Water separator,,,,,Yes or No

[T_Herrod]

I have a 2003 yamaha 50tlra. I run e10 gas in it and it has no separator on it. Should i install one? The engine runs fine but i don't want to run into any problems next spring.
Thanks in advance.

 

[99yam40]

Re: Water separator,,,,,Yes or No

depends on the type of fuel tank you are using(built in or portable), the built ins are hard to clean out if water are introduced into them.

but it never hurts to be cautious as you never know when the fuel you put in will be a bad batch

 

[rowboater]

Re: Water separator,,,,,Yes or No

No real negatives to installing one.I guess you could say price and opening the system up to potential air leak,fuel leak but thats a real stretch.Lots of ways for water/condensation to find there way into your tank.I installed a fuel filter years ago after finding water was entering the fuel tank through the vent.I readjusted the vent but installed the water separator/filter for piece of mind.Just recently upgraded the fuel filter/canister head to stainless due to the old one pitting.If I had it to do over definetly would spend the extra $$ for a stainless steel canister head.