Blew out a Wix filter

[sdan27]

Changed the spin-on transmission filter on one of our front end loaders. Typically use Fleetguard products, HF35140 in this case, but was out of them so I called Napa and they crossed that over to a Wix 57723 that they had in stock so I went and picked it up. Installed on a Friday evening and drove the loader out of the shop and parked it but didn't use the loader again until Monday morning, first bucket full of the first load, the o-ring on the filter blew out and dumped 7 gallons of transmission fluid on the ground. Fortunately, had picked up some new Fleetguards that morning, installed one and had no more problems the rest of the day. I believe the filter sees main pressure which is about 235-250 psi.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Did you take picture(s) of the mess to email to Wix ? They should pay for the cost of the 7 gallons of transmission fluid and filter.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Maybe NAPA counter guy fault for a faulty x-ref? Somebody go to wix site quick and see if its (wix pn 57723) rated for that pressure and for hydrauic systems.

 

[nfs480]

Burst pressure rated at 700 PSI and for hydraulic systems.

EDIT: Wix's cross-ref also shows that is the correct cross-ref for that part number.

 

[Nick R]

Maybe simply a bad filter.

 

[daman]

Human error was on tight?

 

[Eddie]

Suspect the incorrect filter.

 

[sdan27]

I took it back and they gave a refund for the cost of the filter. The 57723 crosses to an HF35140 on the Fleetguard site and vice-versa on the Wix site so I'm pretty sure the number was right. I needed a filter wrench to take it back off so it was tight to begin with. It was a filter they had in stock so they must sell them with some regularity so I'm kinda guessing it was a bad filter as well. Makes me kinda uncertain of using another one though.

 

[Gary Allan]

Side note thanks: There are some oddball Chinese disels that use this thread. Assuming it's a stud on the block ..and that there's a filter relief mechanism in the engine, this one might work for them. Remove the stud and screw on the filter.

 

[sdan27]

We just had the transmission worked on and when it came back it had a Donaldson filter on it. I looked it up and supposedly Donaldson offers a version with and without the stud. I looked the filter number up on Donaldson's site and supposedly, we had the one which did not have the stud so I checked it right away because that would have been different from the HF35140 we had been using but, come to find out, the filter did have the stud after all.