Install New Fuel Filter

put this guy back in now remember guys our oil is still draining out you can see the shaft right down there we're gonna go right onto that shaft we're gonna move this out of the way we're gonna slip it right on there and here's where most people screw up they push down too hard and they do that so don't mash down really really hard that wasn't bad you got to give the filter time to absorb fuel we don't want to splash out a bunch of fuel and introduce air to the system so we want to gently get this guy started with our finger very gently not cross-threading make sure we're finger tight here I can feel it snug and up nicely and we'll get our wrench we go in here and we'll give it a little bit more of a turn again you don't want to pinch that rubber gasket pro tip from a not-so pro guy hang on to your old Oh ring in case you tore your new o-ring because you ain't driving your truck anywhere without that Oh ring in place you're going to be spilling fuel don't put that dipstick arm back in place until you start the truck and make sure you don't have any fuel leaks a little tip next thing we're going to do is we're going to reinstall this plug don't put it SuperDuper guerilla tight I don't know the exact specs on the torque for this if you guys know post it down there in the comments we're just going to put it in there tight enough and then we're gonna loosen the filter after we reposition our oil drip pan another quick pro not so pro tip when you get back under there to tighten that