CIH versus NAPA hydraulic filters

Teakettle · Jul 3, 2013

Just got through replacing the hydraulic filter in my 454. It was only a year old, one of the "genuine CIH" ones, made in the UK, in which the element is wrapped in cardboard. Well, the cardboard was partly disintegrated and bits of it were all over the element, the screen, and the inside of the cover. Ick.

I put in a NAPA Gold replacement, which costs the same as the CIH one, but has the element in a metal can. I don't think I'll be getting any more from the CIH dealer.

Old-F20 · Jul 3, 2013

pretty much all my filters come from napa. once a year they have a filter sale where stuff is almost half off

36F30 · Jul 3, 2013

And Wix makes all of NAPA's Gold filters, They have a yearly sale just like NAPA

pete 23 · Jul 3, 2013

Wix or NAPA no doubt have good filters, but the reason the paper goes to heck on the CASEIH filters is moisture in the oil. In fact, that is a good way to know you have moisture and it will do about the same thing to the element itself, making it spongy and restrict flow.

Teakettle · Jul 4, 2013

Yep. But since some amount of moisture in the fluid seems to be unavoidable on machines like this one that sit unused for 5-6 months of the year (even if stored under cover) it's better to use a non-cardboard filter.

pete 23 · Jul 4, 2013

But what is the filtering media actually made of . It certainly is not metal and I doubt they use the fiber glass media. Cut a used filter up and see how the media has or has not softened so it restricts, that is the point I was trying to make.

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