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If your car is a Hawaiian Gardens VS, it probably has only one fuel filter, and it's likely not in the engine compartment.

You probably have a mechanical fuel pump, mounted near the distributor. Follow the fuel lines from that. One will lead to the carbs, the other passes through the firewall at the front of the compartment. The fuel filter is usually just on the other side of that partition.

It's probably a metal canister, about three inches long. The problem is that it's usually mounted very high in the narrow compartment just ahead of the engine compartment, accessible from underneath the car, but hard to reach unless the car is up on a lift.

My car had no filter just under the gas tank (although installing one isn't a bad idea). If your filter is in that narrow compartment in the back of the car and mounted high up, there's a good risk of dowsing yourself with gas when trying to remove it unless you're prepared.

As the Boy Scouts say, be prepared.

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Last edited by Sacto Mitch
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