O.K. ~ that clear plastic intake screen is cheap and Pep Boys stocks them in Purolator brand for $4, O'Reillys has both Wix and cheap brands for about the same .

The Pep Boys ones don't have the tapered ends but that's not a big thing, -DO- use the proper #13 band typ hose clamps and carry a spare in the glove box ! .

The crud (if any) will settle on the underside, inside where you'll miss it unless you tilt it up to look every time you check the oil .

ANY coffee grounds looking stuff in there no matter how slight means FUNGUS IS GROWING so if you see any, immediately add some brand of Diesel fungus killer ~ not just Diesel Kleen etc.

That engine sounds sweet to me but I'm old and like the rattle of vintage Diesel engines .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better