A diesel generator set on your anchor-handling supply vessel has a simplex lube oil strainer of the type shown in the illustration, situated on the discharge side of the lube oil pump. At a specified engine rpm and lube oil temperature, you notice that the inlet pressure is increasing and the outlet pressure is decreasing, resulting in an unacceptable pressure drop. What should be done? Illustration MO-0057

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