Fuel Line Shield

[rocknrod]

Under the car covering the fuel lines there is a fuel line shield (plastic). In the front section it seems to be wedged under the body and on top of the left rear K member mount. Is that normal?

 

[JC SSP]

Yes and secured with a couple of screws and a few push pins. Easy to remove and replace when changing fuel filter.

 

[rocknrod]

No, not removable when wedged between the body and right rear x member. I might not have expressed that properly. I edited my 1st post. Sorry.

 

[07 Boss]

I'm not understanding. We're talking about part #27 in the diagram? Should just be able to unfasten and remove pretty easily. I just changed my filter a month or two ago.

 

[rocknrod]

Oh okay. Mine is wedged between the body and the x-member. So I'm going to have to get on that.
Ya I changed my fuel filter and it's wedged in there. There is a front bolt on mine forward of the two x-member bolts also. So that was not what was holding it in.
Thank you for the reply's gentlemen.

 

[Midlife Crises]

wedged in there.

The plastic shield on my 2010 is wedged in just as you describe. Never bothered me enough to remove it.

 

[whitmanink]

i just did my fuel filter last month , so this is very fresh in my mind,,
mine was like yours, where the plastic was wedged in ,, so i just removed a screw or two and a push pin or two and it hung down where i could just remove and replace the filter then pull it up to place and screw it back in, ,, maybe if i would have looked more or had it on a stand rather than a jack i would have removed it all, but no need ,, just let it hang and do your thing and put it back up

 

[rocknrod]

Thanks for the reply's. You would think the engineers would want that sub-frame to body, metal to metal. I see some cars are assembled without it being wedged in there. I guess the shields were put in place before the sub-frame was mated to the body.

 

[whitmanink]

im thinking anyones who was not in the k-member, ,, at some point a fuel filter change happened and they decided to not reattach at k-member,, because i think its as bright as a 2 piece spark plug

 

[Autokyrios]

Since my car is more a lego set than a car right now and up in the air, I shall go look...Hold my coffee...

 

[Autokyrios]

Okay, I have a tubular K-member but I can confirm the plastic cover for the fuel/brake lines on the driver side shouldn't be bolted between the K-member rear mounting point and the frame. It had a dedicated bolt directly to the frame to one side, and the plastic cover curves up in the gap between the K-member and the body to cover some of the lines up into the actual wheel well area, but it shouldn't be trapped in any way.