Wasco Gen4 Inlet Screen

[buddy]

We put screens in the inlet hose to keep the dirt away. I understand Wascomats have another white plastic screen just behind the Inlet Valve. Does anyone know how to take that plastic screen out for cleaning?. I tried pulling it out from the back using pliers but couldn't get out.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Use a needle nose plier and it will pull out.

[Howard]

It unscrews (using the needle nose pliers).

[Anonymous]

The ones I have don't unscrew, they just pull out.

[buddy]

I had tried pulling with needle nose pliers but it wouldn't budge. I tried on few machines. I will try unscrewing may be that will work.

[Jim F.]

They get wedged in there pretty tight. I broke several getting them out in the past and then some will slide right out. Mine were all pull out, not screw type.

[Lar Hylobates]

what are you guys talking about sounds like these thing have to go.

[SudsMan]

Mine pulled out very hard. But I took them all out and rely on the screens I've installed at each end of the inlet hose. BTW, make sure you use a very fine screen. I don't know how to specify what mesh to use but there are some that are way too course to do any good.

[SudsMan]

BTW, I found out that the screens on my top loaders were the most often reason for the inlet valve on them to fail. So I yanked them out too. Saves buying a new valve.

[Lar Hylobates]

I use no screens at all and I am sure my water is Hard as hell. No trouble in two years and I am sure the last jerk did nothing good for 17 years.

[Anonymous]

If you need them or not depends on what is in the water, has nothing to do with hardness. In some areas you have sand, scale or rust particles in the water. IF you don't have these screens then the valves get screwed up and you are constantly replacing diaphragms in them.

[buddy]

The real problem arises when few of my washer's inlet water slows down to a trickle. I change the hose screen and it is little better but not to great extent. It goes back to trickle in few days.

My guess is if I clean out the secondary screen that is behind the inlet valve, it may help my problem.

[:)]

My main 2" line has a mesh screen filter in it with a valve on each side so I can shut it off & clean it when necessary(I just keep a spare screen around & swap them). The screen mesh for hose type filters need to be 600 mesh to get fine debris. 300 mesh is just too large & can let debris thru & jam the valves. If the screens are removed you can have a valve stick(mainly on top loaders) & can flood you out(ft. loaders just run the water down the drain & up goes the water bill). Most domestic water valve failures are due to debris in the water jamming the valve open or shut.