[Determined]

What a sense of relief to no longer deal with the smell of fuel coming from drivers side rear. Disassembly was not too bad, the drivers side was the source of my leak and it was very evident on the surface of the filter. There was a puddle of fuel there, the passenger side was still sealed up nicely.

After completely opening both sides at first glance I said to myself what did I get myself into now. I did run the fuel down low to about 2-gallons remaining before starting the job, this was very helpful. I'll post a few pictures later, the fuel smell messed with my judgement for a while. At one point I lost sight of where all my hoses connected to so I just took a few minutes break for fresh air then started again. In total about 4-hours for me, I could have done it sooner but as I mentioned I had some doubt at one point.

After sealing it up, I closed my eyes when turning the key to start. At first it would not start but I kept cranking it and walah!!! It was purring like a kitten, I ran it a while then took it out for a drive. I did notice improved acceleration from start point and at freeway speeds. I used factory VDO pumps and filter, I hope this was a good choice knowing my original pumps starting going near 70k. Overall it was a good challenge, not as much as the coolant tubes or driveshaft but it's done now. Next, I still want to replace my coolant tank and transmission fluid.