larman
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- Livin The Dream
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- Sea Ray
I would like to change the filters on my racor model 900. This is my first time doing this. Instead of the T handle I have pressure gauge. Do I remove pressure gauge to get to filter?
Racor sells a gauge now with the T handle built in so you don’t need a wrench to get the gauge off. Mine will gravity fill after I open the shutoff. Good luck.
Ok, on our current boat we have never had any debris whatsoever in the filter. So I guess that either my tanks are clean or the crap is solidly packed in the tanks...
Dave,
I would like to know if the stop-cocks you found were stainless. I would love to have them on my 4 Racor filters. It is not clear from your post, but I would like to point out that the primary filter of any power system is the one on the engine itself and it has the smallest openings. Secondary filters are installed upstream to remove larger particles to ease the burden on the primary filter.
Bill
Double-Wide
Dave,
I would like to know if the stop-cocks you found were stainless. I would love to have them on my 4 Racor filters. It is not clear from your post, but I would like to point out that the primary filter of any power system is the one on the engine itself and it has the smallest openings. Secondary filters are installed upstream to remove larger particles to ease the burden on the primary filter.
Bill
Double-Wide
The Racor priming pump is the black thing above the bowl in my photo. It is pretty easy to add. You replace the short bolts and add the long bolts seen in the photo. It adds about 3” in height to the Racor. But it is beautiful when you go to prime the secondaries especially. Now I push the button switch for the pump and in a couple of seconds fuel is coming out the bleed screws on the secondaries. It used to take about 75 pumps on the fuel pump at the bottom of the engine to get the secondaries primed.
It is not clear from your post, but I would like to point out that the primary filter of any power system is the one on the engine itself and it has the smallest openings. Secondary filters are installed upstream to remove larger particles to ease the burden on the primary filter.
Can't make it out in the pic... is it electric?
-Chris
I'm curious. Of what use is a Racor feed electric pump if the Racor is below fuel tank level?
CJ
Some say a pressure pump feeding Racor can damage filter if used for more than filter filling. Dock talk or reality?
A filter like Fleetguard is presumably designed for pressure feed whereas Parker Hannifin says suction only on Racor inserts.
Comodave, do you need each Racor to have a priming pump ? I'm thinking yes but wanted to confirm. Thanks
Yes, each Racor will need its own primer pump. I like it even though it is a bit more expensive because it doesn’t take up more room except that the filter is now 3” taller. I don’t have a lot of room to put in valves and mount a separate pump like a Walbro pump.