Remove oil pan

[Viper5]

Today I worked on the car. First I drained the oil. The piece did not come out. Next I removed the pan. Pretty easy. Mine used 10mm bolts. Afterwards I pried it open on that special location with a hammer. Looked inside and piece was NOT there. Tomorrow Im going to try and pick up another dipstick. Maybe it's still in the tube. If pushing through the tube doesn't prove to work, I am just going to forget about it. The only explanation I have now is that maybe it got sucked up however unlikely. I briefly (15 seconds) turned the car for the sole purpose of moving it on the driveway. I highly doubt in those few seconds it got sucked up. Another issue I've run into is that mu fram 74-76 mm oil filler grip doesnt grip the filter strong enough. Never used one before but seems pretty self explanatory and don't know why it doesn't work.

Are k&n filters good? I get one free with purchase of 5qts castrol syntec at autozone