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• Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:12:00 -0700
  Here's my OPINION on fuel filter placement: Filter before pump - nice clean fuel through the entire system. Until filter plugs. Then no fuel...
• 2 year/30,000km oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:43:21 -0800
  ...I am not intending to change my 4/year filter change habit, but I am curious about what makes the 2 year filter different...
• Re: Fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:33:44 EDT
  I don't remember the year it all changed, but THE ONLY fuel filter on my 83.5 Westy from the factory is that...
• air filters
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 08:59:59 -0700
  I just learned that there are two varieties of air filters available for my '87 syncro. The standard filter is round and costs about...
• Oil Filters Again - Clarification
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 15:41:32 -0800
  ...Next, without removing the oil filter, drain the oil. Then, slowly unscrew the oil filter. If your oil filter has anti-drain back, you...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers And Oil filters now...
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 21:37:13 -0400
  ...Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers And Oil filters now... >> I have pics of the can filter split open, did that when I replaced it...
• Re: K & N Recharger
  Historical mailing list - Ian X
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:04:46 -0800
  The K&N Filter is an oiled cloth type filter. The recharger kit you mentioned is a cleaning and re-oiling kit. The AIR...
• Re: 75 Bus Oil Filter/ Can I use Golf/Filter from VW
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:42:59 -0400
  ...Is the EV a unique filter? How about the VR6? > Incidentally, the G60 filter on my Corrado was only different because > it had a...
• Re: Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:02:41 -0500
  At 11:21 PM 1/13/2010, Dennis Haynes wrote: >This was enough of a test to convince me that K&N filters are...
• Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - The Martins
  Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:24:39 -0600
  I have been unable to find a fuel filter for my 85 Van locally. Then I started thinking, it just has to filter the...
• Fuel and Tranny Filter ?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:48:26 -0800
  91GL and doing prev maint...Changing fuel filterand air filter...any other items needed before change? Also doing tranny filter and gaskets. What sealant...
• Re: oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:50:16 -0500
  Fram sells what is now a confusing assortment of filters. For years I used the Fram Cheapies and re-branded filters and I did...
• K&N Oil Filter?
  Historical mailing list - Frank & Susan Malinowski
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:48:32 -0700
  I know the two German filters are prefered to the Fram and other after market filters but when checking at my local auto parts...
• Re: Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:29:02 -0500
  ...Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters I remember the oil bath filters. At least one manufacturer stuck with them until the late fifties...
• Re: 75 Bus Oil Filter/ Can I use Golf/Filter from VW
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:22:30 PDT
  ...Is the EV a unique filter? How about the VR6? > > Incidentally, the G60 filter on my Corrado was only different because > > it had a...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers And Oil filters now...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:16:25 -0700
  ...Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers And Oil filters now... > >>> I have pics of the can filter split open, did that when I replaced it...
• Re: K&N air filters [vs. Syncro filter]
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:57:03 EST
  I bought a K&N filter (E-2475) for my Syncro to replace the Big Syncro Heavy Duty Table Top Conversation Piece type filter...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Apr 2019 to 6 Apr 2019 (#2019-77)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 7 Apr 2019 18:33:48 +0000
  ...It had both the pre and post filters with the 'adapter' filter Ken describes. After years of ethanol mixed gas putting water into a...
• Re: fuel filter 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Wes V
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:53:38 -0500
  ...fuel filter 85gl > question: has anyone had a fuel filter cause cutout, my fuel pump > and filter are sorta new, but I do alot...
• Re: Old Oil Filter Study
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:52:19 -0700
  Ya, I've been using Amsoil for both my van (Subaru 2.2 now) and Passat VR6 and their related filters for the last...
• Re: Thanks again! Fuel pump repair (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:06:31 -0700
  Bentley says plastic one before pump used only with fuel pump having no filter (after the pump?)?? Previous page shows large metal filter (after...
• FW: RE: oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:25:50 -0500
  ...Once on a Jetta I removed the filter at change time to find that it had some parts come loose. My Fram filter of...
• Re: Vanagon fuel filter mod for my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 6 Apr 2019 18:16:24 -0400
  So VW originally put a plastic cube filter here that also works as an adapter since the early tanks had a 7mm outlet but...
• 75 Bus Oil Filter/ Can I use Golf/Filter from VW
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Flynn
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:05:24 -0400
  After reading past posts I will no longer use Bosch Oil Filters, I only used one once. No problems but I guess VW filters...
• Re: Thanks again! Fuel pump repair (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 08:54:11 -0400
  I thought all had a filter before the pump and later models added the large metal filter after? I wouldn't drive without a...
• Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 16:09:33 -0400
  Yes the air filter is a toss and replace. VW was amongst the last to stay with oil bath air filters and 72 was...
• Re: 2 year/30,000km oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 17:33:24 -0800
  i don't even see my MANN filter listed on the website W 719/12 ( wonder whats up ? BTW my oil is not even...
• Re: Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:41:36 -0600
  David, The oil bath filter was a completely different technology and a K&N is not a oil bath air filter!!!!. With the oil...
• Re: VW oil filter a must?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Tue, 9 May 2000 04:25:20 EDT
  I found that many Audis use the same after market filter model as a Vanagon (Fram, NAPA, etc.). Of course the list has discussed...
• Re: 2 year/30,000km oil filter
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 21:19:31 -0800
  ...2 year/30,000km oil filter Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:43:21 -0800 >well today I finally got around to doing what...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:36:24 -0500
  ...I pulled the filter out of both cars, >> installed pleated paper filters, changed the oil and subsequent oil analysis >> showed that silica readings dropped...
• air filter question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:20:14 -0700
  hi all, I have Syncro van and 2WD van - the filter on the Syncro is oval shape and has a perforated metal shroud around...
• Re: fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 12:03:32 -0800
  I believe you should have two filters... the square plastic one between the tank and the pump, and the metal canister between the pump...
• Re: Water Treatment / Purification
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 17:22:14 -0700
  ...The old way to use a filter and still kill viruses was to run water through an iodine pre-filter, then the main filter...
• fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Seth Bruggeman
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 11:44:16 -0800
  Hello all-- I'm in the middle of changing the fuel filter on my '84 Westy and have hit a stumbling block. As it...
• Re: K & N Recharger
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:44:50 -0800
  ...Once the oil is out of the > filter it is like a bug screen rather than a > filter. A friend of mine ruined an...
• oil filter substitution
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 21:04:37 -0400
  Some of you may already knows this yet a TDi oil filter will fit the air cooled engine. This is a much longer filter...
• Re: Diesel oil filter on gas engine?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
  Sun, 21 May 2000 16:31:25 EDT
  ...The diesel filter fit the threaded stud on the engine block perfectly. The diesel filter is larger in diameter than the Vanagon filter. Theoretically...
• Re: oil filters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:18:05 -0400
  Having used WIX Filters in the past I know they're a decent filter and I still use them on my Chevy and Toyota...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions(oil filters)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:29:46 -0500
  Here is another oil filter study where they cut open new filters and compared media. http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/ Ken...
• Coolant filter ??
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:00:11 -0800
  The website for the Baldwin coolant filter: http://www.baldwinfilter.com/products.html While filtering out particles, it also supplements the coolant with corrosion...
• Re: Thanks again! Fuel pump repair (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:23:47 -0700
  ...The larger metal filter after the pump IS under pressure, and it filters out smaller debris not filtered by the plastic pre-filter. The...
• Re: My First Oil Filter Failure
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Snow
  Tue, 18 May 1999 12:16:07 -0700
  ...While I understood that a better filter is a good > thing, I couldn't figure out which filter was "better." > > This note is about...
• Re: oil pressure-quaker state filters
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 14:43:06 -0500
  On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Sean Bartnik wrote: > > > >Hi all, > > I have read on numerous occasions that FRAM filters will cause > low oil > >pressure...
• Re: fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:08:52 -0600
  ...What a horrible thing if the filter was on the other side of the pump. I decided to have the best of both worlds...
• Re: Needed - EV Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 22:56:21
  >Ouch! What's the difference with the EV filters? I though the Audi 5 >cyl used the same old VW filter used since the...
• fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 08:32:06 -0800
  I'd like to change my fuel filter. No problem. But, I was looking in Bentley, and I find it odd that for most...
• Syncro K&N air filters ??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 17:52:53 -0300
  I have searched both the vanagon.com and the Onelist.com syncro archives for K&N air filters for a SYNCRO. I can find...
• K&N, from K&N...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 12:04:59 -0700
  ...99.05 % > > Holding the filter to the light is useless, pin holes are normal. That > is what makes a K&N filter. There are...
• Re: always a second fuel filter?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:43:53 -0500
  Bentley says that 49-state versions have the small plastic filter on the suction side, and California models have the large metal filter on...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:23:18 +0000
  ...I have heard that the filter is after the pump because having a clogged filter before the pump can burn out the pump since...
• Re: Fram Gas filter
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 10:24:58 -0700
  my '81 has the charcoal filter. vagcat.com has what I assume are etka images. Here: http://www.vagcat.com/epc/ You have to...
• link of interest about oil and filters
  Historical mailing list - Jess Lopatynski
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 20:10:42 -0500
  ...Good general info on oil and filters; cutting several filters open to disclose how much actual filtering element there is and how well they...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:14:14 -0600
  There is a fundamental difference between oil bath and a K&N air filter & a oil bath is probably the best filter made to...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions(oil filters)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:39:45 -0700
  ...The specs that filter manufacturers use are compromises to make the filter work for several makes of engine using the same size filter and...
• Re: Maintenance Saga: '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 13 May 2011 13:59:18 -0700
  I'm in the camp of running both filters. Square filters are cheep and replaced every oil change. I'm all for keeping gas...
• Re: pre-pump fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 12:59:58 -0700
  > I have a question concerning the fuel filter in front of the fuel pump. I > understand that there was either a recall or a...
• oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 21:44:10 -0500
  Any one use oil filters other than german made?? I just changed my oil ...the bosch filter i removed has all kinds of springs...
• Was: Noisy fuel pump Now: Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:39:14 -0700
  I had alway thought that the big metal filter after the pump is a must for all vanagons to protect the injector system. The...
• Correction: Buzzing Fuel Pump After Fuel Filter Change
  Historical mailing list - Josh Greenberg
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:40:21 -0700
  The buzz is coming from the FUEL PUMP and not the FUEL FILTER as written in message text below. Sorry. > Folks, > > Last week I...