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Fuel Filtration
Overview
What’s Right For Your Engine?
Liquid Filter Selector Process FUEL FILTRATION
As you develop the future design of your engine or
application, it is important to consider the filtration Donaldson offers a full line of engine liquid
system. Depending on your objectives, it may be products for a wide variety of applications and
beneficial to choose from a catalog offering or operating environments. There are different steps
partner with Donaldson for a filtration solution and considerations depending if you’re looking
tailored to your needs. for a filtration system for a new application or if
you’re looking to upgrade or improve on an existing
application. Follow the path which best matches your
Reasons to Select a Standard System objective.
• No or low budget for engineering New System
collaboration, development time or cost Refer to our pages that feature our heads/filters to
or component tooling
select standard line products that best suit your
• Prefer to have parts readily available – requirements and considerations
want to avoid manufacturing lead times
(8-12 weeks) and not interested in 1. Determine flow range requirements.
warehousing service parts
2. Determine port size requirements.
• Have a need mix and match head
assemblies with various filter 3. Determine application filtration efficiency requirements.
performance choices
4. Evaluate other system design considerations (refer to the
• End users who prefer an established brand for filtration filtration
Existing Application
Reasons to Consider a Custom, Integrated System Filter application selection for an existing application
is best determined by OEM part number cross
• Engine design team is integrating new reference or OEM application make and model.
components that require a higher degree Follow these steps only if the OEM part number or
of filtration
make and model catalog record is not available.
• Looking for a system that does more;
may include sensors, pumps, and/or
heaters 1. Determine filter category e.g. Lube, Fuel.
2. Determine filter type e.g. spin on, cartridge.
• Have budget for engineering
collaboration, development time/cost
3. Determine family e.g. spin on 93 MM diameter, cartridge or
competitive housing.
• Interest in component / supplier
consolidation – solutions that bridge a
wide range of engine/vehicles 4. Determine other characteristics e.g. spin on thread size,
inline fuel inlet/outlet diameter
• Offering a unique solution with ease of 5. Determine other requirements e.g. anti drain, bypass valve
maintenance
and it’s opening pressure.
6. Determine available gasket sealing diameter dimensions.
7. Verify filtration efficiency requirements.
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