Wow, I was absolutely crucified on another site for suggesting this. I was told by an engineer at the factory of a major equipment manufacturer that the only reason they install suction strainers is to cut down on warranty claims from stuff left in the hyd tank by the asemblers. I have also seen the window screen type get sucked shut when the pump ran. Turn the engine off, remove the strainer, it looks fine, run the pump, the strainer collapses. I have always removed these from my equipment on the first service and have never had a breakdown that a suction strainer would have prevented. |