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I recently was told by my yamaha dealer that not only had the dealer installed the wrong tach and tach harness on my 60 hp yamaha 4 stroke, but they also had not installed the inline filter. the engine was installed by a non yamaha dealer (bad idea in retrosprect) and I was informed that the yamaha warranty would not be valid without the 10 micron filter installed. But it is kind of big, so where to put in on the M?
maybe in the engine well on starboard side? i saw there was some previous chatter on this, but could not find the final consensus on best place. by the way, I was also told this was to help filter the fuel,not just filter out water, since the engine has a fuel/water separator under its hood. but non yamaha dealers dont seem to know how to service these either. my tach read 400 rpm with the engine off too, but maybe this was related to improper wiring harness, non yamaha tach etc. with a generic tach rather than the yamaha tach, the idiot lites that tell one if an alarm is a overheat alarm or a water in the gas dont work either. any advice on the above, and the best place to put the 10 micon filter appreciated.

I just installed mine here:

What mfg. / part number did you use for the fuel filter?
Do you have fuel lines running to the filter from the port and starboard tanks? Are these always connected or do you have them valved so you can switch.
Thanks for the pictures of the BWY steering disconnect. I bought one, now I don't have to read the instructions for the install!

Dave

Dave, More info here from my original post:
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/v ... 62#p185862

I have a valve where it connects to each tank (I do this so as I am always aware of the fuel status 1 open 1 closed) and yes they are plumbed to the filter directly
The filter has 2 inlets and 2 outlets (1 has a plug)

Manufacturer: RACOR
Model #: 120RRAC01
Spin On Series Fuel Filter/Water Separator - 30GPH, For gasoline engines only.

Fuel filter with mounting head, spin-on element and see-thru bowl.

Features:

See-thru plastic bowl
Coated to prevent corrosion
Four 1/4" ports; two inlets and two outlets
Use on vacuum side of fuel or transfer pump

...I was informed that the yamaha warranty would not be valid without the 10 micron filter installed.

Is this a stated policy of Yamaha or something someone told you??

It was a local yamaha dealer in CO who said it would void the factory warranty if the filter was not installed. He also said the newer 4 strokes have small jets thus need better filtering

but the yamaha filter is not see through, so he said he could install another 10 micron filter. that one in the pic looks better, would be nice to be able to look in and see if there was water in the gas.