fuel /watersepperator filter

[steplift20]

does anyone use the water sepperator that walmart seels for about 6 dollares i just installed one on my moter but i cant find any one else who knowa about it like the microns the filter is boating essentials marked on the carton

[THEFERMANATOR]

I use there filters for replacements on all of mine. There the same filter that WEST and BOATERS WORLD both sell around here. I haven't had any trouble with them. Don't use the NAPA equivelent though, they don't last around saltwater at all.

[wpearch]

I tryed to find them on the web no luck but ther are only a few co.making filters the just paint them a lot of colors

[steplift20]

do you know what size the microns are
the racor i was using is ten microns to tell you the truth i dont know what a mirons is
i think its the size of the element thats in the filters
but i never used the walmart brand but i think its good its the only filter with 2 gasgets

[macojoe]

10 microns came to the foreground cause of the new gas cleaning your tank and sending crap to your motor.

If you know that your tank is clean you don't need it!!

I have a regular filter from wally world and a small glass inline filter after that so I can see whats getting past the filter, as soon as I start seeing anuthing in the glass I change al!

I also dump the gas from the filter after awhile to get rid of and see if it has water in it.
Put in glass jar and let sit so it will seprate. You will see the water if there is any!

[randlemanboater]

I use the Walmart filter as well w/ no problems so far, but my tank is a nice new one.

[Seacrets]

A human hair is 50-70 microns. A spin on filter is not only for tank junk but water. A racor has a drain for water removal. You northern guys especially will condense water in your tanks if you don't keep your tanks full just from temperature changes. I don't rely on just a small inline filter. I once had a brand new 100 gallon tank installed and gassed up at my marina. Out of 100 gallons, I had 11 gallons of water. Fortunately, I only had to rebuild the carborator. A good spin on filter is well worth the money. Just my $.02

[Blue_Runner]

Out of 100 gallons, I had 11 gallons of water. Dang! How did you know it was 11 gallons? Did you make them refund you the cost of 11 gallons of gas ???

[Seacrets]

The boat couldn't leave the marina. The marina pumped all 100 gallons from the boat, let it settle and removed the water from the gas. They also paid for the carb rebuild. Had alot of boats that didn't leave the marina that day.

[cfelton]

I use the gas filter Walmart carries, havent had any trouble. I cleaned both of my tanks last year, changed the filter early this spring and it was 1/ 4 full of rusty water. checked inside my carburetor and all was clean. They work well.

[bradford]

I like the Racor filters because of the clear bowl and drain. *But then I use the Wally World TC-3 oil because Skools says its penzoil. It looks the same to me, but to each his own.

[macojoe]

I use all kinds of oil!! I got some Shell with TCW for free! Then I got a case of EXON for free, its all good!! ;)

[Sean]

Hears a question, I have the Racor filter with out the clear bottom. When I change the filter, can I just replace with one of the ones with the clear botom, or do I need a top unit as well?

[wpearch]

get the number of the unit then http://www.parker.com/ead/cm1.asp?cmid=392
on some you can get a probe that will set off a light or alarm when the water level gets that high

[Seacrets]

Sean, if you have an I/O you are supposed to use a solid metal racor rather than a clear plastic one since they're usually located inside the bilge on I/O models. Outboard racors are typicially mounted outside the bilge and they can use plastic.

[Stillrunning]

Hears a question, I have the Racor filter with out the clear bottom. *When I change the filter, can I just replace with one of the ones with the clear botom, or do I need a top unit as well?
Thats what I did. After you buy one with the clear bowl then you can buy just the filter next time and just put your old bowl on the new filter. I would recomend that you remove the old filter and the bowl to make sure you can remove the plastic bowl without any trouble. I'm a good drive from a place to purchase them and when I got home the plast bowl would not come off so I had to drive back and buy another one with the bowl.

[macojoe]

put some anti sieze on it when you put the plastic on, it will make taking it apart easy.

[LESTERUS]

EXCUSE MY 5 CENTS BUT A WATER SEPARATOR IS FOR THAT, TO SEPARATE WATER FROM GAS SO IT WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE CARB. I BUY THEM @ $3.99 EACH
AND CHANGE IT EVERY TWO TIMES I GO OUT, IT SAVES YOU A LOT OF MONEY AND DOWN TIME FOR THE PRICE OF 1 ADITIONAL GALLON OF GAS!!!!

LESTERUS