clemsonfor
Super Member
Pull it off. It's very simple. There a few o rings in there. Trash could be from an a ring or anything downstream of the filter. But the internal tolerances can wear out allowing fluid to bypass and not work as well. They do wear out. I would pull it apart and look at it. If it doesn't work you haven't lost anything, I have pulled mine apart a few times when trying to fix the leak down issue mine has. But mine is no where near as sever as yours is.