b There are two fuel filters on SPICA cars. One by the fuel tank (I like NAPA Gold filter 3299 - http://goo.gl/ItJ5ip) and one in a canister-type ( http://goo.gl/PFMAFH) in the engine compartment. Both can be changed by the owner, just a bit messy.
The rear one requires the hose from the tank to be removed and I use a ViceGrip to pinch the hose shut so that gas doesn't run down my arm. The engine compartment one requires you to drop the canister down a bit and then tilt it slightly to clear all the hoses. Messy as well but the gas doesn't run down your arm. The SPICA pump does have a small oil filter (http://goo.gl/KF1L36) that can be changed (you need the small gasket (http://goo.gl/3XmgZV) as well. Can't remember how often that one should be replaced. You can replace that one as well - not nearly as messy as the fuel filters. Bruce '73 GTV > > > Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 09:57:10 -0700 (PDT) > From: Colin Talcroft <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] 1978 Spider acting up > > Thanks for all the ideas about my Spider, which has since corrected > itself. Next question: > > I went ahead and got the fuel filters (It seems one is called a fuel > filter, the one that goes near the fuel pump, the other they call an oil > filter, actually, and it goes up by the Spica stuff, apparently. Just > wondering, are these the sort of thing that an idiot like me can change? Or > best left to a pro? How do you deal with fuel in the system, I wonder? > Never done this before.... > > Thanks > > Colin Talcroft > Santa Rosa, CA > > 1978 Chocolate Brown Spider -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
