aftermarket k&n petcock no top of fuel screen ?

[Guest]

So...

I went out today and spent about 3.5 hours working on the old bike.

While most of the time was wasted on the center stand spring (that spring is tougher than an mmf fighter to stretch out..finally gave up for the day on that) I did FINALLY grab my new file and file down the hole of the tank and install my new aftermarket k&n vacuum operated petcock.

I did notice that unlike the OEM which has a sealed top of petcock forcing gas to go v through the screen the after market has a screen but the top is not enclosed.

Is this normal ? Would I be paranoid about the petcock getting clogged? (The po installed an online filter after the petcock before the carbs so they should hopefully be OK)

[tom203]

So you can look down at top of this petcock and there's no cap on it- so gas can just bypass screen? If so, send it back