Re: Oil pick up on 1940 356 engine

Posted by Tim Cole On 2013/8/19 20:26:11

Hi Bill:

The sloshing is wrong. It should float on top of the oil.
That is the primary filtration method.

I would look for a better one. Then let it soak in a closed container of gasoline for a month.

Probably what happened to yours is someone tried to burn the sludge out of the screen and melted the solder. Ideally they should replaced by a new one with a rebuild, but that is impossible.

The hole in the middle of the screen precludes oil starvation.