# 2001 Mazda Protege... Where's the fuel filter?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mazda-protege-wheres-the-fuel-filter/2079>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mazda, filters, gasoline\
**Created:** [July 22, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mazda-protege-wheres-the-fuel-filter/2079 "2007-07-22T22:56:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dog8food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@dog8food](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dog8food)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mazda-protege-wheres-the-fuel-filter/2079/1 "2007-07-22T22:56:09Z")

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I got 43000 miles on it and figured I’d do some maintenance. The guy at Goodyear said they couldn’t change the filter because it was either on or in the tank. So what do I do?