Next message: Bryan Genez: "Re: [world-cruising] New style filters for Racor --- fact or myth?"
Fact.... it is on the web site... buried of course. If
you call or write Racor they will send you a couple of
the adaptors no charge... nice em huh! Some of the
their supplers have them as well.
alan
--- Judy <> wrote:
> We recently purchased a new supply of Racor filters
> and noticed that
> the color of the plastic on the Racor brand 2 micron
> filter was now
> beige/brown, whereas the previous Racor brand 2
> micron filter was
> red/orange.
>
> We were discussing this someone else who insisted
> that the new
> redesigned 2 micron filter would not work properly
> in a Dual Racor 500
> that was manufactured prior to 2006. He said that
> you had to get an
> adapter from Racor which was placed on the standpipe
> prior to
> inserting a new filter. He said the adapter looked
> like a small piece
> of PVC pipe that fit over the standpipe. He said if
> you did not use
> the adapter, fuel would bypass the new beige/brown
> filter and make the
> dual Racor inoperable.
>
> I found nothing at the Racor website at
> http://www.parker.com/ead/cm1.asp?cmid=392
>
> Is this Fact or Myth?
>
> Does anyone have any knowledge of this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill & Judy Rouse
> s/v BeBe
> Amel SM2 #387
>
>
>
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