Water Fuel Separator for your Outboard 

Hey Buddy, stop treading on my turf! 😝

you got an audible whistle out of me, when I saw you bought a Parker filter. Still excited to see some sail action!

Looking forward to those sails :)

Thank you for doing this properly, good filter and hose clamps. Should be good to go now!

remember to change filter once a year at least -rust / water/debis non ethanol gas only from now on

If you had asked, I could have told you. Use the Racor filter. I have this same filter on 3 boats, they work well. Lube the bowl o-ring with oil, not gas. The drain, as well. On the tanks, loosen the cap while underway and snug it down, when not running.

Glad you went with the real deal. It's a little extra money for the setup but the filters aren't that expensive to change out.

Parker makes so many Superior item's! The company i worked in the Tool&Die industry used so Many Parker products!

Parker is industrial strength for sure.

love seein seeker on the water now. keep the awesome content coming!

Have used a Sierra filter/separator housing and cartridge for years. Works perfectly...

Great episode! Keep rolling Seeker crew! 👍👍

Good to know Doug. Thanks for the heads up.

If you fit a 30cm bit of fuel hose to the drain barb you can avoid the issue of not much room to fit the drain cup.

Parker makes the real good thing. I use one of their fuel polishers to fix diesel fuel and it does the job right. Saves hundreds of gallons of fuel.

The solution to the gas tank over pressurizing from the heat is vent lint kept under vacuum be a small motor and a sensor leading to an activated charcoal filter at the end. That is what automotive systems run. It allows the pressure to release and keeps the hydrocarbons from evaporating, which isn't just about it damaging the environment. The lighter hydrocarbons in the witch's brew that is gasoline leave first when heated, so the mix of the gas changes, which will alter the properties of the fuel and can even make it become unusable. EFI engines adapt to changes in the fuel on the fly, so you probably won't notice it, but it can cause other problems, like varnish buildups and carbon deposits happening faster than if you were using fresh fuel every time.

A friend of mine said once: "when you buy cheap, you wil buy twice... it seems he was right 🙂

Parker stuff is good,, and available right around the world.....

You worked for so many years building your "working" man cave. I know you are enjoying it and relish the problem solving opportunities that arise.

Hello everything is fine? I really like your channel and have been following your journey for a long time. I will tell you my experience with water in the fuel hope it helps. in my country the government determines 40% of alcohol in fuel I know that in the USA the amount is lower (still) and alcohol in fuel greatly increases the absorption of water that comes from the atmosphere. in my case I have a boat with a 600lt tank and the only way to solve this problem that I found was to keep the tank full whenever possible Reducing the amount of air inside the tank you reduce condensation and water absorption by the fuel always prefer use plastic tanks avoid aluminum or any other type of metal.

I take the duck valve out of the lid on the tank. That way the tank can vent properly.

attwood 9300FDV7 Universal Fuel Demand Valve for 3/8-Inch and 5/16-Inch Fuel Hoses

I know you already know. but here goes. I use this attwood 9300FDV7 Universal Fuel Demand Valve for 3/8-Inch and 5/16-Inch Fuel Hoses

Doug, could you just add an inexpensive one way valve with like 10 psi of cracking pressure to the fuel tank? That way the pressure never builds to high and doesn't let in water.

there are easy to install cheap over pressure relieve valves even adjustable in variuos ranges just on the amazon. A 2 bar one should just be enough to vent overpressure realy easy. better as having the tankcap open all the time.

Feeding time for the algorithm. Good work Doug. Do you open the small valve on the lid when you are running or does it automatically open to prevent any vacuum in the tank? I don't use a motor so I thought I would ask. Have a good one.

Going to put this unit on my diesel tractor and backhoe. Looks better than the cheap OEM assembly.

if you put a sun shade /cover over your fuel tank it wont get so hot and pressurize as much

Excellent follow up, thanks.....

anything is better than when we used to run the old metal ones that looked like oil filters with a hole in the bottom we drilled out and jammed a stopper in

For those who follow and are doing fuel line upgrades , I too have found disappointment in the oem standards regards to the fuel side of engines. Here we have a boating industry that I have seen use clamps and hoses on sub floor tanks that have no flaring for clamps to work under pressure and hoses just slide off over time or clamps that rust away. Some may find some fuel primer devices some what restrictive if they need gravity fed or very low vacuum requirements. Best to test bench these primers before having issues on the water. The hard plastic tanks need upgrading to have high point blow off valves installed for pressure discharge and better low point fuel pick up design to the tanks so no air gets sucked in when your trying to avoid hitting rocks in odd rough whether, you don't need a stalled engine at this point when your on your last tank 1/4. In filters fuel should travel to the base water trap first leaving water behind before traveling up through the filter element. Hope this paragraph/comment saves some lives.

Drill out the one way valve from the cap to make it two way.

Looks like the tank could slid into the glass part of the filter.....

I don't mean to be an internet trash talker here, (you seem like a great guy) but I just hate those old old school sight glass bowl O ring water separator filters....they were putting them on farm tractors over 50 years ago...and some engine companies are still putting them on welders. . . They're messy, hard to change in a tight spot and in my many years working in the field I have never seen or heard of anyone ever looking into that sight glass bowl for water. Yamaha and Sierra make an excellent very simple spin on water separator filter that takes a few minutes t change in any spot without ever having leak. Most of the boat/marine places in my area tear those factory sight glass bowl filters off their new boats and put on the Yamaha system.

Lol the prospective of a camra ... who else for a second thought that seeker popped into the screen just a cooking it and Doug was sitting still in the water not other way around

Made in the U.S.A. it's what we need !!! Perfect

Racors are good, in your application that clear bowl maybe fine but, if installing in a confined space, for Gasoline clear bowl not o.k. per coast guard, they want a metal bowl.

You can drill your can and install a brewers airlock in the new vent hole. The expanding gasses from the tank will flow through liquid gasoline and potentially condense back before atmospheric venting. Im just an armchair quarterback on this one, so my idea may be a horrible suggestion.

Goes to show that sometimes you just gotta pay the premium, Ferrari is a good example as to why you wouldn’t want to pay a premium. (Who wants to have lawyers send a cease and desist letter for modifying the car you just purchased”

what did you build today??

They will double the life of your outbound

What you have in your hand is actually made in China also. 😊😊😊😊😊

what happened to the diesel tender? is it sold

Could send you a fuel cap from down here in NZ, we're still running the old open vent screw type😁 Clean, green, New Zealand we don't care about a little fumes🤣🤣

I've had limited success with Chinese parts but generally buy cheap, buy twice.

Awesome!

its nice to learn tips from other people. sometimes you have to buy the real thing, instead of the cheap knock-off, to do the job right...

GAS TOO HOT?: Why not try rigging one of those huge sun screens - the kind made for cars' front wind shields when you are parked. Drape it over your tank compartment. They are super inexpensive. It might help; how could it hurt? You might only be out ten bucks.

Would it be worth to put a white cloth/rag over the black box to reduce the heat buildup from the sun?

Some times you have to pay for quality! You said something about sails??? :))

I got bad news for you buddy. Uscg says it’s illegal to mount underdeck! Only all metal separator can be mounted below deck. I was going to get that one too. Until I read the spec sheet!

And after your video i bought the cheap fuel/water separator.......May I ask the difference between the two o-ring/gaskets in the two assemblies ?

Any performance change on Tamale with un-restricted fuel flow Doug ? Your last seconds of video look like you could water ski with it now !

I just bought my first boat 88 ranger 393v with a 87 Johnson V6 150 2 stroke (took the vro off) was thinking about getting a separator living here in humid Florida. I use stabil but I just want to make sure I protect my investment as best I can. What are your thoughts?

I found a 50 horse diesel outboard I don't know if your red launch Can handle that? And 27 horse one Both are Yanmar outboards Hope it helps

Doug is it worth considering a pressure relief valve in the line from the tank to the filter?

Would it be a bad idea to drill a 1/16 or even 1/8 inch hole in the cap?

You are slowly realising that you just can't cheap out on stuff you heavily rely on. Little things like this can be life savers in the event of an emergency at sea. This and everything important needs a backup.......

I played the game with the same little Chinese filter/water separator and like you, I preach to anyone that will listen thats thinking of buying one that they are better off burning their money. Absolute garbage.