We retrofit a new Hydraulic oil return filter to a 3 point hitch wood splitter that has been powered with a Honda GX160 motor. The previous owner did not bother to install a filter. The whole project took about 40 minutes to do and all in cost was around 75 dollars.
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Are you sure this is no place for a hole for a 1/8" NPT hole to be drilled? Are you referring to replacing your filter head?
you could just put a Tee in between the DCV and the filter head it will still give you a back pressure reading indicating filter condition in respect to dirt loading. I bought the filter head years ago and it's what I had lying around. Don't get hung up on flow rates through the filter or housing, you have plenty of capacity. Dirt is more of the enemy. 40 microns is not enough and 6 is probably silly. Use fiberglass media (Synthetic) as it will not react with moisture as Cellulose media does. you pay a bit more but you get the value in performance. If there were cheap filters on the unit before, better buy 2 filters. The first will load rather quickly. Mann + Hummel Gruppe of Germany are the current owners of WIX so although the filters are technically WIX that fact may not be present on the box. I trust NAPA filters but my go too is the Platinum Series. On a side note the FRAM Ultra Synthetic is a very good filter as compared to the incredibly cheap Orange ones. Startups will show high back pressure until the viscosity changes with temp, so don't be alarmed