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Offline peterro

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oil pickup tube/screen
« on: May 14, 2012 - 12:04:33 AM »
I picked up an oil pan and pickup tube yesterday (used). The pan is fine but the tube had some chunks in it. I started pulling a bunch of bearing pieces out. I can't really get all the way under the plate by the screen.

Any recommendations on how I can be sure it's all clean before it's installed?




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Re: oil pickup tube/screen
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2012 - 06:07:10 AM »
With a small  flat blade screwdriver  you  can pry up  the  edge  of   the   pickup   and carefully  slide   the  screen out.  Clean  it  out   and  press  the  edge back  around  the screen.
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Re: oil pickup tube/screen
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2012 - 09:04:16 AM »
or spray it with brake clean & tap it on a hard surface to know all the junk out

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Re: oil pickup tube/screen
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2012 - 10:56:59 AM »
Thanks I'll give that a go. I'm about ready to install the pan and finish the engine clean to be ready for paint.