Ok put new set up on including brand new outerwears and made the last trip of the season which as usual came with it's list of $hit breaking      We did manage however to get 6 hours on the new set up and it looks like the verdict is in (at least so far).

Here's the results after 6 hours...pretty dam clean compared to the other one but again this is with 1/3 the time and the element having never been cleaned (that's why I say so far).


Looks like we got some sand past the shrink wrapped hose clamp that I'm using to seal the end of the extra long outerwears so maybe a new seal system is on order but the filter kept it out.

For the 1st trip of next season, I will clean this filter with kerosene then soap then re-oil it and see how it does after being cleaned at re-oiled.