Need opinions please.

[justincase]

Ive never have had a fuel/water seperator on an outboard, do i really need one? Ive been kicking this around for awhile now.

 

[ross]

they say with the ethanol in the fuel now days it is a great idea! i do not have one on my boat but my mechanic highly recomends it! but what does he know

 

[JW]

Had one on my Promax. Looked at all the injectors when the engine was about 6 years old, every injector was clean as new. Good gas, good Mercury water seperator, good to go!

 

[justincase]

Well ive been reading up once again on ethanol, It makes me wonder.

 

[merc245]

My 1st yr with the 245 just had an in line filter.It let a peice of debris by that ended up causing the float in the center carb to stick open and flood my mota dead out on the Detroit River.The only tow I could get was over to Canadain side.Had to have someone drive the trailer around the ambassador bridge and down. What a pain in the butt.Fast forword today 15 yrs with a seperator and not a single fuel proplem amd most of those summers were 30-40 tank fulls

 

[ckmate225]

Its better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

 

[john lamon]

Ive never have had a fuel/water seperator on an outboard, do i really need one? Ive been kicking this around for awhile now.

I also have never had one, I bought one last week, installing it on friday, I probably wouldn't have even thought about it if not for this site.

 

[ndaniels]

I like em... put one on when I rigged the OMC on the Exciter. Cheap insurance, if you ask me.

 

[WILDMAN]

I don't know why, but on the new Optimax XS motors, they tell you "DO NOT USE A WATER SEPARATOR"

 

[gchildre]

Never had a fuel issue...

I have one and I have never had a fuel issue, mine is mounted inside the cowl and came with the boat. There is a sensor at the bottom that alerts when there is water in the fuel. I assumed that all newer/fuel injected outboards had them.

 

[ezstriper]

I think they were great until the new crap fuel, with the alcohol in the fuel, which is basicly like adding a bunch of dry gas causes the water to mix with the fuel and be burned, so I'm thinking the separators don't do much good with the new fuel...my .02 worth anyway...Rob

 

[Chris E]

they are very cheap insurance and do a very good job, they should be standard on every boat.

 

[a36pilot]

I would definitely put one in if you have any doubts. I have a center console with a yami 4 stroke. The dealer installed the seperator new because of issues these yamis have had with injectors due to water in fuel/ ethonal fuel. I noticed that several gas stations around my boating area are now advertising "ethonal free" gasoline. Just wished they would advertise "free gasoline" at least for a day.

 

[yellowfiero88]

Put one on the playmate. I think its a good ideal and I think I spent around $25 for the kit (filter, housing, even thread sealer) off ebay.

 

[justincase]

Put one on the playmate. I think its a good ideal and I think I spent around $25 for the kit (filter, housing, even thread sealer) off ebay.

Thanks Brian been looking at overtons they have them for 25 bucks without the barbs but thats no biggie.

 

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[yellowfiero88]

Thanks Brian been looking at overtons they have them for 25 bucks without the barbs but thats no biggie.

Check MKhammer as well. I know his prices are normally better than overtons