"Calif Bill" wrote
The see through bpwls are not legal in some installations. Maybe Racor's
website has the rules.
Bill


Good point and advice, Bill. I think it might be that clear bowls are OK
for open installations (e.g. outboard), but you need a metal bowl for
enclosed places (e.g. I/O or inboard). But, again, best to check on that.
Probably any good local boat rigger would know as well.

For what it's worth, I have a Racor with a clear bowl on my 200 hp gas hog
outboard rig. Very happy with it. This is the first time I have a system
that allows draining of the water (vs the other kind that are just
replaceable cannisters, like an oil filter). Once I got into the routine of
DRAINING IT regularly, it has been trouble free and has done it's job
(based on the water I drain - I have built in aluminum tanks and they seem
to condense a lot of water). Before I got into the routine of draining it
regularly (DUH!!), I had an instance of it filling up and causing motor
problems. Stupidity on my part, but hopefully will serve as a warning to
others. I also change the cannister (not the bowl) each spring. Probably
not needed, but what the hey.

I don't know what original poster meant by large vs. small; high flow vs.
low flow. But this Racor rig is pretty much the "standard size" I recon,
and is used for all fuel flows from large to small. It is about the same
size and shape of every water separating filter I've ever used, from my 70
hp OB (6-8 gph) in the 80s, to my 350 CI jet in the 90s (8- 10 gph), to my
large OB jet now (you don't want to know what this baby can suck, but it's
more than 12 gph). The ones with the attached bowl like my current are a
little larger because of the bowl, but the cannister itself is really vey
similar in size.

They're always "about" the size of a standard oil filter. I've personally
never seen anything much different in size from this.