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Originally Posted by tundrawillie
My mechanic, which is a close friend of mine, told me with all the crap in gas these days to change the fuel filter every 12k miles. Said it would save me about $800.00. I didn't even ask what would need to be repaired for $800.00 if I didn't change it. If you have an erratic idle, change it.
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Total BS. You don't have to change fuel filter for atleast 100K, remember our vehicles come with 15% ethanol and it is a good cleaner. The quality of fuels these days far surpass anything, it is clean and good. Stick with one pump station that you know is honest, most of them are else they loose their permits.
Now coming back to filter itself, it is handsomely lodged inside the fuel tank and it is a relatively easy job provided you don't f.ckup on the snap connectors. I have done this earlier on another vehicle and I have the sevice manual for Highlander and they were quite identical.
Take off the fuse for the pump, crank a few times and then relieve the pressure. Then you will need the fuel filter assembly o-ring and the fuel filter from the stealership to get the job done. Be slow and understand the assembly thoroughly before trying to work on the snap connectors. I found the job easy after thoroughly analysing the part and what to disconnect to get to the filter...
It is definetly not for a novice and definely not going to cost $800.