A surveyor siad there was some algae in the bowls of my racor 900's. Now I can't actually see it and of course it is easy to drain off any water collected, which I do periodically. However I am curious if there was a coating of some algae on the bowl how does one actually get at the bowl itself to clean it? I assume it must separate at the bowl ring - is this a simple grab it and turn operation? Naturally given the cost of these units I am anxious not to crack anything! Anybody dealt with this situation? Ron Barr Lady Brookhaven Hatteras LRC 42 Presently Lying Newport RI KB1LFX

Racors can be easily disassembled. The correct way to do it get a kit from Racor so you get all new gaskets. John S/F Profishent On 4/22/07, ron barr <rwhb@msn.com> wrote: > > A surveyor siad there was some algae in the bowls of my racor 900's. Now I > can't actually see it and of course it is easy to drain off any water > collected, which I do periodically. > > However I am curious if there was a coating of some algae on the bowl how > does one actually get at the bowl itself to clean it? I assume it must > separate at the bowl ring - is this a simple grab it and turn operation? > Naturally given the cost of these units I am anxious not to crack > anything! > Anybody dealt with this situation? > > > Ron Barr > Lady Brookhaven LRC 42 > Presently Lying Newport RI > KB1LFX > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe send email to > trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

Not to be too contrary, but if you can't see it through the clear bowl, are you sure it's there? Anyway, the way I clean mine is to remove the filter. You can then see down into the bowl. I use a 1 liter laboratory wash bottle filled with diesel to hose the entire housing down and clean all that stuff out. If you haven't used one of these, it's a polyethylene bottle with a very fine nozzle at the top. Sprays a very tiny stream of liquid. This works great to rinse all the crud out. I've never had to disassemble the housings to get them very clean. You can get these bottles either on the web at places like Fisher Scientific, or locally if you have a good lab supply place. I keep three on board... one filled with diesel for cleaning filter housings, etc., one with Naphtha for cleaning oily things, and one with alcohol for cleaning other stuff and final cleaning of teak before varnishing. Keith _____ "Remember in elementary school, you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?" --Warren Hutcherson ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron barr" <rwhb@msn.com> >A surveyor siad there was some algae in the bowls of my racor 900's. Now I > can't actually see it and of course it is easy to drain off any water > collected, which I do periodically. > > However I am curious if there was a coating of some algae on the bowl how > does one actually get at the bowl itself to clean it? I assume it must > separate at the bowl ring - is this a simple grab it and turn operation? > Naturally given the cost of these units I am anxious not to crack > anything! > Anybody dealt with this situation?