Nissan Maxima: Nissan Maxima 2001 - Fuel Filter

willie wrote: 

It's in the tank and is supposed to be good for life.

Most have course filter in tank and fine filter can near the engine, under
the hood.
Go to your local autoparts store and check for correct filter part.
Nominal cost $20 for filter
Changed it every 60K Mi.

Only a filter in the gas tank as part of the fuel pump assembly. And,
it is supposed to be good for the life of the car. B/S in my opinion so
at some point you will be changing the filter. The good news is that
you remove the rear seat and the access cover to get to the pump housing
and filter. You do not have to drop the tank. I have 96K miles on my
2000 Maxima and it is still going strong so I do not know the point
where you need to change the filter. I am sure that it will be sometime
in the near future...

willie wrote:
 

I agree that the filter will not last a lifetime.. especially so if
you use a gas station with crap in their tanks (I worked in a station
once and....!)

On my 93 it was on the firewall under the hood, and when I replaced
it, it solved the problem I was having.

The 2001 filter is in the tank as someone else mentioned.. sounds like
the kind of job you do only when you've exhausted other possibilities
first. And be sure to put out the cigarette before you change that
filter!!!



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