78blacktransam

Does anyone know where to pick up a water separator from? Does anybody have any pictures of one installed, was wondering of it was hard to install one?:doh

oceansbreeze

gasoline or diesel?

Most gasoline 10 micro fuel filters are listed as filter/water seperator.

I would spend a little extra and get a Stain Steel head if you go with the gasoline 10 micro filter/water seperator. They are fairly easy to install, just make sure you have room to remove the filter with a catchpan under it when it time to change the filter. There is a different on some filter/seperator whether it is a Outboard and inboard.

choppedliver

Id love to know individual experiences with different brands

choppedliver

For advice, I would ask Kenny Mann at Emerald Coast Marine. Not only does he sell them, he knows everything there is to know about fuel, water, and especially Ethanol and has done seminars on the issues. PM Sequoia. I think I spelled that right

ross68

Another Bump for Kenny at Emerald Coast Marine, I just changed my separator brackets from cast to stainless, and Kenny was by far the cheapest, and he can get the stuff quick. As for a pic, go to youtube and search for fuel water separator or something along that line.

78blacktransam

Thanks everyone for the info.:bowdown I will give Kenny a call at Emerald Coast.

Speckulator

Choppedliver---Have been using racor filters religiously since 1994 and have not had a problem.....Prolly have close to8500 hrs of running since then.......The racors have worked great....

George

X-Shark

Buy the stainless headed mount. The alum ones look like crap in a few years.

oldflathead

This is the setup I built for my 22' CC



I used one old Power Products filter head that I bead blasted and painted and one new Sierra head with Sierra 18-7945 ten micron filters @ $5.00. This is a new Sierra filter that is supposed to capture all the water, but like all filters that are doing their job - they will plug and not pass fuel. I installed a three way valve, so when the first filter plugs, all I have to do is change the valve to the other, new filter. How do I know when to change?

1-The engine begins to slow down

2-The fuel line bulb begins to collapse

Racor has a vacuum gauge that screws into their filter, but it is $$$ and I am cheap.

BTW, I have two new Sierra stainless steel water seperator/filters with the sight glass that I am not going to use. They are available at my cost + tax, about $100 each.

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angus_cow_doctor

one piece of advice:

The order that the fuel line components need to be in is:

1)tank

2)fuel line

3)primer bulb

4)filter assembly

5)more fuel line

6) motor

If you try to put the primer bulb after the filter, it won't be able to generate enough suction to draw fuel from the tank. I learned this the hard way!:boo