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Old 10-01-2009, 10:13 AM
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Super instructions! Corrected this after the intermittent problem decided to show itself to the state inspection guy!

The bottom hose is a bear to remove. I guess because it is so near the engine heat source.

Thanks for doing the work getting both the instructions and the pictures online for the rest of us...
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Old 10-14-2009, 07:49 PM
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Sardonic,

Excellent instructions. 30 minutes or less is all it takes, barring any hoses that put up a fight. Oh yeah, that timing is good, if you re-read the instructions one last time before you actually start on the replacement.

It was a simple job with excellent instruction....

Thanks for your efforts.
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Old 10-14-2009, 09:44 PM
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Thanks for the kudos; I'm happy to know that you and others are able to save some money with the instructions because it's an easy fix.

BTW, was your bottom hose hell to get off? I just remember twisting and twisting and twisting and twisting, etc...until it finally dislodged.

Maybe an Admin will throw this DIY on the homepage, so members can find it easier...
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Old 10-15-2009, 07:20 PM
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Yes, indeed. The bottom hose was the worst, but the others were a challenge as well. Twisting the bottom hose with "downward" pressure finally dislodged it....

I replaced that purge valve to clear the codes so the safety inspection would pass, now I'm replacing fuel filter/ regulator and checking fuel pressures...... I have sparadic cylinder 4 ignition with fuel off.... Lots of threads about that one... :-)
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So I bought the part and for kicks I ask the Service Advisor how much for something like this installed. He came back and quoted me 3 hours of work plus diagnostics. Roughly $600 of labor! WTF!
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So I bought the part and for kicks I ask the Service Advisor how much for something like this installed. He came back and quoted me 3 hours of work plus diagnostics. Roughly $600 of labor! WTF!
It took me 3 days LOL! I had to do it 3 times, but I'm good at it now!

I went over to a friend's Aamco to get the codes deleted and he looked it up and said he'd only charge me a 1/4 hours labor to do it...I said no way! He said that's what his online quoting system said and he only charges $80/hr for labor...next time he'll be doing mine
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Old 12-30-2009, 05:32 PM
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so that would have been $20 of labor. yeah you should have him done it.
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Old 12-30-2009, 05:36 PM
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so that would have been $20 of labor. yeah you should have him done it.
If anybody needs it done in the Tampa, FL area he's on Kennedy Blvd...
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Old 12-30-2009, 05:37 PM
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Too bad he's not in northern, VA
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Old 12-30-2009, 05:39 PM
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Too bad he's not in northern, VA
I would just be guessing but if you have an Aamco up there maybe they calculate the job off the same system?
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