Hi Guys,
This is my first time installing the oil suction screen(with crush washer) and I can't figure out why the screen won't just fall out of the plug when I screw in the plug. The tubular screen fits loosely into the plug and easily falls out if I tip it upside down. Both ends of the screen are the same diameter. When using a dowel as a feeler(suggested elsewhere), I do feel something at about the same distance at where the oil screen would be fully screwed in. Is that what holds the screen? Should I gently expand the end of the screen that goes in the plug so that it doesn't fall out as I screw in the plug/screen and hope the other end seats properly? Or should I use the long dowel as a guide and slide the tubular screen along that to reach its internal seat and then screw in the plug?
This is my first time installing the oil suction screen(with crush washer) and I can't figure out why the screen won't just fall out of the plug when I screw in the plug. The tubular screen fits loosely into the plug and easily falls out if I tip it upside down. Both ends of the screen are the same diameter. When using a dowel as a feeler(suggested elsewhere), I do feel something at about the same distance at where the oil screen would be fully screwed in. Is that what holds the screen? Should I gently expand the end of the screen that goes in the plug so that it doesn't fall out as I screw in the plug/screen and hope the other end seats properly? Or should I use the long dowel as a guide and slide the tubular screen along that to reach its internal seat and then screw in the plug?