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racor fuel water separator

Worth a look

Shows a thin review moat (116 avg reviews), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($16.42–$552.50) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 26Growth 61Conversion 47Competition 62Returns 81Price range 16Avg price 81Brand share 55Review moat 94Quality gap 52

Review moat

Great115.79

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Returns

Great1.7%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$84.57

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Competition

Good48%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Growth

Good+37.0%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Brand share

Good72%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Conversion

Okay3.8%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Market size

Okay$104K

$104K/yr · 33K searches

Price range

Bad$16.42–$552.50

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Competition

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

72%

Open market

24%

  • Racor41%
  • CARMOCAR12%
  • Aurorasters9%
  • Racor Fuel Filter Element6%
  • SURGLA5%
  • DZFST.FI4%

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%10%$10K20%$21K30%$31K40%$42K1101001K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

All 29 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 103 weeks — +37.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
800600Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Quality-Overall23%

“The build quality feels solid and well-made, and installation was simple and straightforward”

Filtration11%

“Great affordable filters”

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

“Works as advertised”

Value For Money10%

“GREAT PRICE”

Assembly/Installation9%

“It was easy to mount”

Size-Overall6%

“Good fit”

Efficiency3%

“Works great”

Leak-Proof3%

“I experienced no air leaks or fuel starvation issues afterward”

Design-Overall3%

“Good design”

Durability2%

“seems durable”

What buyers complain about

Leak-Proof23%

“Leaks”

Filtration13%

“nor allow carb filter to fail”

Size-Overall8%

“MISSING FITTINGS”

Quality-Overall7%

“Check valve is junk”

Paint Quality4%

“One had chipped paint”

Rusts/Corrodes3%

“last one corroded so badly that it started leaking fuel”

Metal Quality3%

“Metal shavings”

Assembly/Installation3%

“havent installed it”

Mounting3%

“screwed on way too tight”

Functionality-Overall1%

“within 5 minutes the same issue”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall52%
Filtration8%
Compatibility-Overall8%
Defective Material/Parts5%
Leak-Proof5%
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%
Functionality-Overall3%
Assembly/Installation3%
Quality-Overall2%
Value For Money2%