quote:did you shorten the tube?
No. There was already a length of hose there, so I merely fit it in the space where the hose was, albeit shortened the hose into 2 shorter lengths.
quote:how often do you inspect clean?
About once every 6 months to a year, although the only time it really seemed to catch much of anything was within the first few thousand miles of rebuilding my engine. It caught bits of gasket sealer that would otherwise clog radiator tubes.