LOW PROFILE RADIAL INDEXING WATER BOWL WITH INTEGRATED WIF/CONNECTOR

Filter assemblies and filter systems are provided. The filter assemblies are releasably attachable to a filter head of the filter system. The filter assemblies include filter elements having filter media and bowl for collecting water removed from filtered fluid. The filter element includes helical ramps for securing the bowl to the filter element. The bowl has tabs that engage the ramps for pulling the bowl into engagement with the filter element. The ramps may include retaining portions to prevent opposite rotation and disengagement. The filter element may include a plurality of angularly spaced apart ramps that cooperate with the tabs allowing the bowl to be mounted to the filter element in a variety of different angular orientations to allow for varying the angular position of a connector of a sensor relative to the filter element.