300/440/550 is this a fuel filter

[Lake Erie Monster]

inside i found a screen filterlike object that was broke. im thinking that the broken parts inside blocked the fuel flow and thats what caused skipper fo conk out.

my other question is can i replace it with this?

 

[ColeW]

thats a sediment bowl isn't it

 

[Lake Erie Monster]

i think im just going to replace it because its broke inside

 

[ColeW]

it just catches small sediment and kinda filters
i think a filter will do just fine

 

[ADDict]

You don't even need it. Fuel doesn't flow through it. Just throw it away. One side goes up the pole, one side goes to the one way valve on your fuel tank. Just leave the valve, chuck the rest.

 

[Lake Erie Monster]

so where is the water seperator

 

[SuperDave4x4]

I thought that was the water seperator? I'm pretty sure it is. It has a screen in it to keep out dirt and other debris also. In you second picture, that is just a fuel filter.

 

[Lake Erie Monster]

there was only fuel in it. it didnt look like it had any way to seperate water

 

[SuperDave4x4]

That's good then. I had water in mine last friday do to a cracked gas cap.

 

[tor*p*do]

dont run the cone fuel filter- they stop up with premix in no time
get the bigger kind from a powersports place
most skis dont have fuel/water seperators on the fuel system
other than one one the tank vent line

 

[ZMANN]

those are water separator/ mesh filters I run them on all my ski's they separate water because water settles to the bottom mine has a ring that will float if enough water gets into them

 

[Lake Erie Monster]

well the insides were all broken on mine, where can i get that mesh?

 

[ADDict]

well the insides were all broken on mine, where can i get that mesh?

I'm telling you bro you don't even need it, chuck it.
If it has fuel in it, then you need to replace your one way valve. It's to let air into the tank as the carb sucks it out, to keep the pressure right. It should not let any air/fual back out into the line. That is there to separate the water out of the air vent line into the tank, so water doesn't get into it. If you just remove everything past the one way valve, no water will get in it anyway.
I've removed them from every ski I've owned.

 

[Lake Erie Monster]

where can i get the one way valve

 

[ZMANN]

That is there to separate the water out of the air vent line into the tank

that isn't the vent water separator it's an inline fuel / water separator

 

[JLight]

that isn't the vent water separator it's an inline fuel / water separator

At least in the kawi boats, that's the vent sediment bowl. No fuel should flow through it.

 

[ZMANN]

Really? In the Polaris ( same unit ) it is a main filter/ separator I run them on my yami's they actually have a water catch on the vent

 

[rhaas]

in the 440 and 550's that is a fuel seperator and hooked up to the fuel line, in the x2 and 650's they are a hooked up to the vent

 

[madscientist]

that is a kawie seperator/ filter that came on most early skis. they do work!!

but if it has failed your best bet is to replace it w/ a fuel filter.