water seperator

[Blue_Runner]

The part about "not being able to see anything in the clear bowl" is BS.

If there is trash or water in there why wouldn't you be able to see it? The water will separate to the bottom so you should be able to see it. I've never had any water in my tank so I haven't seen any. I use the drain on the clear bowl to drain the racor element into a clear container to be sure and so inspect it better than just looking through the clear bowl. The drain is more important to me than the clear bowl but both are valuable IMO. I drain it often. I also replace the element 1 time per year.

[Destroyer]

I use a Moeller Marine Clear Site filter in my boat. Like the Racor it has a clear bowl under the filter that you can see any water/crap in it. Unlike the Racor, it has larger fuel inlets and outlets, so there is less restriction in your fuel line. To clean it you just open the drain on the bottom to purge the garbage. It's a 10 Micron filter and truthfully I've had no problems with bad fuel since installing the unit. For anyone that's interested, here's a link to their site. They also make a ton of other marine parts, from gas tanks to bait-wells to paints.

http://www.moellermarine.com/sites/m...w_Rate_DYK.pdf

[phatdaddy]

got to agree with calling the " no see " issue bs, unless you do like i did and clean it out with carb cleaner. if fogs up and you can't see jack through it.