fuel filter on 2010??
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fuel filter on 2010??
I was wondering where on an '10 grand caravan(4.0L) is the fuel filter located and can it be changed out easily?? also what tools are needed?? we are approaching 17000 miles on ours and i usually change out my trucks ever 15k or so, so i was thinking it might be about time for it also.....thanks.
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i was afraid that was going to be the answer...why do they do that?? i find that my truck ruuns so much better when that filter is changed out...and to make it sotha tit can not be changed is just wrong....oh well....
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like everything else killing the backyard mechanics. now needs all these high $$$ scanners and parts are intergrated so failure they say you need everything but a part that cost 5.00$ ends to be in the 100.$ im still woundering if it possible to retrofit a filter in.
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Why did they do that? I have zero experience on 5th generation vans but if the fuel filters are like previous models they are designed to last the life of the van. They are bigger than many and have a higher capacity. There's no scheduled change. At 210K miles my 96 GC still has the original filter and runs like a top. I've worked on several others over the years and never changed a filter. Only reason to change one in my book is if the van has over 150K and the pump dies. It appears on the 5th gens they have eliminated the guess work.
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like everything else killing the backyard mechanics. now needs all these high $$$ scanners and parts are intergrated so failure they say you need everything but a part that cost 5.00$ ends to be in the 100.$ im still woundering if it possible to retrofit a filter in.
Just look at our newer Key Fobik, most of the time the Battery last longer than the fobik itself, sadly.
manufacturers use intergrated parts to save Build cost. try to do a Window on a Caliber/compass/patriot, pain in the *** because the door panel, door latch, window regulators, and wires are all in one piece and remove as assembly.
or try replace anything INSIDE(such as the window glass or door latch) the sliding door of ur minvan, it will take you half of a day.
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