Which way do you turn the filter to loosen - 2005 Dodge Caravan

Hi Michelle , what's pop metal not plastic. The gas tank ? or what ?

Buy one of those filter socket type wrenches. It fits over the filter's end, you put a ratchet wrench in the center drive hole, and turn it to loosen it.
There are 3 or more types of oil filter removers. One should work, or the hillbilly method of driving a screwdriver through the filter and loosening it-done that a few times. You may get oil everywhere, but you sure can get the filter off. You may be surprised by how easily a screwdriver can be punched through a filter. Keep that screwdriver in your toolbox as your favorite oil filter remover-lol;.

You turn it Counter-Clockwise (turn to the left to loosen), we say this about this type of thread, "lefty loosey, righty tighty". They make specail tools to remove filters or you can drive a long screwdriver through the filter skin if you have room and then you will get enough leverage to break the rubber seal loose.

All oil filters turn counter clockwise to loosen.

The fuel filter is located on the left rear of the engine compartment under the brake booster area. The lines unscrew from the filter and the braket holding the filter has a bolt that can be loosened to get the filter out. The filter will not come out of the bracket until the lines are disconnected. They can be very hard to get to. The lines are usually very tight and sometimes corroded. I am an experienced technician and have a lot of trouble with Honda fuel filters...Good luck!

Listen for the pump to come on when you turn the key to on. If it doesn't come on, find the relay in the engine compartment and see if the relay clicks when you turn the key on. If the relay doesn't click, replace the relay or try switching it with another one that is the same kind. If the relay is OK, and you can't hear the pump come on, your pump is probably bad.
If you can hear the pump, it might still be bad. You need to get a pressure test to make sure it is making pressure. An easy way to see if you are getting some fuel pressure is to find the fuel filter and loosen the nut on the engine side of the filter. In this way, you are checking both the pump and the filter. With the key on, loosen the connection carefully until gas starts to squirt out. Quickly tighten in back. If you loosen it all that way and get no gas, try loosening the connection on the other side of the filter. If neither side has gas, your pump is bad. If onlt the back side has gas, replace the filter. Any questions, please reply.

It is very hard to turn, but it will come loose, a cut off allen wrench attached to a pipe works great, as there is no clearance to do it any other way. Have at it cause the allen bolt is pretty hefty.

These are the steps to replace a fuel filter.
Get the new filter from a store. Get rubber gloves and a plastic bag. Get plyers, phillip and regular screw drivers, and hole plugs.
Turn off engine. (Put out all cigarettes/cigars etc)

1) Loosen the gas cap to release pressure.
2) Put on gloves. You will get gas on your hands.
3) Loose the clamp on the top of the filter.
4) Work off hose on top of filter. Use plyers twisting back-and-forth and pulling up or pry up using regular screw driver or pry up using long-nose plyer under the rubber pipe edge. This will be harder than it looks. keep filter upright.
5) Plug the hole in the top of the filter. (It's filled with gas)
6) Loosen clamp on the bottom of the filter.
7) Cover filter with plastic bag.
8) Turn the filter down
9) Work off the hose on the bottom of filter.

To replace the filter reverse the above steps in reverse.
Plug the hole in the bottom of filter and dispose of the filter as per regulation.

Use a 10 socket to loosen the bracket over the filter.
Then use a 17 and 19 to loosen the one side. Hold the filter with one and loosen the nut with the other. Beware of leaking fuel then.
Then use a 19 and 27 to loosen the other side.
Mind when you putting ot back you dont strip the thread on the new filter. U might want toto Change the copper washers as well if they worn out.
Regards bandha

The screws pop up when you loosen them. You just have to use a flat head screw driver and they will pop out completely