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[dRjENSEN]

Hola dudes..

Well just wanted to do a bit of service on the meega, and when I came to the petrol filter I noticed that looked like it would be difficult to get off... Well I was right!! Can it really be true that it'll only come off with the proper Vx/opel tool!? I mean, it's a simple filter for crying out loud!

I almost trashed the damn plastic fitting it goes onto trying to getting it out, so I thought I'd better stop.

Pfff

[JasonH]

They can be fiddly. Someone had already mangled mine a bit, so I was able to get them off with just a small screwdriver.

Some filters come with new clips - but mine didn't  :-?

[TheBoy]

Damn, I was gonna do mine tomorrow. I ain't got no special tools. Is it possible? Any tips if it is?

[JasonH]

I just poked mine off with a small screwdriver......

[seastate]

You can do it with some modfified pliers.  I strugled for ages before aralditing a couple of bits of plastic on the end of some needle nose pliers.  Get the lines and filter from the clips and rotate the ruber lines to free them before using you modified pliers.  It was such a PITA that I have resolved to get the right tool for it.
I have seen this suggested.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040211439  

To depressurise the system first remove fuse number 18 when the cars idling..

[Matchless]

Twist the filter wrt the pipe to free off the rubber seals.

The little latches you see poking into the slots on the connector have to be held in, the special tool does this easily but fingernails, pliers etc also work.
THEN press the connector at 90degrees to the slots, this should cause the slot part to bulge out and pass over the latches.

Its fiddly and almost impossible on estates but you should feal a burning sensation in your eyes at this point as the connector slips easily off and you are showered in petrol.

[SMS01]

Pete,

Thanks for the encouragement, I was intending to replace my fuel filter on my 96 elite estate tomorrow.  Got the replacement from VX today, was supplied with 2 plastic clips, when I got back to the car, only one was in my pocket, so god knows where the other one went!

[JasonH]

Pete - very funny   but a good point, there will be some spilt petrol.

Mine's an estate and was do-able, but I've never tried a saloon. On the estate the filter direction really isn't obvious and the old filter was actually on backwards. I'd suggest a quick photo of the old filter first. I noted down the direction but afterwards realised it was ambiguous so I was in and out under the car with the Haynes trying to work out how it should be....

[Admin]

Of course if you do trash the connectors, then a pair of very small jubilee clips should work just as well (it's what they use on the Senator).

[infinity1]

can someone help weres the fuel filter on my estate please,i can t see the woods for the trees....

[dRjENSEN]

Of course if you do trash the connectors, then a pair of very small jubilee clips should work just as well (it's what they use on the Senator).

Thats also what I thought of, and thats how it will be done.. Life is too short for fiddleing with thoose damn connectors.

[Olympia5776]

I'm sure I read a post on OOG that it could be done using electrical wire strippers ,I'll try it sometime this week .
The petrol filter is up under the axle at the rear on the estate.
HTH's

[Markjay]

Well I haven’t done it myself (I left this to Vx – every 2 years), but this one puzzled me even while we were on ‘The Other Site’.

There were several posts on this issue, which sparked a debate with the responses divided into two categories – there was the ‘can’t take the damn thing off, been at it for three days, used every possible tool including a 10lb hammer’ brigade, versus the ‘no idea what you on about mate, piece of cake 10 second job with a pair of longed neck pliers / hose pliers / locking pliers’ etc guys.

In fact this got me so intrigued that I might just  try it myself to see why some people get the clips off in a jiffy while others get stuck on it….

[nixoro]

I managed to do mine using adjustable grips worked a treat for me but be careful make sure you have protective goggles as I got sparyed in the face with petrol.

HTH

[Marks DTM Calib]

Of course if you do trash the connectors, then a pair of very small jubilee clips should work just as well (it's what they use on the Senator).

Plastic pipes on the Omega not rubber so not recommended.