>> > I read that older Racors [mine are '87] required > an > > insert [washer?] when > > using newer filters or else the filters would allow > dirty > > fuel through [or > > something like that]. 2 questions: 1 - how to I tell > if > > the filers that I > > have require the insert? 2- what are symptoms if I am > > using a filter without > --- On Mon, 1/26/09, Rudy and Jill Sechez <rudysechez@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Rudy and Jill Sechez <rudysechez@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: T&T: Racor inserts > To: "Bill Marett" <Bill.Marett@ag.tn.gov> > Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 10:47 AM > Hi Bill- > > To determine if your filters require the spacer, look at > the top of the center pipe, inside the filter body. This is > the pipe that extends up through the filter element and > cannister's lid attaches to. If the holes in this pipe > is above the filter, when the filter is pushed down into the > cannister as far as it will go, then you need the spacers. > > These spacers are available from Racor and, in the past, > they have always sent them to me when requested, for free. I > also notice that many of the new filters have them in the > same package that the filter is wrapped in. > > Hope this helps. > > Rudy and Jill > Briney Bug, Port St Joe, Fl