Fishop Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Was advised to clean some gunk out of the water separator bowl as some of it was caked on hard and stupidly grabbed the acetone instead of the something a little milder. Is this something that can potentially cause an issue straight away or will it be OK to leave in the short term? The bowl still feels like its structural integrity is in tact and I have seen bowls on other boats with this look and their owners didn't seem to worry about it. Obviously I will replace this when I can, but I was planning on taking the boat out tomorrow and don't have time to buy/install a new one. I did run the engine for 10 minutes afterwards and there are no leaks. Edited March 17, 2017 by Fishop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffb5.8 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I have no idea about acetone If your worried or as a back up, take a length of hose, clips and joiners to by pass it if it does fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyman Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 If you only wiped it out, It will be fine. The acetone has damaged the plastic, but unless you soaked it in it for hours should not have eaten through the casing. Replace it next time you do the filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishop Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Cool thanks yeah only just wiped it. Looks like its sucked the moisture out of the plastic and caused it to crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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