be changed by me? Where is it located if it can be? I asked my Chevy service advisor about doing it to prevent any problems, it has been over 5 years of use, and he told me that it would cost me hundreds of dollars and it involves a lot of labor, and then resetting codes or something like that? Practially disassembling the engine to get to it.

I cant belive it is THAT complicated. It is usually on the fuel line someplace and cost very little to replace. At least on most cars and my former trucks. But I find the Aveo is expensive to repair anything on it. I think of this as preventive maintenance.

Luckily only 1 BIG repair so far. But...has anyone replaced theirs? Is it deep in the engine, under pressure, so you cant take it off without getting sprayed with gas? Is it not needed, and it IS that difficult to replace? Anyone know? Thanks.

It isn't.. RUN from that dealership he is full of ****.

its a canister under the car right behind the axle, almost against the fuel tank, probably need a tool to unclip it, ($less than $10) and then swap them quickly to not spill too much gas. (do it over a catch pan).

should be able to be done in less than half an hour, no engine tear down, no code, etc.

pictures:
http://www.aveoforum.com/forum/f94/f...2010-lt-12732/

I have nothing to add. I just wanted to compliment petrfied.rabbit on all his useful posts. He is a valuable asset to this forum.

Well that is good to know. I guess when I have cash on hand, i will go to my mechanic up in Pompano Beach, and have them replace the filter. My brother in law will be back in the islands by Jan. 2nd. so I will go back to the Sunshine Auto Repair, and see what they charge to replace it. As long as the filter isnt a $100 part!

Have you or anyone replaced their gas filter? I am assuming it is a good part of preventing clogged up injector sprayers . Right?

I guess Lou Bachrodt Chevy service doesnt want, or need all of my money to do preventive service, unless it is a transmission flush for $200, or A/C flush for $250. We all know how well GM is doing:)!

Hell I got my radiator/cooling system flush done for only like $75, and they did it. I had them do it , they gave me like a $50 reduction on the work, because they had SO little work , most of their mechanics were laid off , earlier this summer. So at that price, if they screwed up my cooling system, I had proof THEY did it. So far, it has been running perfectly. But that service advise said it was short of dissembling the engine to get to it, and it would be hundreds to replace it.

Thank you for the heads up!

how many miles do you have?

honestly 5 years is a marker, but it should last @ 100k miles.. or so.
Unless you are getting bad gas, or the gas sits in your tank for long periods of time, it might not ned done yet.

I myself +1 rabbit, I do not see the point of changing it if it is not bad. You can get $4-5 injector cleaner if you want to clean them out, and use it once in a while.

I only have 20K miles on it...99.9% city driving, and since I get crappy mileage....it is constantly getting filled with gas! It never has gas sitting in it...at 19mpg on a good week, it flys out of the tailpipe fast!

I would take it back to GM if you get less than 19mpg, I get at least 24-25 at worst and that includes plenty of redlining and beating. The fuel filter would not give you that many MPG's, especially at only 20k miles. What I would suggest is getting some injector cleaner and using that on a full tank, and I would invest in a scan-gauge if you really care about MPG's (I drive 3000 or less miles a year so I could not care about MPG's myself). What tires/pressure do you have running? I lived down there for a couple of months myself, I just can not figure out how you get such poor mileage. If you have the A/C running all the time, and drive hard, then I would say 21-22mpg would be a very fair figure on a how day (and it is hot down there).

its the stop go traffic, pulls 1-2 mpg easy.

I personally dont care for fuel additives, most "good" additives are in there already.
Some of the additives used by gas stations suck my mpg down by 3-4 miles. I would try a different gas or something one time and see what that does.

Someone on this forum did a fuel filter change with pictures, he was from mexico, so the english isn't 100% clear, but the pics are very good. search fuel filter and itll be there the guys name is dosaloga

'The hunterooo' check out my poor fuel post, its long and goes into great detail. I have been to chevy since the week after i bought it, and they say it is because I only drive 2-3 miles a day, so it never gets to 'running temp.',the computer says the fuel/air mix is right, I dont drive like a rabbit on speed...when I do...I get 15-6mpg! I have to drive like a little old lady to get the 19mpg.
I only drive 3-4,000 a year, thus teh 20K mils in 5.5 years. But I bought this tiny car to get 30mpg in the city,and 40+ on the highway. If I ever go on it one day. I gave up my hot Yellow 'Edge Ranger' Truck with a huge 6 cyl. And it got 18mpg! To get a tiny econobox, thanks to George Bush and the $4 a gallon gas, in 2006...and then since $3+....so I lost my favorite truck,and got stuck with a car that gets worse mileage. If it were not paid off, my first paid off car ever in my life. I would go get a Kia Soul or Nissan Cube. At least they are unusual/cool looking, and have even more interior space and get the mileage they say they get!

I dont think the 04 to 09's have the fuel filter easily available like the '10's do. MY 06 doesnt have one there as shown in the write-up. If Im not mistaken, their either isnt one, or you have to remove the fuel pump assembly from the fuel tank to get to it. I could be wrong there. But I do know the early models dont have the filter anywhere handy, that I've seen.

If you drive those little miles, you would not save that much money a year on gas if you got more MPG's. You probably spend more money on things to help the MPG's and gas to the dealership than what you would save on gas a year if you crunch the numbers. But if you want to buy another car to save a couple MPG's if any, then it makes no sense to me when it comes to the money, if you drove 20k miles a year, then it is a different story, but not by much. I think I already said this in the other thread anyways lol, if you do not like the car, get rid of it. But a 20k+ truck new will be better than a >10k Aveo, you get what you pay for.

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Originally Posted by DailyDriverMark

I dont think the 04 to 09's have the fuel filter easily available like the '10's do. MY 06 doesnt have one there as shown in the write-up. If Im not mistaken, their either isnt one, or you have to remove the fuel pump assembly from the fuel tank to get to it. I could be wrong there. But I do know the early models dont have the filter anywhere handy, that I've seen.

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Like I was told by my service adviser at Chevy,who is usually very upfront and honest with me, when I asked how much it would cost to replace the fuel filter in my 2006 Aveo, he told me it would be a huge undertaking and not worth it, for the little driving I do. He said it was someplace IN the engine,or someplace complicated like that. And it is nearly all labor costs to replace it, the filter is cheap. So I didnt pursue it. but Petrified Rabbit says it is right next to the gas tank and come right off. so...I dont know who to believe. So he said go get a good fuel injector cleaner, IF I was having somekind of problem and see if that fixed it. I just wanted to replace it as a preventive measure. But at $2-3 hundred dollars to replace,screw it! There is no problem and I am not going to make one. I use good fuel,I go to the same station for 5.5 years, no problem ...yet!

my problem is i have an 09, built to the 10 specs (other way around actually).. and cant look under my car to compare dirrectly to yours, however most (99%) of undercarriage parts are the same between all models.

but:

Utahredrock: My trip to Patagonia, November 2010--Part one.

look under your car?

Service Manual2008 KALOS ENGINE (GASOLINE ENGINE CONTROLS)

2008 aveo/kalos guide show fuel filter : (2nd "set" of pictures down, chart below labels #1 as the fuel filter)

I see that, it even lists the time to change it as only a half hour. Must be nice. Thats for 2008's... Hopefully it's just tucked up a little higher on these earlier models. (mines an '06 too).. I've checked the spot that is shows both in that drawing and in the pic here on the forum, and mine doesn't have one there. At 100k miles, I'm thinking it might be a good time for a fresh one.
With the OP's car having such low milage and short travel route, I'd say, yeah don't worry about a fuel filter just yet.

I checked www.rockauto.com. They do not list a fuel filter for the 2004 Aveo. Maybe the fuel filter is part of the fuel pump?

went over my 07 while it was on the lift definitely no fuel filter in site.has a evp canaster and vent soeinoid valve right behind tank in a plastic protective box but thats it.any filter has to be inside the tank with the fuel pressure sensor and sending unit.all lines go into tank and evap canaster.no inline filter near tank.