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bookwa

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I’m restoring (slowly🙄) a southwind  520 and the fuel filter is a simple screw off canister type.  Should I replace it with a visible water seperator type with a drain plug and if so what’s the best type/brand.  Don’t much like the canister where you can’t see anything.

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Yes!!!

Many fuel filters these days are very similar. I've just replaced the housing on mine and chosen a filter with a larger canister. Water in fuel is a pain in the proverbial. 

I actually got this one really cheap at a shop on special i think it was about $35 down from 90 odd

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Ok done that with a see through draining water trap filter from whitworths so the fuel from the underfloor tank goes through that. It occurs to me now that I should have another filter between the engine and my backup 25litre portable tank.  Any simple solution ?  Could tip it into the main tank I suppose but would prefer to connect direct to the engine via another filter.

cheers 

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On ‎2‎/‎22‎/‎2020 at 3:01 PM, bookwa said:

Ok done that with a see through draining water trap filter from whitworths so the fuel from the underfloor tank goes through that. It occurs to me now that I should have another filter between the engine and my backup 25litre portable tank.  Any simple solution ?  Could tip it into the main tank I suppose but would prefer to connect direct to the engine via another filter.

cheers 

The filter should have the fittings to hook up 2 separate intake lines. I think you will need inline on/off valves on each line so you don't draw from 2 lines at once.

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