I have a Yamaha Min1-10 micron fuel filter on my boat. Does anyone know if there is a replacement filter with the clear bottom bowl that will fit that assembly? It would be nice to drain off water rather than unscrew the filter because once you unscrew the filter, the rubber gasket is so distorted it won’t reseal.
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Yes there is. John at Hanckle can tell you which racor would fit that assembly.
But you can buy two yamaha filters for the price of one racor, and you get a new rubber seal with every filter.
if its in an enclosed area, you’re not supposed to use the one with the clear bowl. If you get water in the bowl to the point you need to drain it, you need to replace the filter. Better to use the regualr filter and change it often
Change the yamaha 10 micron every 50 hours and keep a spare on the boat. Cheap insurance!
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Paul
GW 257 Advance
It is not in an enclcosed area, it is in the open transom but, you guys have convinced me to just change out the regular filter as needed.
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the problem with the yamaha filters…
you can get water in 10 minutes and not be able to tell
Carry a spare.
if its full of water and the water gets to teh engine, a spare is like closing the barn door after the horse runs away
So Chris do you have a part number or any info on a filter that will fit that Yamaha Mini-10 micron mount?
Ok, I was under the impression that with ethanol in the fuel, that water would not separate from the fuel like non-ethanol fuel, so it wouldn’t be visable in the see-thru bowls. I use a racor on my boat now, but was thinking of changing over to the Yamaha filter because of this, please correct me if this is wrong, thanks.
the ethanol will absorb an amount of water. Remeber we used to pour alchohol in our fuel tanks on purpose(fuel dry is Isopropal alchohol). Once it hits a saturation point it will separate, then the filter will catch it. The see thru bowl only works if you are looking at it whene it fills up. It will fill up just as fast as any filter, the only diffence is when you motor stops, you can look at the filter and know you have water in the fuel(at least till teh bowl get cloudy). You still have to drain it. I’d rather have a spare filter on hand than a clear bowl(lot cheaper too). the seals on the racors can be a bear if they are old, they tend to leak at the wrong time, its a pita when you affshore and you have water in the fuel, its easier just to swap filters and prime it up. I keep a new filter in plastic coffe can(keeps it from rusting), I can drop the old filter in the can, install the new one, get the engien back up and running, then go back after everthing is good and look in the can to see if there is water in the fuel. You can put the lid back on to prevent it from spilling
I would amend spareparts’ discussion a little. If you have a substantial amount of water in your tank, the see through bowl will fill just as fast as an opaque filter. Granted. However, after having a lot of water in my tank and getting it cleaned out and switching to a see-through bowl, I have, on occassion, drained a few teaspoons of water from the bowl.
I’m sure it is possible to get a lot of water in your tank in a hurry. But, it has been my experience that only happens when you actually get bad gas … the filling station actually delivers water laden gas via the pump (or you’re under water :-[ ). If that happens, you’re dead in the water. No filter will fix that.
More typically, you can get a lot of water in your tank when the boat sits for an extended period with an mostly empty tank. Repeated heat/cool condensation cycles slowly add a little with each iteration. This happens, regardless of ethanol or non-ethanol gas. One just does it a little faster than the other. It does not take a lot of water (maybe a pint) to saturate a typical water separating filter. At which point, water passes the filter and gets to the motor (bad filter) or the filter causes sufficient restriction that nothing gets to the motor.
Over the past few years, if my boat has not been used for a month or so during cool enough nights to cause condensation in the tank, I would get a few teaspoons of water in the see through bowl. I drop a towel under the bowl, open the valve, withdraw the water and a tiny bit (drops) of gas, and I’m good to go. I have the advantage of having my filter mounted near the transom. For us old-timers who learned to use outboards before there were such things as overheat buzzers, we have a hard learned habit of turning and glancing at the pee stream periodically to make sure we’re cooling and not steaming. So, every time I take a glance at the pee stream I add a fraction of a second to include the sight bowl for a change in color.
That having been said/typed… I don’t think I have