Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter?

   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #21  
I had to remove the filter system from my splitter. It was on the return side but when I would jog the lever back and forth trying to get an oak to split, The filter would blow up. Splitter is a Northern Tool and it came with no filter. ???

Does it have a suction line strainer threaded into the tank?
 
   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #22  
Found manual on line my unit....It says to keep hydraulic fluid 1 inch below top of tank.... Guess it leaves room for expansion...

Dale

Best answer Ever!!! Stop the STRESS!!!
 
   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #23  
Does it have a suction line strainer threaded into the tank?

It has a separate fill fitting so I'm not sure if there is a strainer where the return hose hooks up. I haven't had that end off. I'll have to check.
 
   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #24  
I had to remove the filter system from my splitter. It was on the return side but when I would jog the lever back and forth trying to get an oak to split, The filter would blow up. Splitter is a Northern Tool and it came with no filter. ???
Probably a plugged filter with no bypass valve. Put s new filter on and it should be fine.

Aaron Z
 
   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #25  
It has a separate fill fitting so I'm not sure if there is a strainer where the return hose hooks up. I haven't had that end off. I'll have to check.

The suction line strainers offered for my hydraulic reservoir (different sizes depending on the flow rate, in gallons per minute) , is a separate fitting, it's located where the supply line, that goes to the hydraulic pump attaches.

No by-pass valve, in the " filter assembly", you used, sounds like a good explanation for the filter explosion. However, The spec sheet on a filter head of the same size as my filter head talks about by-pass capabilities (couldn't find a data sheet on-line for the exact head I used), to confuse matters, the technical data for the spin on filter
I used, claims a working pressure of 175 psi but only 75 psi max, if non-bypass! Does the by-pass happen only in the filter head or the just the filter? My filter head and filter can as a package from the manufacturer.
 
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   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #26  
The suction line strainers offered for my hydraulic reservoir (different sizes depending on the flow rate, in gallons per minute) , is a separate fitting, it's located where the supply line, that goes to the hydraulic pump attaches.

No by-pass valve, in the " filter assembly", you used, sounds like a good explanation for the filter explosion. However, The spec sheet on a filter head of the same size as my filter head talks about by-pass capabilities (couldn't find a data sheet on-line for the exact head I used), to confuse matters, the technical data for the spin on filter
I used, claims a working pressure of 175 psi but only 75 psi max, if non-bypass! Does the by-pass happen only in the filter head or the just the filter? My filter head and filter can as a package from the manufacturer.
Both are available, most auto oil filters have a bypass built in. Other filters vary.

Aaron Z
 
   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #27  
Probably a plugged filter with no bypass valve. Put s new filter on and it should be fine.

Aaron Z

I bought the filter and assembly from a farm store. i'm sure it has a bypass built in to the housing. I posted this on another site and a guy said that I can't pump the splitter handle while stuck in a piece of wood or the filter would blow. It did and it was new. Does this make sense? I' betting everyone with a splitter pumps the handle when the going gets tough.
 
   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #28  
I bought the filter and assembly from a farm store. i'm sure it has a bypass built in to the housing. I posted this on another site and a guy said that I can't pump the splitter handle while stuck in a piece of wood or the filter would blow. It did and it was new. Does this make sense? I' betting everyone with a splitter pumps the handle when the going gets tough.

The governor on my gas engine doesn't always pick-up the speed when the going gets tough, so I give it more gas using the throttle (before it stalls). Still playing around with the governor, to get it working properly. Only a couple of seconds of it running faster, solves the problem, with the throttle spring returning to the engine speed to the normal set speed.
 
   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #29  
I bought the filter and assembly from a farm store. i'm sure it has a bypass built in to the housing. I posted this on another site and a guy said that I can't pump the splitter handle while stuck in a piece of wood or the filter would blow. It did and it was new. Does this make sense? I' betting everyone with a splitter pumps the handle when the going gets tough.
It doesn't make sense to me. Ours doesn't do that.

Aaron Z
 
   / Log Splitter - How often tot change fluid and filter? #30  
I don;t "pump" the handle. The governor should kick in when the motor starts to bog down.
 

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