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• Re: Low Oil Pressure
  Historical mailing list - David Freemire
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:06:13 +0000
  At 08:56 AM 2/22/00 -0800, you wrote: >Fram oil filter should not be used under any circumstances... it is not >spec...
• Re: Dirty Fuel and Poor Performance
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:54:04 +0000
  <Your fuel filter should not have let any rust or water get throuh to the injectors. THe new one might be clogged already> Uhhh...
• Re: oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 08:11:53 +0000
  ...Anyway, I use Purolator Pure One oil filters on my vanagon with no apparent problem. There are some interesting comments about Bosche filters. Anyway...
• Baldwin Filters for 1.6D/TD engines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:39:26 -0800
  I just got off the phone with Baldwin Filters (800-822-5394) to check whether their V2-F oil filter is a direct fit...
• Vanagon Air Filters, & Oil Changes (was: Just Say NO...)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:20:52 EDT
  ...Buy the additional filter oil to spray on the filter after washing it out periodically. Called a "Filter Service Kit", costs $7.95. >& how...
• Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - john
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 18:33:12 -0400
  I have used a K&N cleanable air filter in my '84 1.9 for too many years to remember when I first put...
• Re: NVC - Good article on technical analysis of engine oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:48:16 -0400
  Contrary to a lot of postings the Waterboxer engine is not particularly hard or demanding of an oil filter. I used the regular Frams...
• RE: Weber progressive air filters
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 08:13:54 -0800
  ...You should be = able to get the proper oil from the dealer where you obtain the filter. = I used this type of filter for...
• Re: fram filters
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 07:11:42 +0000
  > I recentley replaced the fuel filter in my 82 diesel with a Fram filter > purchased at a FLAPS. I was cautious about using it...
• Re: Toilet paper filter is better
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 07:55:58 -0500
  I think the Fram oil filter causes your light to come not because it's thicker, or better, than a factory filter, but because...
• Re: Yep.. Oil Filters Again
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:32:29 -0600
  http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/ Take a few minutes and read that and decide for yourself. Good FLAPS options. Bob Stevens...
• Re: More oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:36:35 -0500
  ...Unless you want to install a larger remote filter and the external oil cooler. When you unscrew your filter you'll be able to...
• Re: Oil filter & armrest questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:06:33 -0500
  James, Drain the oil, change the filter, then put the oil back in. Simple. You will lose a filter full - about 3/4 of...
• Re: 85' oil leak any ideas
  Historical mailing list - William Copich
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 05:03:17 -0400
  Tracy I had a similar situation, and the problem was a hole in the FRAM filter. I usually replace these twice a year. I...
• Re: No Start: Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:52:44 -0700
  If you are using a pre filter that is getting clogged or if the big filter is clogging it's time for a new...
• Re: Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:28:14 CDT
  ...Ordered a new fuel filter from >one of our list vendors and received a Bosch metal one - apparently good. > >The old fuel filter that...
• Re: Oil Light on at idle only when hot
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:36:58 -0500
  ...I run 10w40 in the winter and 20w50 in the summer with a Mahle or Mann filter. BTW Fram sells the same filter for...
• syncro fuel filter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:29:16 -0700
  wrote a guide of sort, with pics, on how to remove the fuel filter on a syncro. Oh laugh it up 2wd folk, yeah...
• Oil filter change w/o oil change
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drexler
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:53:04 +0000
  Can I drop and change just the filter on my 91 wbx (just did oil but didn't like the available filter) and if...
• Re: Air Filters, K & N, extra performance?
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 09:29:30 -0500
  Does K & N make a filtercharger for waterboxer? I suppose the heavy duty syncro filters will not fit a 'regular' waterboxer? Would be nice...
• Re: K&N Filters
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 01:21:09 EDT
  I have a K&n air filter in my 90 2wd. Unfortunatly I don't remember the P/N from the box, but the...
• Oil block off adapter for WBX
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 19:28:40 -0700
  Does anyone know a source for a remote oil-filter adapter that will replace the existing oil filter and provide an inlet and outlet...
• Re: $5 Fuel Filter! Really!
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:38:23 -0400
  While were on the subject of these fuel filters, is there any advantage or dissadvantage to intalling one of these metal filters on an...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:02:59 -0500
  ...My 83 Westy has the filter before the pump, I've seen later models with a large canister filter after the pump (can't...
• 85' oil leak any ideas
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 06:06:51 -0700
  ...I couldn't see behind the filter, but there was no indication that the drip ran down the filter. Everything above the filter looked...
• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:32:39 -0700
  ...Also tried I4 gasser filters, and wb filters. I didn't notice any diff except the diesel filter was bigger. alistair On 31-Oct...
• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Wed, 21 May 2008 20:08:14 -0700
  In an email message earlier it was mentioned using a K&N washable filter. I run them on my off-road VW's with...
• Oil Filter & Oil Pressure - 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:35:09 -0400
  ...Would an incorrect filter cause the warning lamp to illuminate? What, in the design of the filter, causes a variance like that? Thanks, Joe
• Re: Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:13:33 -0600
  ...the mann/mahle/VW filters (all black in color) are the only recommended filters to use. unless you purposely want to be running at...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you BTW
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:17:46 -0500
  ...You could also do an oil filter relocation. Replace the filter with an adapter to hoses and mount the filter on a stand-alone...
• Re: fuel filter: before, after, indifferent?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:07:23 -0500
  At 12:00 AM 3/14/2004, Phillips, Andrew wrote: >The fuel filter is positioned after the pump. A note with the fuel pump...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:01:48 -0400
  ...Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers > Then one wonders why VW thought it adequate on 86 and later vans to have > only the large downstream...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:50:50 -0700
  On my I4 conversion I have the big silver barrel shaped filter after the pump and the small plastic box shaped filter before the...
• Re: Oil filter cooler hoses
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Mar 1997 01:29:29 -0500
  I just did it to my 91 3 weeks ago...$19 per hose from the dealer..I only had to remove the oil filter...
• Re: location of fuel filter 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:28:08 -0700
  At 12:12 PM 6/2/98 -0700, you wrote: > On my 85 Westy, the fuel filter is visable from under the van. There...
• Re: Re(2): wasserboxer oil buzzer warning = Fram
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 20:49:20 -0500
  ...I have rarely had VW filters on; >right now I believe I have a Lee Maxi filter. Anyone had experience with >these? Some FLAPS...
• Re: Air filters, K&N
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 13:46:36 -0400
  I may not be much help here as my K&N filter sits a-top the carb on my 91 syncro westy. But I...
• Re: will not start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Alan Hosage
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 19:05:11 EST
  I had this problem, I replaced the fuel filter and temp II sensor and it went away. Not sure which one it was or...
• Re: Does oil go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:56:47 -0400
  Even filtered oil will pick up impurities that can't be filtered with a regular oil filter. These are in effect acids which create...
• Re: Good fuel filter arrangement?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:24:24 -0700
  Notwithstanding the other posts, I also run the same filter arrangement, ie: Fuel Tank>Small Plastic Filter>Fuel Pump>Cannister Filter. Like Bill, I...
• Re: VW oil filter a must?
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Sun, 7 May 2000 21:29:20 -0700
  ...VW oil filter a must? > I am curious as to know what oil and filter to use for my 87 Westy. > I've recently...
• Re: Exactly which filter for pre-pump retrofit?: SUM FOUND ONE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:49:11 -0700
  ...Exactly which filter for pre-pump retrofit?: SUM Did that, been there. None of them fit the bill. Even looked at tractor filters. There...
• Pre-filter success
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO)
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:58:57 -0400
  Volks, A few weeks ago the subject of pre-filters came up again and someone suggested a vendor that could supply a filter that...
• FRAM filters
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:58:25 -0700
  On the way to work this morning there was an advertisment on the back of a bus for the new Dual Gaurd Fram Filter...
• My '84 1.9L has two fuel filters!
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:11:21 -0800
  Hello - I went to my FLAPS the other day and bought a Bosch fuel filter (metal canister) to replace old one. Today I looked...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:59:11 -0800
  ...I had similar experience with a fuel filter before but it wouldn't improve until the filter was replaced. This time the van ran...
• Re: AT Problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:11:17 -0800
  Most people will call that a filter. If you (well maybe not you, but anybody else) went to order one most likely they would...
• Re: Shuddering Returns--Gas
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 23 Jan 1995 18:33:30 -0800 (PST)
  So Alistair Bell says: > > Who knows, maybe a wet (with water) filter has different flow > characteristics than a non-wet one (hydrophobic filter material...
• Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 14:16:29 -0500
  The filter stays full -- but the oil from higher points in the engine drains back through the filter. Points like the valve train... david...
• Re: Mahle fuel filter?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 07:20:49 -0400
  ...One of the parts ordered was a Bosch fuel filter. They sent a > Mahle KL 9. WILL THIS FILTER WORK ON THE VANAGON?? Yes...
• Re: Toilet paper filter is better
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:13:45 -0400
  ...Only some oil goes to the secondary filter, while most is still routed to the normal filter. Combine this filter setup with synthetic oil...
• Re: Valve lifter noise solution.
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:40:03 -0800
  At 10:19 PM 2/27/99 -1000, you wrote: >Ok, to cut it short, I have run with Fram oil filters since I...
• fuel tank outlet vs fuel filter inlet
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Sun, 16 May 2010 13:28:52 -0700
  ...and anyway I am trying to reverse VW's bizarre decision to delete the large-particle pre-pump fuel filter (square one) and add...
• Changing Filter Not During Oil Change
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Tue, 12 May 1998 06:40:57 -0700
  Hi all - Not a problem at all to change filters at anytime. Just take off the old filter and install a new one. Just...
• Re: Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 22:04:53 -0400
  ...Ordered a new fuel filter from > one of our list vendors and received a Bosch metal one - apparently good. > > The old fuel filter that...
• Re: fuel hose sizes from tank to after pump
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 17:01:12 -0500
  ...The 86 and and later used a filter that was 11 mm on both ends. At first service, the filter supposed to be removed...
• Re: Toilet paper filter is better
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 07:37:42 -0700
  My TP filter is not a bypass one. It fits directly into the same place as the original filter. It's body is a...
• Re: filling the filter?, was: lube guys
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:35:43 -0600
  > Filling the filter first is a new one to me. Ooops. Is this very important? well ... sorta. it just gives the engine a bit...
• Re: Mahle fuel filter?
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:49:10 -0700
  ...The Mahle > filter is a little longer than the stock one, but the end fittings appear > the same size. WILL THIS FILTER WORK ON...
• Re: Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:25:07 CDT
  ...Ordered a new fuel filter from >one of our list vendors and received a Bosch metal one - apparently good. > >The old fuel filter that...