The Racor model Phil is speaking of can be drained of water without changing the filter; it's what I have on my 4.108. I agree with him, IMHO there's no good reason to look at anything else.
On Aug 18, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Jim Richardson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Phil Sherwood <[email protected]> wrote: >> Racor 500 FG, or for a little more dough, Racor 500MA, make excellent >> primary fuel filters and suit a 4.107 well (I have a 500FG and a >> 4.108). Both swirl the fuel around to separate crud and water >> centrifugally. If you look around on Ebay and Craig's List where you >> live, you might get lucky. I found a second 500FG at a sailors' flea >> market in Nuevo Vallarta one year at a small fraction of the retail price. >> >> If you can get around budget and physical space constraints, install >> two -- that way, you don't have to shut down the engine when the >> filter gets clogged, just change the valve(s), keep on truckin', and >> replace the clogged filter on the fly. Put a pressure gauge in the >> line, so you can tell when the filter is starting to load up and >> change the filter before it becomes totally blocked. Racor will have >> all the parts you need. >> >> I put a 30-micron filter in the 500FG. Would like to put a 20-micron >> in there, but Racor doesn't offer a 20 for the 500FG -- just 30, 10, >> and 2. My secondary filter is a 10-micron, so putting a 2 as the >> primary doesn't make any sense at all; putting in a 10 is arguable. >> >> And for not very much add'l $$ you can put in an electric fuel pump, >> which pushes just that much more fuel through the system, eases the >> load on the Perkins lift pump, and eliminates the need to bleed the >> motor should you have to open up the fuel system. >> >> Phil >> s/v Cynosure >> Bahia de Caraquez >> > > I was looking at standalone fuel/water separators. I already have a > racor filter/seperator. But I'd like the added safety of having a > separator I can drain, without having to replace the filter on. But > thanks for the info. I might replace my older Racor as well :) > > >> At 11:29 AM 8/18/2010 -0700, you wrote: >>> I'd like to add an inline water seperator system on my diesel fuel >>> feed. Anyone have any positive feedback about specific vendors? or is >>> it more a matter of wandering around the web and getting whatever >>> looks popular? It seems a pretty mature tech, but is there someone out >>> there that offers a better system than the rest? >>> >>> Fuel flow is for a Perkins 4/107, not exactly a monster motor. I >>> don't mind spending for quality, but I want to be sure I get it :) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >> > > > > -- > http://neon-buddha.net > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
