Many of the marine diesel we had in our boats when I was a kid had glass water separators

> On 07-Sep-2019, at 17:53, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Weren't such bowls usual on engines with a carburetor back in the day?
> Certainly it seems like all the ones I had anything to do with when I was
> first starting out with cars had them, including 1950s Chevrolets, Fords,
> Ramblers, 1960s Fords, Dodges.  Maybe some of them were metal rather than
> glass, but most if not all had them.  I think even my father's early 50s
> Packard had that device.  They were dome shaped, or half-spherical, and
> held by a metal clip like the bail on an old fashioned canning jar
> (lightening jar).  Small engines like on lawn mowers often have them even
> today.  I know I have a Cub Cadet mower that does (metal), and I have to
> empty it periodically or the carburetor will foul.
> 
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 11:21 AM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> just throw in another idea...
>> I remember having seen this device on my Dad's Renault car (it was long
>> ago)... the fuel line goes from the tank to a glass jar then to the fuel
>> pump then to the carb. Time to time my Dad unclip the glass jar and clean
>> when he sees some dirt/water in there at the bottom of jar..
>> 
>> dan
>>