The hose thts connected to the thebfuel pump or filter not sure whoch one it is. It looks like a clear cylinder piece that gas goes throu to get to carb. Well whatecer that is tht hose that runs into the filter is leaking rite by the clamp. The filter is fine but im not sure what the hose is called I need to buy. It looks like a metal hose and then a piece of rubber connects the filter and metal hose...if this like ghetto rigged? Or does tht make sense I havejt reli touched the engine since I bought the maverick. But I did get a new radiator. Alternator. Fuel pump carb etc. I was told it still needs alotta work
your post is so full of typos that its hard to figure out what your saying. basically your post is ghetto rigged. the hose in the maverick fuel system is 3/8 fuel hose. it sounds like their is a glass fuel filter in there. that is ghetto. they can brake and cause a fire. they dont filter very well either. i would suggest getting a nice metal filter and replace the rubber hose with new rubber hose if you have leak problems.
The original fuel line from the pump to the carb was steel tubing with a short piece of 5/16" fuel hose connecting the steel tubing to the screw in fuel filter in the Autolite carb. Sounds like someone did a little redneck engineering here. (I are a Redneck, so don't get the wrong idea) nysean91 needs to work on his spelling if he wants to get his point across better. Words mean things. The wrong words (misspellings too) mean something other than what you're trying to get across.
Ok so I found a metal fuel filter on a website that sells ford maverick parts. I found a new fuel filter for 5 dollars on there, does that seem right. That sounds a little to cheap for me but I really dont know mich about this stuff
You can buy an ordinary inline metal fuel filter at your local parts house. No need to mail order that.
I agree on the metal filters. I had a plastic unit on my car and it ruptured where the fuel lines attached. I learned my lesson. The bad part; I had 2 metal units in my garage that I had intended to replace the plastic. I waited too long - got bit- stranded a mile frm home. Stay away frm the plastic/glass filters. Typos much improved after 1st post... Welcome to the forum..
Ok cool so now when I change it. Is there anything I have to do first, like de pressurize anything or something like that. I have a plastic one now and I see the gas in it.
Actually I have a question to piggyback on this. My car had the stock screw in fuel filter plus a clear plastic one. I removed the plastic one and only retained the original screw in filter, is this filter satisfactory to get all the junk that comes out of the tank? Also how often should I be replacing it?
the glass one is great because it's only a screen and shouldn't really effect flow so it would work great with the one at the carb. I'm going to do it eventually.
you dont have to depressurize the system. some gas will come out when you disconnect the hoses. just have the new filter ready to put in and you wont lose much gas. remember gas is flammable. dont be smoking while doing this. the screw in filter is just fine alone. im not sure on the recommended service interval. it really depends on how clean the fuel reaching the filter is. if you have an old rusty tank the small screw in filter may clog up quickly. if every thing is clean then it may never need to be changed.
If you have been running gas with alcohol in it, that will eat the rubber lines faster than normal. Run either the inline filter or the filter at the carb, no need to run both as it will cause a pressure and flow restriction. SPark
