New to me '07 GT3
03-13-2016, 01:34 PM
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04-15-2018, 10:31 PM
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Scheduled maintenance time on the GT3
Had fun yesterday doing some jobs I hadn't tackled before!
To get started, out with the air box...
...and immediately noticed some oil in the throttle body.
My first thought was that this might indicate that the car has been overfilled at some point, but this hasn't happened during my ownership, so I'm not sure. Anybody know if this is normal?
First job, remove the drive belt.
Then in with the new one. Using a breaker bar with a 15mm socket on the tensioner pulley pivot made this super easy.
Next up, remove the old fuel filter. It did a little pee when I disconnected the snap connectors, but I had plenty of towels in there to catch any drips. I actually had more trouble once the filter was out of the car, it turns out the filter holds quite a lot of fuel (yeah, probably should have anticipated that), and it goes everywhere if you're not careful.
Then to remove the clamped holder and hard fuel line from the old filter, and transfer them over to the new one. I was a little unsure whether I was tightening the nut for the hard line enough, as it seemed somewhat "all or nothing". I did it as tight as my weak software engineer muscles would allow, and I marked the nut so I'll see if it moves at all, I really don't want that thing coming loose! Here's the new filter ready to go in...
...and now in the car. I really liked how easily and positively everything snapped back together.
Then to use some throttle body cleaner and clean up that mess.
Next job, give the air box a good clean, and replace the filter...
...and install it back in the car.
Then, swap in a new cabin air filter.
Finally, check the fuel filter connections one more time, start the car, and make sure there are no leaks.
The last job to get fully up to date will be to replace the spark plugs, but I've decided to leave that one to a professional this time.
I didn't do a full step-by-step guide in this post, as these tasks have been covered in more detail elsewhere (this thread was very helpful: HowTo: Replace Fuel Filter & Drive Belt on .1 GT3, thanks Spyerx!)
To get started, out with the air box...
...and immediately noticed some oil in the throttle body.
My first thought was that this might indicate that the car has been overfilled at some point, but this hasn't happened during my ownership, so I'm not sure. Anybody know if this is normal?First job, remove the drive belt.
Then in with the new one. Using a breaker bar with a 15mm socket on the tensioner pulley pivot made this super easy.
Next up, remove the old fuel filter. It did a little pee when I disconnected the snap connectors, but I had plenty of towels in there to catch any drips. I actually had more trouble once the filter was out of the car, it turns out the filter holds quite a lot of fuel (yeah, probably should have anticipated that), and it goes everywhere if you're not careful.
Then to remove the clamped holder and hard fuel line from the old filter, and transfer them over to the new one. I was a little unsure whether I was tightening the nut for the hard line enough, as it seemed somewhat "all or nothing". I did it as tight as my weak software engineer muscles would allow, and I marked the nut so I'll see if it moves at all, I really don't want that thing coming loose! Here's the new filter ready to go in...
...and now in the car. I really liked how easily and positively everything snapped back together.
Then to use some throttle body cleaner and clean up that mess.
Next job, give the air box a good clean, and replace the filter...
...and install it back in the car.
Then, swap in a new cabin air filter.
Finally, check the fuel filter connections one more time, start the car, and make sure there are no leaks.
The last job to get fully up to date will be to replace the spark plugs, but I've decided to leave that one to a professional this time.
I didn't do a full step-by-step guide in this post, as these tasks have been covered in more detail elsewhere (this thread was very helpful: HowTo: Replace Fuel Filter & Drive Belt on .1 GT3, thanks Spyerx!)