Racor Fuel Fiter Upgrade

Triple Manifold Turbine Series Diesel Filtration, 30 Micron Triple Manifold with Valves.

Racor Turbine Series Fuel Filter/Water Separators have been protecting engines from water, dirt, foulants, and other contaminants for over 27 years using a patented three-stage process:

• Separation: the turbine centrifuge separates solids and ‘free’ water through centrifugal action. Although the turbine has no moving parts, over 30% of the contaminants are removed here
• Coalescing: smaller water droplets and solids coalesce on the specially designed conical baffle and fall to the collection bowl
• Filtration: engines benefit from near 100% water separation and fuel filtration with Racor’s proprietary Aquabloc™ water repelling media. Installed by trained technicians at SB Marine Mechanic. servicing, Santa Barbara, Channel Islands & Ventura. MARINE MECHANIC

Racor Fuel Filter Upgrade:

Racor Fuel Filter Upgrade. Here at Santa Barbara Marine Diesel Mechanic, we can install a number of different style gauges. Vacuum/restriction indicators monitor filter condition as the filter slowly becomes clogged with contaminants. As the filter gets dirty, restriction increases, and less fuel is delivered to the engine causing the engine to lose power and eventually stall. By installing a vacuum/restriction indicator in your fuel system, visual monitoring of filter condition is possible at a glance, increasing fuel system troubleshooting efficiency, eliminating guess work, and lengthening filter changeout intervals. Racor’s new stainless-steel T-handle design with vacuum gauge fits all 900 and 1000 Turbine Series fuel. filter/water separators, including UL marine listed models (MA versions), as well as all 500 series models manufactured after 2002.

Racor Remote Vacuum Gauge

Vacuum Sensor with T Handle:

The -14.5PSI to 30PSI NMEA2000 sensor is perfect size to install as a replacement or in parallel with existing Racor or similar fuel filter vacuum gauge. This is a simple way to bring the diesel filter’s condition to the bridge over the NMEA2000 backbone. As the filter becomes clogged with contaminants restriction increases and less fuel is delivered to the engine/engines, causing them to lose power and eventually stall. Connecting the sensor to your MFD, or to your Vessel monitoring system will give you fair warning before this happens. Santa Barbara Marine Diesel Mechanic proudly installs this version of the Racor Vacuum Guage. At Channel Islands Harbor, Ventura Harbor & Santa Barbara Harbor.

Racor Vacuum Sensor Remote

Racor Remote Vacuum Gauge

Using the Gauge:

There are three needles on the gauge face. The first one (black) is the vacuum indicator. When the engine is on, it moves and shows higher vacuum as the filter plugs with contaminants. This black needle returns to zero when the engine is off. When the filter element is new and the engine is on, it will typically read about 2 inches Hg.

The second needle (thin red) is a “follower” and is manually set when the element is new, by turning the center knob clockwise until it rests on the black indicator needle. When the engine is on, any increase in vacuum moves the indicator needle and the red follower by the same amount. When the engine is off, the indicator needle returns to zero, but the red follower stays at the highest vacuum reached.

The third needle (thick red) is set manually to the maximum tolerated vacuum (minus about 1.5-inch Hg) required by the engine manufacturer. The vacuum limit can also be determined by artificially restricting the fuel flow until the engine cannot maintain full power at full throttle. In use, when the thin red follower reaches the setting of the service needle, the element should be changed promptly. After the change, the follower is once again manually returned to sit on top of the black indicator needle.