I got this idea over the winter and thought I'd share it with you guys. Maybe it's already out there but I never heard of it being done. What I did was buy another inlet strainer and installed it in line between the impeller and the t-stat inlet. I just did this yesterday, and it just barely fit inside the motor box, but it fit! I had to cut the t-stat side barb to about 1/2" long, and push the barb right up to the t-stat housing inlet to make it fit. I haven't run it yet but I don't forsee any problems with it. No more worries of impeller pieces clogging any passages.