Redid my loop in order to test the flow sensor as they told me the angled fitting in the outlet might be bad.
(excuse the quality of the images)
Turned out they simply just underestimated the MCP35x pump as I dug up schematics for it:
At 40% PWM payload it is about fitting that it yields 200 L/H in a pretty low restriction loop. It is a few liters above the 199 limit here.
At 20 PWM it sits around 80 L/H
Guess I really need a flow sensor mps 400 instead.
Shows why I just love this pump. Much smaller, with max flow a tad under D5 level but with more head.