Tool Oil Water Separator Question

If curious, my coalescing filter was made by Coilhose Pneumatics. It’s part number 8924M. KBC Tools had the cheapest price by far on it. If you Google ‘1-816-8924M’ (without the quotes), the first result should be the relevant KBC Tools catalog page.

Coilhose makes smaller ones and it would have been cheaper to get one. I wrestled with getting a smaller one, but the next size down is barely adequate for the max CFM of the York 210L, and I didn’t want the coalescing filter to hamper CFM in my application. I’m also using 1/2" NPT throughout as much of the system as possible, so that was another reason for the model I got.

A metal bowl is a must for my application since it’s mount location is in the engine compartment. It’s also the very first stop from the compressor (with a load genie check valve/unloader combo right after the coalescing filter), so it’s taking the compressed air at its hottest … in an already-hot environment.