Fuel Filter Question - 2001 Boxster

[Ciao]

Originally Posted by Frodo

That's funny, I don't remember having this problem. What year is yours? Maybe there's some year-to-year variability.
I don't recall having much of a problem changing it out, but—at 104K now—it's been a good while since I hit 60K, so the details are a bit fuzzy in my mind.

I have a 2001 S. I expected it to be <1 hr. 2 hrs later, I still could not get the dang thing off.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by Ciao

I have a 2001 S. I expected it to be <1 hr. 2 hrs later, I still could not get the dang thing off.

Wow, that's weird. Mine's an '01 S as well.
I definitely didn't have to fool around with any tiny locking tab, as described by piper. As I recall, I was working at arm's length, without an over-abundance of light. And my eyes (even a few years ago) weren't as good as they once were. For whatever reason, somehow it seems like you have a different situation...

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Wow, that's weird. Mine's an '01 S as well.
I definitely didn't have to fool around with any tiny locking tab, as described by piper. As I recall, I was working at arm's length, without an over-abundance of light. And my eyes (even a few years ago) weren't as good as they once were. For whatever reason, somehow it seems like you have a different situation...

I wasn't saying that they absolutely have the locking tab. I've never changed the filter, but I have had experience with difficult to remove electrical connectors, and they all had locking tabs. Since Ciao had problems with it I was proposing that it may have a locking tab.

[Brian Minson]

I just replaced the fuel filter on my 2001 Boxster S and it was a bit of a pain getting around the coolant pipes, and unclicking the two fuel lines. But it can be done in about an hour or so. The early Boxster's had the fuel filter under the car about in the middle, the later 986's and 987 have the filter inside the tank.

Here is a video on how I replaced my fuel filter for reference.

https://youtu.be/N5ViSh3Gb28

Brian