Capt13
Well-Known Angler
With a new season upon us, I just wanted to post this again in hopes it will prevent a really bad situation for somebody. I was reminded of it again today as I was removing the barbed brass fuel fittings from a racor filter that was on a boat I'm redoing. The plastic bowl literally fell off the filter. Same issue, the threads had shrunk and become tapered. Guys, when you change your fuel filters this spring, take a good look at your plastic bowl and make sure the threads haven't become tapered.
I posted this once before about two years ago:
Racor Filter Warning !
Ethanol is the devil. Just wanted to give a heads up in regard to potentially very dangerous issue. I was getting the boat ready last week and after draining tanks and lines and starting fresh with new gas, I was pumping the ball on the fuel line and heard a clunk that came from the compartment housing the Racorfuel filter. The plastic bowl had fallen off and spilled the gas from the filter onto the deck. It took about 45 minutes before I realized that the plastic threads on the the bowl looked tapered. I did a search and found this thread on the hull truth.
http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-...er-bowl.html#b
My old bowl side by side with new one.
I posted this once before about two years ago:
Racor Filter Warning !
Ethanol is the devil. Just wanted to give a heads up in regard to potentially very dangerous issue. I was getting the boat ready last week and after draining tanks and lines and starting fresh with new gas, I was pumping the ball on the fuel line and heard a clunk that came from the compartment housing the Racorfuel filter. The plastic bowl had fallen off and spilled the gas from the filter onto the deck. It took about 45 minutes before I realized that the plastic threads on the the bowl looked tapered. I did a search and found this thread on the hull truth.
http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-...er-bowl.html#b
My old bowl side by side with new one.