In manufacturing a separator for use in a fuel cell, first, a core (31, 94) is interposed between two preforms (17, 90, 101) and a with-core separator (41, 95, 107) is formed. After this, the core is melted by heating and discharged to form multiple cooling water passages (54). Because consequently there is no need to bring separators together to form the cooling water passages, a seal becomes unnecessary. Also, since there is no need to bring separators together the electrical contact resistance also falls.