Racor Help

[Scott Forman]

How do I get a sample from the bottom of the bowl?



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Miller"
wrote:
>
> I can't remember the specified service interval, but if you don't
have
> a "water in fuel" light, and the Racor gauge (to the right of your
> right knee in the carpeted engine cover) is in the green when at
full-
> throttle, likely nothing other than a visual inspection to ensure
that
> the bowl doesn't have sediment or water in the bottom of it.
> Occasionally draining a cup of fuel (while engine is running if
> equipped with the electric pump, without engine running if not)
from
> the bottom of the bowl to check for contaminants.
>
> I change both fuel filters with every oil change, believe that the
> interval is actually twice that long, but it is a convenient time
to
> dispose of all filters and fuel/oil. Again, changing the Racor on
an
> electric-pump equipped FC ('83-up?) is a fairly simple matter as
you
> change the filter, install the lid with the TEE-handle a turn or
two
> loose, start the engine, and when fuel starts coming out of the top
of
> the filter casing around the tee-nut you tighten the tee-nut. Self-
> priming. For the non-electric-boost-pump folks it is not this easy
> unfortunately, I remember it well.
>
> - Jeff Miller
> in Holland, MI
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@>
> wrote:
> >
> > What maintenance does the Racor on my FC require? I know what a
> Racor
> > does, but don't know much about the thing, and there's no manual
in
> my
> > Blue Box. Help?
> >
> > Scott Forman
> > 82 FC35RB
> > Memphis
> >
>