Replacement Filter Comparison
Why buy John Deere replacement filters? Application-specific design
Comparison is of John Deere filters against comparable competitive filters (filters not manufactured by John Deere, but sold to fit the same equipment).
John Deere Filter
Comparison Filter
- Features
- John Deere Filter
- Competitive Filter
- Resistance to Flow (A):
- Large inlet holes to accommodate flow at 0 degrees F.
- Small inlet holes
- Meets John Deere's flow specification.
- Unknown
- Life and Efficiency Performance (B):
- Filter media has mean pore size of 13 microns and a minimum of 222 square inches of filtering area.
- Only 123 square inches of filtering area.
- Meets John Deere's life and efficiency specifications.
- Unknown
- Element Assembly (D):
- Internal seals are rubber to steel.
- Some manufacturers use rubber to paper and paper to metal. Poor mating surface combinations.
- Meets John Deere's specification of no internal bypassing.
- Unknown
- Hydrostatic Burst Strength:
- Metal end cap with filter media fully potted in plastisol for complete seal and filtering integrity.
- Unknown
- Meets John Deere's element assembly integrity specification.
- Unknown
