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Re: Oil Filter performance
Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:49:27 -0700
...engines want a filter > with > a strong internal relief valve. As I understand it, this is to help hold > oil in the galleries of...
Re: Oil change experience
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Sat, 6 Jul 2013 14:41:53 -0700
...When the stream of oil from the oil filter slows to a drip and carefully screw it the rest of the way off knowing...
Re: TIICO- Oil Filters
Historical mailing list
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:09:00 EST
...Why not just use Waterboxer Oil Filters? They have the anti-drain back valve and they can be used on Jettas, and Golfs, most...
Re: Oil filter question
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:04:14 -0800
...Especially in colder months. (cranking engine cold) Dennis Haynes has written lots about oil and filters. :) Neil. On 10/31/10, Don Hanson <dhanson928...
Re: Mars vs Venus: Changing the oil
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Sat, 15 Apr 2000 18:34:16 -0600
...Part of a well done oil change is to pre fill the oil filter B4 installing it (~3/4 full for a Vanagon 'cuz...
Re: Gradual switch to synthetic oil?
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:45:42 -0800
...If you do a flush follow Stan Wilder's advice and filter the oil using a white coffee filter after it settles to see...
Re: K&N filter
Historical mailing list
Tue, 9 Jan 2001 14:27:13 EST
...It is not an oiled foam type element, and that is a signifigant detail. Filters such as the UNI-4 are foam, the K...
Re: oil pump failure? please help...
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 20 May 2019 14:28:38 -0700
All I can suggest Dan, is to try using a different oil filter. Hopefully it is something as simple as a defective filter. -Mark...
YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil... [follow-up]
Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:49:20 -0700
...Removing the >oil filter did not reveal any obvious splits in filter. Filter still >full of oil. Dipping my finger into filter, the oil...
Re: FW: Oil Filter Stuck
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:10:36 -0600
...Take a large screwdriver, jam it through the oil filter, and use it as a lever to turn the filter. CAUTION - This is quite...
Re: My First Oil Filter Failure/Bosch
Historical mailing list - Paul Albert
Tue, 18 May 1999 13:03:00 -0700
...But I won't use another Bosch oil filter. Ciao, Paolo '87 Westy-- 80K miles Memorable Dates In The 20th Century For month of...
Re: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 07:44:19 -0700
...Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what? > Buzzer???? > > Is there supposed to be a buzzer on an '84? > I...
Re: Transco oil filter system
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:06:10 -0600
...Your oil system has a bypass valve and when you have a clogged up filter, clogged up oil cooler it just by passes the...
Re: Flickering oil sensor light (long)
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:42:08 -0600
...Purolator has made fine filters for many years, long before vw thought using filters was necessary. You don't mention what oil viscosity you...
Re: Oil Filter Preference
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:39:16 -0700
...Michael Magnani wrote: > For the 2.1L WBX, is there an oil filter preference between the Mahle OC 108 and the Mann 070-115...
STOPPED THAT DANG FLASHING!
Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
Sat, 24 Jun 2000 08:08:12 -0400
I too suffered from the mysterious flashing oil light at low rpm's. Thanks to Bus Depot's sidebar about oil filters, I replaced...
Oil filters
Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
Mon, 7 Jun 2004 10:46:58 -0700
A year or two ago, someone posted a website or file where someone tore apart oil filters and reported on what he found, which...
Re: Oil change experience
Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
Sat, 6 Jul 2013 21:16:07 -0700
Onething everyone should be very aware of is making sure two oil filter rubber o-rings don't end up between oil filter and...
Re: Needed - EV Oil Filters
Historical mailing list - Pelikan
Tue, 11 Feb 1997 15:51:10 -0500
Ric wrote - > The difference is the big nut on the end of the oil filter.... and, > The oil filter is in a real tight...
Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:13:19 -0500
...Bosh) failed and I sarted using cheap filters, I have had the problem with > the oil light flickering on at stops. Nothing I've...
Re: High falutin oil filters/ westy interior
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:04:17 -0500
...I never go for the discount national auto parts chain store low ball price on oil filters. I've noticed that the filters I...
Can overtightening the oil filter on an 88 cause coolant leaks?
Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
Sun, 3 Nov 2002 08:04:37 -0800
Hi everyone, Right after watching a "mechanic" use an oil filter wrench to tighten a new oil filter, I noticed coolant dripping from somewhere...
Re: Vanagon Stranded in Yuma, AZ..
Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 08:07:17 -0800
...You may want to check the two short lines that connect to the oil cooler (the box where the oil filter mounts). Good luck...
oil pressure relief valve washer
Historical mailing list - Michael Y. Feng
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:44:32 -0400
Hi, I posted a problem with my oil pressure light flashing after I put an aftermarket oil filter on there. Well, the oil pressure...
Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
Historical mailing list - jimt
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:43:40 -0600
...AOL.COM> wrote: > Hi All, > I've developed an oil leak above the oil filter. > It doesn't appear to be either of the...
Re: Oilfilters 1:st oilchange
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sun, 17 Jan 1999 12:44:07 -0500
Regarding the question of economical cross-references for the expensive Dealer oil filters for your Vanagon: The two original oil filter suppliers to Volkswagen...
Re: Low Oil Pressure
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:09:14 -0800
I use the mobile 1 filter and mobile 1 oil (10/50). The mobile filter was cheap (on sale for 3$!!!!) and is for...
Re: Oil Filter Question
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:04:28 -0800
...I do know that VW oil filters from the dealers in Canada are now made in the US also, and appear identical to the...
Re: TIICO- Oil Filters
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Thu, 1 Nov 2001 05:46:53 -0500
...TIICO- Oil Filters Gary & list, Is there some reason you guys can't use a high quality aftermarket filter such as the Fram brand...
Re: Oil preasure 1990 westy
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 00:43:08 -0400
Should be accurate for that point in the system The oil filter is close to the pump and oil pressure there is before the...
Re: Oil Light Discovery-Fram Filters
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:50:47 -0500
...Oil Light Discovery-Fram Filters .....The warning switch that sounds the buzzer > and flashes the light when the engine is running above 2,500...
Re: oil filters
Historical mailing list
Sun, 7 Jul 1996 12:09:34 PST
...I almost always used Bosch oil filters in my '81 diesel Rabbit (from 119,000 miles to 271,000) in temps from +100 to...
Re: Resolved: Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:41:16 -0500
...Not a hint of the oil light/buzzer. That makes the > total of changes as the Mann filter plus 20W50 oil. So I am...
Re: Leakin' oil
Historical mailing list
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 18:04:57
I had an oil leak I couldn't track down on my 80 Westy. It seemed to be leaking around the oil filter, cooler...
Re: Another warm up strategy
Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:28:57 -0500
4 Quarts of oil sprayed out in only that short distance. The rubber >gasket at the top of the filter had failed. First and...
Re: TIICO / What You Don't See Can Hurt You
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 00:20:35 EDT
...Instead of improved oil filtering, in use this filter had the exact opposite effect with most of the oil being shunted around the element...
Re: Oil change intervals, fuel milage increased!!!!
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 02:24:55 EDT
...All mechanics that service cars say that oil should be changed every 3500 miles together with the oil filter. Is this simply providing more...
Oil leak
Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:35:08 EST
...Actually the thing that the oil filter (flange) just above the filter is where it's dripping. I am in hopes it's only...
Oil Filter
Historical mailing list - Ken Nelson
Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:53:34 -0500
...Upon installing the exhaust I made a interesting discovery - the rear cross over pipe is a interference fit with the oil filter. The question...
Re: Cleaning K&N filters ??
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:04:09 -0500
...You might have to do this a few times to cut through the old filter oil and release all of the dirt. Re-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...
Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:58:46 -0700
...I don't think the oil > filter housing access will let me get oil down into the pump--perhaps > folks are thinking of a...
Oil Filters
Historical mailing list - william landsman
Thu, 17 May 2007 11:26:00 -0700
Hello All in VW land, I have a question about oil filters. First off does anyone know of a dealer in Huntington Beach that...
Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 20 Sep 2001 19:08:54 -0500
...I installed the additional cooler by using an Empi sandwich type adapter that goes between the oil filter and the original filter mount. I...
Re: Oil Dip Stick
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:37:14 -0600
...Alan, Drain your oil, including the filter, and refill with the factory specified amount of oil. Start the engine to fill the filter, shut...
Re: Oil Filter Preference
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:43:45 -0500
...I don't use anything else here in my shop and I have had many vans that come in here with other oil filters...
Needed - EV Oil Filters
Historical mailing list - R. A. \"Pete\" SELLERS
Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:19:46 -0800
...Some time ago (about two years, I think) there was some traffic about getting oil filters for the Eurovan in bulk or from some...
Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 14 May 2004 16:15:16 -0500
...You oil pressure could actually go up because you're pumping sludge (your filter has a bypass, if the filter stops up it is...
Re: Gulf coast oil bypass filter system.
Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:05:17 -0500
...Gulf coast oil bypass filter system. > > > > Jonathan Bartlett was nice enough to send me some pictures of the oil > > bypass system he installed on...
Re: Engine swap: stopped by oil filter
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 23 May 2014 12:10:39 -0700
...stopped by oil filter I can't believe you guys didn't tell me this. Amazing.... You all let me swap an early model...
Re: Baldwin Oil filters
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:19:38 -0800
...VWs have very high oil pressure when cold, and will deform this filter. However other companies design the filters with much higher burst ratings...
Re: Oil leak
Historical mailing list - George Wietor
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:07:21 -0800
...Actually the thing that the > oil filter (flange) > > just > > above the filter is where it's dripping. I am in > hopes it's only...
various oil threads-what works for me-slightly long
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:02:01 EST
...I am not sure how the previous three owners approached oil change intervals, the type of oil and filter that was used. I assumed...
Re: Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:55:06 -0500
...I guess they worked > somewhat as all the type and type engines did not have any oil filter > unless you wanted to count that...
Re: FW: Need injection pump number please
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:03:04 -0500
...Does yours have the oil cooler above the oil filter?? > > I also heard that the 1.9l motor uses a different oil filter, after...
Re: Clakity-Clack
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:20:23 -0500
...This > "exiting of the oil" from the filter will occur when the filter is > mounted sufficiently beyond the vertical position. The second valve is...
Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Irvin
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:10:46 -0900
I used to use the VW filters that I had to pay a premium for from the dealer until one of them failed leaving...
Re: 75 Bus Oil Filter/ Can I use Golf/Filter from VW
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:22:38 PDT
On 12 Jul 96 at 8:24, Patrick Flynn wrote: > After reading past posts I will no longer use Bosch Oil Filters, I only...
Re: Trasco oil filter system
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:56:07 -0800
...Trasco oil filter system > > << The Trasco oil filter system does such a good job that it only > requires an oil change only every 10...
Re: Remote Oil Filter/Oil Cooler Hose
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:33:51 EDT
...of hose is suggested for installing a remote oil filter >and/or an >external oil cooler on a 1.9l wbx? What is the...