Thank you very much! I'll keep contributing as much as I can.

JRL wrote:Installed correctly

Thanks JRL!

Update this morning. I've had two starts out of 15 that stumbled on itself. Still not bad. Worth the price for sure. Being on the third starter, this will save money for sure!

I'm pleased to announce that after a problem with the wrong starter, and a rusty and P.I.T.A. fuel filter bracket bolt, the new fuel filter is installed with the check valve attached. And, it starts better than it ever did!!!! I bought this car with this starting issue and my mechanic friend and I w...

I was thinking about going that route too. Putting the valve after the filter (direction of flow). But I've seen people do this with the valve before the filter, so I went with that route.

Theres a few on here already. I found them by looking for posts by JRL, and searching for hard start.
I've seen a lot of questions on it, but no updates, I figure that it fixed the problem. Most people will only update if there are problems.

Hey everyone, I know this has been talked about to death, but I wanted to start a thread so that some updated info can be shared. If you have done this already, can you please state what year, and model it was done on? And if it fixed your problem? I am at the moment about to replace my fuel filter ...