fuel filter

[eddy]

Are the fuel filters on these wonderful little cars in the gas tank?:confused:

[detroiter]

That's what I've heard but not sure if it's true

[bronsin]

On an ECHO yes they are. They are integrated with the fuel pump. Theres no requirement they be replaced either. I would think the same is true for the Yaris.

[yariphilia]

it is true for the yaris, hopefully no1 has to worry about theirs.

[Hard_Yaris]

I think I had one go on my 2005 echo with 200,000km...

Basically i had to fill the gas tank up on the slowest setting at the pump.

Not sure if it was the filter or something else. anyway it was impossible to fill the tank.

[Yaris Hilton]

That's a clogged tank vent hose, not the fuel filter.

[Hard_Yaris]

Thanks Yaris Hilton...

how does the vent hose get clogged?

[Yaris Hilton]

A kinked hose, debris in the tank, deteriorating rubber inside the hose blocking the lumen... I recently had to replace the fuel hoses on a Diesel engine that had rotted and blocked themselves. My problems with vent hoses have been with cracking and leaking rather than plugging. I suppose you could have something in the filler pipe as well.

[Hard_Yaris]

ahhh.... I understand now!

[anahtar]

You don't have to change the fuel filter on a YARIS?

[ilikerice]

nopers.. i think its more of a strainer attatched under the fuel pump inside the tank. but no filter from the pump to the injectors

[Happy Little Pony]

Most of the gunk in a gas tank is actually rust and corrosion from the tank itself. The Yaris has a plastic gas tank. No metal means no rust. Any fuel you put in should be getting filtered at the pump.

I personally like the idea of having a user changeable gas filter, but I've never actually needed to change one because it was clogged. Toyota obviously feels that the small amount of foreign matter introduced into the tank can be handled by the built in filter for the life of the car. Unless something goes dramatically wrong, they're probably right.