Difficulty
Easy
Steps
8
Time Required
01:00:00
- M50 E36 engine fuel filter 8 steps
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Introduction
It is very easy to change the fuel filter for the E36, as it is located under the driver's seat. For the M50 engines, it is located under the intake manifold, which is more difficult to access. That is why they changed its location on the previous versions (M52).
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Open the hood
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Locate the brake fluid reservoir
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Locate the air intake hose
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Look between the brake fluid reservoir and the intake hose to see the filter
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Locate the filter
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Locate the hose clamp to help you
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Use LED lamp, intake manifold casts a lot of shadow
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Look under the intake manifold
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Simply pull the master vac hose
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We can see the 2 rubber hoses with their clamps
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Loosen the fuel line clamp (the one on the right) using a screwdriver
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(fuel filter)
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It is not necessary to remove the wheels
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The outermost hose is the fuel inlet.
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The one right next to it is the fuel return.
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To see the filter you have to look between the triangle and the engine
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Protect your eyes!
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As soon as the clamp is loosened, the gasoline will flow because the filter is filled with gasoline. It is therefore necessary to first place a container under the hose.
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Loosen the collar
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Allow the filter to empty completely.
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Loosen the screw using a 10 socket.
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The screw acts like a vice on the filter holder, so it needs to be loosened but not completely
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Remove the filter from the top of the engine (you can see the red oil dipstick at the top of the photo, it is also present in photo 3/3)
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Pull on the hose to remove the assembly.
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New filter
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Used filter
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Attention the filter is one-way! The arrows on the filter indicate the direction of flow of gasoline
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Remove the protective caps
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Check the condition of the hoses, if they are porous they must be replaced.
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Same thing for the hose clamps.
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Reassemble in reverse order.
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The car will not start right away, the filter needs to be filled with gasoline as well as the hoses
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The operation is not complex in itself since there is nothing to disassemble, however access is difficult (hence the quality of the photos because it is complicated to pass the camera into the bowels of the engine).
Having good lighting will make your task much easier.
The operation is not complex in itself since there is nothing to disassemble, however access is difficult (hence the quality of the photos because it is complicated to pass the camera into the bowels of the engine).
Having good lighting will make your task much easier.
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