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Originally Posted by kathyricks
Your mechanic is obviously a "general" mechanic who has very little Toyota specific experience. His 12K advice is good advice for American vehicles which have a reputation for developing expensive fuel injector problems if the fuel filter is not changed frequently.
But Toyotas are different. A 50K fuel filter change interval is sufficient to keep the fuel injectors clean for over 500,000 miles. I'm at 472,000 miles so I know this to be true from first hand Toyota specific experience.
However, most late model Toyotas don't have an accessible fuel filter anymore located on the fuel line. Some depending on the year and model of your Tundra, you may not have an
accessible filter, just one inside the gas tank. Gas tank fuel filters don't need changing for at least 100,000 miles.
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Toyota's use internal combustion engines, and last time I checked, that's what these Big 3 Vehicles use... so, yes, you are supposed to change your fuel filter every 10-20k miles or so. Your mechanic was not lying.
And it is VERY easy to change the filter. All you have to do is buy a filter for 20 bucks or so from AutoZone (I think that's how much it cost me). Locate your fuel filter along the fuel line under the truck... take the old one out simply by unscrewing the nuts from both ends... a half a quart of fuel will squirt out because it's pressurized inside the fuel line (no biggie) I ran to get my dad to help cos I was worried this is normal. Then just screw your new fuel filter in right... oh and make sure you don't have it in backwards, it is an in line filter.
My truck started right up.
Dan