I have had little trouble. The only gas that comes out is what is in the filter itself and what runs out of the lines if I lower them. I just keep a rag handy to catch the drips. Try not to tilt the filter on you. I have never had any line pressure.

 

Usually most of the fuel runs down my arm but if you pull the filter out fast enough it only gets to your elbow so only your forearm smells like gas! I've found an easy way is to wrap a rag around the filter before you disconnect the lines and that minimizes spillage.

 

I had quite a bit of line pressure. and it went all over me. And the crap that came out of there was nasty and I just had 13268 miles on it. Glad I changed it.

 

I just changed my filter and the new filter had a rubbger plug on each end. Just take those rubber plugs with you when under the truck and as you remove the fuel lines, put a rubber plug on the old filter. You may not wear all of that nasty fule that way.

 

The first time I took the back portion off and it started to spray initially, then poured out so a small bucket would have worked. Had trouble getting the front off so put everything back together. Then went back out and took the front off first and pretty much did the samething. Had I let it sit a while it might not of had all that pressure. I would defenitely wear eye protection as it just missed going into my eye. Next time I will use a rag for the initial spray and then have a bucket handy to handle the rest.

 

what about if you pulled the fuel pump relay and then started the truck and let it run until it died. that should eliminate the presure.

 

I take off the fuel cap before and have never had any pressure in the lines.

 

Work quicker and you won't have much fuel leakage.

 

I had read about that and tried it and it didn't work for me.

 

also let the truck sit for a little while before you do it, the system will depressurize itself with time.

also when you disconnect the line, tuck it upwords (top of frame area) so the fuel wont drain out on you, or you wont loose the precious fluid

 

Drain it in a bucket. I did the whole fuel pump trip and everything else and I got just as much gas as when I pulled the line "pressurized". Have some rags handy and wear goggles or safety glasses, it will spray a bit but not too much.

 

OK, my results were fairly tame... maybe an ounce of fuel dribbled out before I could get the line over a bucket... not too bad and it was not under any pressure to speak of.

All in all it was a simple job. Once you figure it out, like how the blue clip works and how hard to pull on the filter to get it out of the line, the rest was easy and should be straight forward in the future.

 

Yep. Once you do it, it's hard to believe what they charge for this service.

 

My dealer only charged $45 bucks to do it, and that included the filter.

 

That's not bad at all. Cheapest I have heard of.