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Re: Old Oil Filter Study
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:14:12 -0600
The most interesting thing I get from this study it is that my oil filter has most likely changed over the years. In other...
Re: oil filter removal tool
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:56:16 -0600
...Joe Lucca <JLucca8410@AOL.COM> >does anyone know of a common place to find one of these that fits the >wannyvagon oil filter? for...
Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:58:04 -0700
...Placement of Fuel Filter > Shawn Wright wrote: > <snip> Anyone know why the fuel filter is placed after the pump > in the digifant system? I...
Re: Tiico oil filter, DO IT RIGHT!
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sun, 5 Jan 2003 23:45:36 -0500
On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 01:47 AM, Westyman wrote: > The CORRECT filter for the inline engine IS DIFFERENT. > > Tiico and most VW...
Re: Air Filters, K & N, extra performance?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 09:49:51 -0500
> I suppose the heavy duty syncro filters will not fit a 'regular' > waterboxer? The heavy duty original VW Syncro air filters I'm selling...
Re: filters for '82 diesel
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:55:44 -0700
...You'll find the German Filters study at: http://wetwesties1.tripod.com/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy-german.html Jim Harmon Seaver wrote: > What's the best...
Re: Oil Filter
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:03:49 -0400
stick in an orange oil filter and quit worrying. Geo/ATL
Bypass oil filter
Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:49:04 -0400
Anyone still using a bypass oil filter on their van? William
Re: Fuel filters- diesel vs
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
7 Sep 1995 22:30:37 -0700
RE>>Fuel filters- diesel vs. gas. 9/7/95 --------------------------------------
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you BTW
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:44:18 -0800
...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: 1.9L Fuel Filters
Historical mailing list - T Collins
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:35:05 -0400
Guys both of the filters I have found locally (Ann Arbor) at S&G Auto parts and at the O'railys. I get digits...
Re: My First Oil Filter Failure
Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
Tue, 18 May 1999 13:04:38 +0000
...Mark, I am probably showing my ignorance here, but on which side of the oil filter is the oil pressure measured? Thanks, Mike '84...
Re: air filter price
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:51:18 -0600
It's possible that $32 filter was a re-useable K&N.....maybe DM&FS At 05:26 PM 11/25/2006, Mike Collum...
Re: Lost oil filter wrench -- quickie solution?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 3 Jun 2006 11:53:26 -0700
...Can't find the > stupid filter wrench tool for these Mahle filters. I wonder if there is > a quickie jury-rigged way to pull...
Re: fuel tank outlet vs fuel filter inlet
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 16 May 2010 20:45:26 -0500
Wix makes a lawn mower-looking metal fuel filter with 1/.2"x1/2" that I've had success using as a prefilter. Don...
Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:39:48 -0700
...The original pre-pump filter has a lot of filter material >> crammed in there designed to handle the flow (liters per minute) that the...
Re: Mann oil filter question
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Fri, 23 May 2003 06:46:59 -0700
...Dana >It seems that the "regular" Mann oil filter part number for air-cooled >Vanagons is 920/17 but I've also seen a...
Re: fuel pump fuel filter
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:01:24 -0800
That's the "correct" configuration Mike, if it's the big metal can, though many of us have added the small pre-pump filter...
Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 6 Sep 2015 09:24:21 -0600
...Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l) >> >> I have used a K&N cleanable air filter in my '84 1.9 for too...
Oil Filter tool!!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 17:40:49 -0800
Kevin, USE OE FILTERS!!!! Or at least a Mann German filter (oe Equiv). As far as a tool, I use a LARGE pair of...
Re: Fuel Tank R&R-Now Won't Start
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:04:14 -0700
oh fuel would get filtered all right. but you'd be expsoig the dirty side to the engine, and washing the junk into the...
Re: fresh air cabin filter
Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:12:17 -0500
...Many vehicles have the filter on the outside intake. Most heating and AC systems have filters to keep stuff from getting into them. Dennis...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:37:25 -0800
...Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll >>> tell you BTW >>> >>> Replaceable oil filters came in with hydraulic lifters. Before...
Re: AC filter?
Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:17:35 -0700
I recall a thread about the filter a year or so ago...I recently charged up my ac and began using it and noticed...
Fuel pump replacment frequency?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 1 Nov 2008 06:26:00 -0800
'84 vanagon Should a Bosche FP last more than little over a year? Mine was replaced last summer, along with the fuel filter, but...
Re: '85 1.9 Fuel Filter/Tank/ Fuel Pump Mystery
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:32:27 -0600
...Old filter, new >> filter, blah blah - until finally I end up witht he old filter and >> everything seems fine. >> >> Thinking the new filter might...
Re: Fuel Filter question
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:03:59 -0400
> Bought a fuel filter for my 85 Westy from a list vendor, > large metal cylindrical fuel filter, found out that the one on my...
Re: Exactly which filter for pre-pump retrofit?: SUM FOUND ONE!!!
Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:34:12 -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...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:47:57 -0500
http://www.wixfilters.com/Lookup/FilterBySize.aspx Wix probably has one of the best filter look ups out there. They also give dimensions and...
Re: 719/5 vs 719/12
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:58:19 -0400
...The Water boxer does not have this so it has to be in the filter. Most after market filter companies incorporate this feature. That...
VW oil filters - What's the magic?
Historical mailing list - John Graham
Sun, 12 Oct 1997 18:19:06 -0400
...I decided to have my local VW dealer change my oil and filter since they had a price that was lower than the drive...
Re: Oil change experience
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 6 Jul 2013 12:42:51 -0700
...I forgot to put the goggles back on before I loosened the filter. > I thought I had the filter securely held but underestimated its...
OEM oil filter and drain plug washer
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:31:16 -0400
...Due to lack of foresight and/or time, I had to get an OEM oil filter and drain plug ring from the local dealer...
Re: Cold Air Intake
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:38:14 -0700
on the passenger side rear pillar there's a tube routing the fresh air in to the air filter box. That tube is made...
Re: Fuel filter replacement - Was: Stuttering at 3000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Steve W
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:33:10 -0700
...and > >this stuff will collect in the filter itself. > > > >So that's what I'd try first...... new filter > and fresh gas. If that...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you BTW
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:31:29 -0800
...You could also do an oil filter > relocation. Replace the filter with an adapter to hoses and mount the > filter on a stand-alone...
Air Filters!
Historical mailing list
Sun, 09 Feb 1997 20:58:38 -0800
Listees, To those of you who didn't take advantage of the Air Filters I offered previously, Here's your chance again! Syncro OEM...
Fuel Filter 85 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
Sun, 31 May 1998 18:11:15 -0400
Listees Time to replace fuel filter(s). I seem to remember some discussion some time earlier about some Vanagons having one filter, others two...
Re: Fuel pump buzzing
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:39:12 -0500
You can bypass the gas tank by adding a long rubber hose to the filter, and run it to a gas can. Put the...
Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:52:26 -0700
...It just makes little sense to have two > filters in the same line, and as long as you are using a filter, it is...
K&N filter revisited with Pictures
Historical mailing list - Stebbins
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:08:49 +0200
...The top & bottom plates over & under the filter are very oily and if there was as much sand dust getting through the filter, I...
Re: Van idle over winter
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 21 May 2011 11:42:48 -0500
---- Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > If it hasn't been done already make sure you clean your air filter, filter > assembly and dirt...
Fuel filter/pump question
Historical mailing list - Mcallister, Kevin R.
Wed, 31 May 2006 08:17:54 -0700
...It seems backwards that the filter would be placed after the pump and I figured I would just switch the positions of the two...
Re: Fuel pump replacment frequency?
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:41:33 -0400
...Or could > the filter just be dirty again? Does the '84 have a filter before the pump? My '91 does not, the hose from...
Re: "Bird Nest" Air Filter
Historical mailing list
Wed, 12 Oct 94 09:47:16 PDT
...Subject: "Bird Nest" Air Filter >What would be the effect on performance if the regular air filter in a 73 >Westy was supplemented by...
Re: My First Oil Filter Failure
Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
Tue, 18 May 1999 11:05:44 +0000
I have commonly used VW-spec filters, but have on occasion been obliged to used Fram. A mistake. In all but one instance of...
Re: 86 fuel filter fix and frustrations...
Historical mailing list - westydriver
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:56:33 -0600
the filter i believe is the same for the AC vanagons and is available from fram and purolator and mahle. van-again, busboys, busdepot...
Re: K & N Air Filter
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:50:16 -0700
...K&N Filter I'm running a K&N filter in my '90 Westy. As a test, half way through a 3,000+ mile...
Re: Fuel Filters (the Cube one)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:09:45 -0400
Many early VW's used the filter with the 11mm hose on both sides. It will also work on 86 and later or replacement...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:50:06 -0500
VW added oil filters with the type 4 pancake motors with them being used in the busses starting in 1972. They didn't go...
Re: K&N Air Filters for Tiico
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Mon, 22 Jul 2002 10:55:30 -0400
Did you notice any difference in engine performance after installing the new filter? Also, what model filter did you use? Is it any noiser...
Fuel filter/engine code.
Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:26:38 -0500
...Is this a stock filter? My records show the PO changed the fuel filter some years ago and I thought I would do it...
external oil filter/cooler connections HELP!!!!
Historical mailing list
Fri, 17 Nov 95 09:13:20 EST
On my 1600 bus engine is an external cooler and filter. I removed the engine for rebuild and in my wisdom failed to note...
Re: Eurovan oil filter Warning
Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
Wed, 3 Sep 1997 20:25:29 +0200
barwise@TUXEDO.ENET.DEC.COM wrote: > > Don Gibbons wrote: [snip] As you know, the EV filter > is not in the most accessible location and...
cold start problem leads to another Q re filter; available from suppliers?
Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 16:45:03 -0400
...Upon removing the air filter I found a plastic cube like in-line filter (resembles gas line filter) in the 1"(?) air lines feeding...
Stumbling after fuel filter change
Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:11:25 -0500
...After looking at the usual suspects I checked the fuel filter and it was filthy. Changed both the plastic fuel filter pre-fuel pump...
Re: EV oil filter relocation
Historical mailing list - W Li
Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:34:32 -0800
Cooments appreciated! Am I right in saying that the diesel rigs have remote filters? I wonder about the use of aircraft steel braided hose...
Re: Oil Light on at idle only when hot
Historical mailing list - Leif
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 07:38:21 -1000
> I'd be curious to know what brand of oil filter and weigh of oil you are > running. oil is FredMeyer 10W30, filter is...
Re: Oil pressure warning buzzer on 1986L
Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:30:30 EDT
DID you make sure that you have the right Oil filter... I have found that this can aleiviate the problem. Many many times I...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:56:13 -0500
As for quality, (consistency, good design, heavy duty construction) both the Mann and Mahle filters are quality products. I do not wish to put...