# Fuel filter

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter/802>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 21, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter/802 "2007-06-21T17:39:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DENNIS\_HANSEN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@DENNIS\_HANSEN](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DENNIS_HANSEN)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter/802/1 "2007-06-21T17:39:23Z")

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How do you go about replacing the fuel filter on my 2006 CHEVROLET-IMPALA?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter/802/2 "2007-06-21T17:57:41Z")

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I recommend you start with a repair manual from the local parts store. Follow the directions to depressurize the system first, as they’ll tell you in the fuel filter replacement section. The fuel system in modern cars remains pressurized to 40psi or more (depending on the car) after turning the car off.

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**Author:** ![me\_art12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@me\_art12](https://community.cartalk.com/u/me_art12)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filter/802/3 "2007-06-21T18:05:06Z")

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I would check the repair manual to see if it has an external, changeable, fuel filter. Auto Zone and Advance Auto Parts don’t have a fuel filter for it, either real or imagined.