m5040
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Did my first 50 hr hydraulic filter change and while I had it off, I drilled and tapped the suction side of the filter housing for a restriction indicator. Kind of a disappointment because it is just about out of the green (acceptable) area with the brand new filter, 70 deg oil and engine at idle. It goes up to half scale (red=restricted) when you raise the engine RPMs up to a above normal (for me) speed.
I bought the gauge from a filter manufacturer which was supposed to be for the suction side of a hyd system.
So if anyone thinks it is worth doing this you may want a higher scale gauge and also liquid filled (because it flutters at times).
The reason to have a indicator is once you build a history of how it acts, you can tell when to change your filter, or if something is going wrong in the hyd system and inducing contaminants which plugs your filter early.
the pic with the lowest reading is at idle, oil temp 70 deg.
the pic with a higher reading is a low working speed, temp 70 deg
The other pic shows the general area.
I bought the gauge from a filter manufacturer which was supposed to be for the suction side of a hyd system.
So if anyone thinks it is worth doing this you may want a higher scale gauge and also liquid filled (because it flutters at times).
The reason to have a indicator is once you build a history of how it acts, you can tell when to change your filter, or if something is going wrong in the hyd system and inducing contaminants which plugs your filter early.
the pic with the lowest reading is at idle, oil temp 70 deg.
the pic with a higher reading is a low working speed, temp 70 deg
The other pic shows the general area.