Does the fuel filter sit under pressure when the engine is not running.
I am going to change it today but didn't want to take the pipes off and end up with fuel spurting all over (like one of the old cartoons, chasing a hose pipe around )

 

give the car an hour or more to let the pressure drop bud

 

Either that or remove the power to the pump in the tank.. start the car until it dies and repeat a couple of times.

connection is under the righthand cover on the back of the boot floor near the rear seats when you look into the boot from the bumper. Electrical connection.

JGM

 

Thanks guys. didn't want to look a tw@t and sit in the office all afternoon smelling of petrol.