fuel separator

[off2board]

I didnt bleed mine...and yea..I just let the gas spill into the bottom and out the drain hole. I hosed it all down after though.
I dont remember there being 3 screws on top of mine. Infact there was a sticker that said 'dont step' on it. I can get some pics the next time Im on the boat..but the weather has been really cruddy, so it might not be till friday that Im on it again.
The bottom of mine had 2 hoses going to it and there was a bold directly in the middle. I had to just take the bolt off and the bottom plate with the 2 hoses came off. It does look like its glued on..but its not...its tight.
My dealer gave me the wrong part...so I never got a new oring...but after I cleaned it up it shrank back down. For me..the oring was my biggest problem.

[cjromero77]

Do you have pics? I'm having to take mine off. Its a 2005 22V marine power engine. My concerns are the following:
1. How do you bleed out the existing fuel without it spilling all over?
2. Does it actually screw off? Mine has 3 screws on top. I can't remember, but it doesn't actually seem to screw on. Its almost as if the canister is glued on.
3. Once off will it be easy to put back on or will there be something I can easily screw up? say for example that O-ring mentioned.

[off2board]

I looked into buying an O-ring from 'mcmaster.com' (which is an unbelievable great online store for everything you could need) and decided to just try it one more time before I bought a pack of 10. and low and behold..it gave me zero problems. I remember how the o-ring sat inside the groove..and it was loose as a goose...the next day (and I cleaned it up too) it literally fit snug inside the ringlit and gave me no problems.
just a heads up.

[chpthril]

yea..I used a similar type tool that I bought at aco, this one had a steel handle with a bike chain attached that you loop around something then attach it to the handle again...it works..but it takes the paint off.

Mine was a Beeeatcch to break free but it did...turning it clockwise (looking from the top). I still cant get it back on though..the o ring wont go in.

Ive decided that the fuel filter on my boat will never get changed again...and when it is time to change it...its time to get a new boat.

The fuel will cause the O-ring to swell, this is normal. You should have gotten a new o-ring with the new filter

Oil change is easy on that boat......you did pull out the engine bay side panels, right

For us, we would be going through 2 boats a season if we traded boast V's oil changes

And yes, the filter housing is TIGHT! A piece of sandpaper wrapped around it will aid in getting grip.

[off2board]

also...when I unscrewed mine off...it did not unscrew smoothly. something on the inside was catching..I initially thought that it was crossthreaded. Putting it back on (not all the way cause my oring issue) it turned smoothly. There is some plastic piece inside the canister that I assume circulates the fuel..my guess is that it was that, that was "catching" as I unscrewed it. It really didnt feel natural at all.

[Weil Thing]

Thanks, I'm going to get one today and hopefully have this done with tomorrow!

[off2board]

yea..I used a similar type tool that I bought at aco, this one had a steel handle with a bike chain attached that you loop around something then attach it to the handle again...it works..but it takes the paint off.

Mine was a Beeeatcch to break free but it did...turning it clockwise (looking from the top). I still cant get it back on though..the o ring wont go in.

Ive decided that the fuel filter on my boat will never get changed again...and when it is time to change it...its time to get a new boat.

[22veguy]

They are water lines, but I don't know the exact purpose.

The canister unscrews, but can be a bitch. I used a rubber strap wrench from Harbour Freight.

[Weil Thing]

Questions...those lines on the bottom - are they water lines for some type of cooling?

I got the plate off, and dropped it and the aforementioned lines down. However, I could not get the canister to break free to get to the filter element. Does it unscrew with an oil filter type wrench?

[22veguy]

For what it's worth, the P/N on the filter I got from the dealer (R58011-10) does not match the callout in my Marine Power manual.
But it is the right filter.

[switchme]

You got the wrong part. I just replaced mine and it's the paper type with the black O ring. I ordered it from a non-local dealer since the local shop couldn't figure out what filter I needed.

[off2board]

you know it. what really urks me, is that I told him the part number didnt match what I needed...and he talked me into the wrong one. Im flustered...cant even get the old one back on...the "O" ring keeps blowing out the lip. Bad day...time to just stop and have a beer and call it a day before I freak.

[chpthril]

I got the canister off...but the filter looks nothing like the filter in the marine power manual..nor nothing like the guy at the tige dealer sold me. It more resembles something of a normal air filter...where as the one they sold me looks like more like an oil filter. Am I missing something? or did the tige guy sell me the wrong filter?
help

The Marine Power fuel filter is a replaceable element instead of a canister type filter (oil filter). Sounds like what they sold you is not correct.

[off2board]

I got the canister off...but the filter looks nothing like the filter in the marine power manual..nor nothing like the guy at the tige dealer sold me. It more resembles something of a normal air filter...where as the one they sold me looks like more like an oil filter. Am I missing something? or did the tige guy sell me the wrong filter?
help

[Weil Thing]

How timely...I just gave up trying to figure that booger out myself...thanks for the answer, 22veguy...I'll get back on it tomorrow!