Interesting. I would like to know too

 

white sock is usually what the fuel goes through first such as the one pictured here

 

thats what air bags are for i dont drive around too low. but when i park i let the air out. that way i dont have to drive like a old man...

 

thanks, guess i should pick this up to....

well, i did pick one up, but they not white part # 23217-46090 looks like this,






now just waiting on this filter

got a email from carson last night saying my part is out of stock and wont be back for 2-4 days. so much for my theory on the 2nd day air shipping lol

thanks gs4_cs

ugh at the 8.01 from sewell with shipping $15.69

and 8.30 from carson with shipping its $18.25

gonna try my local stealership and see how much they want

EDIT: so i talked to the ONLY guy at my local dealership i actually like, and he told me it was 14 and then asked me what im getting it for and i told him and he told me $10 even so im gonna go get it tomorrow
called toyota just to check on it, the fuel "sock" from them is $10 also

OP bet u didnt think this would have taken off , lol thanks again

 

Yea the "sock" isn't white, but yellow like pictured and since I work at Toyota I was able to pick up both parts from my dealer without having to go to Lexus for them. Now I just gotta find time to do the install.

 

I need to do this. I have a lean code, and it is highly possible that with that much gunk in the filter, I am not getting a good flow.

 

If anyone decides to replace their fuel filter, I suggest you read my thread

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...need-help.html

especially post #16 and 17

 

holy crap dude. Nice job. I was actually curious to see what they look like inside. Wow that cannot be good for flow.

 

I still honestly think you had a freak accident since you are still the only one I know of that this happened to. I mean I had mine out twice, and don't have a problem. Eric just did his at nearly 300k with no problem.

I still didn't even bother putting in that ring you gave me either. I don't know, but you are right, when people take the filter housing out, be very careful and check all the rings. If a ring is torn, you are going to have the same problem as Och. But once again, you are the only person I have ever heard of this happening to. Just weird isht, I'm telling you, the car is a little pissed at you.

I wouldn't open the unit up again without worry all I’m trying to say.

 

i just got a email from carson saying my order got cancelled as they couldnt ship to my work address and noone replied to their email. BS i answered it and called them. part of the reasons i try and not use carson, always some crap with them
booooooooooooooo


pm sent

 

I finally changed the fuel filter. I will be doing the fuel screen soon when I get the part from my local dealer with 10-15% disc. The filter kind of black and dirty and this was with 145k miles on it.

 

since carson bojangled me i have become preoccupied with my audio but since i still have my back seat out i will do this before i patch her all back up

 

still need this....finally giving up on carson and them gonna get it locally i guess

 

The white sock is just a pre-filter. Keeps the big stuff out. It's a coarse filter, maybe like 50-100micron or so. The big internal one is the one that actually does the real work. I think that one gets it down to around 2-5microns or so.

Also, if you have no luck with Carson Toyota. You can also try the Toyota dealer in Houston, TX. They're called champion Toyota and they give the same discounts as carson.
FYI: For either Carson or Champion. If the part you're trying to order is shared with a Toyota. You will save a few bucks if you search the part number as a Toyota instead of a Lexus

 

got both new from my local dealer for 45 bucks next day