Where did the breather filter go ... now that is a good question. One I've been sweating over. If it got sucked down the carb, well, it didn't do anything detrimental. But because this lean event came on exactly after this event, my mind is stuck on 2 possibilities. 1. It fell out and down on the ground when I pulled the housing off, set it down, and I didn't see it fall out. Or 2. It went down the breather hose. Which it's not really small enough. But like I said, it was kind of crusty the last time I noticed it. Maybe it got worse and broke up, and maybe me picking these parts up lodged it down the tube. But ... would plugging the breather hose lean the AFR? I doubt it, but that's just my assumption, I don't officially know that.