Ok well my problem seems to be gradually getting worse. When to try to get going after a stop, i have to hit the gas harder than before for it to go. then sometimes with the same amount of pressure on the gas , the tach will increase from lets say 2 thousand rpms up to 25 hundred. Is this a sign of a dirty filter? if so is it hard to change? i know some filters you have to flare lines for.

 

Filters are very easy to replace, it takes like 5 min. No flares, just take off the bracket and loosen the two nuts on the fuel line.

 

ok thanks. does this sound like a dirty filter?

 

not really, but it does sound like a clogged cat or other exhaust restriction. If you havn't changed the filter recently though, you might want to do it anyway.

 

if its a clogged cat it will rattle alot,loss of power from stop and will have a abnormal exhaust sound

 

not all the time. If it melts on itself, then it might not rattle around, just be a restriction. I've had to cut out plenty that have melted but not made noise.

 

I know its not the cat, because its punched out. How do i relieve the pressure in the fuel system before i disconnect the filter?

 

take off the gas cap

 

where is the fuel filter? and what brand should one go with?

 

Fuel filter would cause it to stall at idle. Word of warning, DON'T break the line from the filter to the tank, it's 88$ from GM. And it sucks to change.

 

I believe that the filter is on the driver side underneath the rear seat. To relieve the pressure just pull the fuse for the fuel pump and let the car run until it dies. Or you could be like be and just unhook the gas lines at the fuel filter and just let the gas drain.

 

Yes, the filter is in front of the driver side rear tire.

 

Thats exactly what i did. i just got some rubber fuel line and spliced it in. seems to be holding up.

 

Even if you pull the fuse and let the pressure off, there will still be a large amount of fuel in the lines. Pulling the fuse and running the engine relieves excess pressure to prevent it from spraying when loosened. It won't completely burn everything off in the lines.

 

there's a relieve valve on the back of the rail by ur distributer just take the cap off and relieve the pressure easy as that

 

I just changed mine yesterday. Pulled the fuse..turnedthe car on and let it stall. Gas still came out and got all over my me but not alot. Easy to change though.

 

i just had sort of problem with my car after changing half the electrical and countless hours of trial and error i realized one of my injectors were bad