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• Re: Oil filter & armrest questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:17:18 -0400
  Why would you drain the oil and then pour it back in? Just remove the filter. You will only lose the oil that is...
• 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...
• Oil Filter Question
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:29:37 -0500
  I've been running VW filters since owning my van. However, I recently decided to give a "motomaster" Canadian Tire brand oil filter a...
• Re: Oil change intervals
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 01:56:17 EDT
  ...I personally use 100% synthetic oil and an oil filter made for extended drain intervals and change oil and filter at 10,000 mile...
• Re: Help with oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:22:36 -0800
  I wouldn't go for the oil pump yet. I find it's usually a good idea to pre-fill the oil filter with...
• Re: VW discontinued 1.9 oil filters?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:50:14 -0400
  I've never had a problem with the Mann or Mahle oil filters that we sell. Usually we sell Mann ones for $5.95...
• Re: My First Oil Filter Failure
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Granito
  Wed, 19 May 1999 08:05:36 EDT
  ...of the oil filter is the oil pressure measured? >> If you were to install guages on either side of the filter, you could actually...
• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:57:32 -0700
  ...Oil filter question > There is an "oil filter bible", much like the Oil Bible that gets passed > around > that is a very detailed study...
• Re: oil pressure-quaker state filters
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:14:51 PDT
  > >Hi all, > I have read on numerous occasions that FRAM filters will cause low oil >pressure on our Vanagons. It appears that Quaker State...
• Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:30:30 -0800
  ...It's not the sensor, the lifters rattle. > > Removing the oil filter mount and priming the pump makes it work again. > > For some reason...
• Re: Oil leak...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:30:32 -0500
  I used the top of an oil filter as the 2nd "nut" to double nut that thing. I happened to have an oil filter...
• Re: FRAM specualtion re pressure
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 12:05:48 -0400
  ...Oil might enter the filter at 50 psi (for instance) and normally drop 5 psi (for instance) across the filter, causing the downstream oil...
• Re: oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:04:25 -0400
  ...Why does Mann and Mahle make > a specific Vanagon oil filter???? Why not use the vanagon > quality oil filter on the Golf anf Jetta...
• Re: Bypass oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:54:52 -0700
  ...Using a bypass filter in addition to the full-flow filter provides a way to filter much smaller particles from the oil. The stock...
• '84 oil filter help(!?)
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 12:23:19 -0500
  I have the oil drained, old oil filter off, and I'm lookin' at the new filters that were sent to me from the...
• Re: Oil Filter performance
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:23:41 -0800
  ...This with > >> only 53,000 miles on the engine. > >> > >> I changed the air filter and also the oil and filter. I am now trying...
• 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: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:06:08 -0700
  ...I have no > trouble accessing or removing the oil filter. mcneely I'm not saying it's undoable, just that it's kind of...
• Re: Toilet paper filter is better
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:57:16 -0400
  ...I have to run a stock filter for this not to happen. The thickness of the TP filter would starve my oil pump. Adam...
• Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:20:52 -1000
  Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what? Dan
• Re: Oil Filter performance
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:46:41 -0800
  ...This with > only 53,000 miles on the engine. > > I changed the air filter and also the oil and filter. I am now trying...
• Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:00:19 EST
  ...Then they call me with complaints of oil lights coming on. I bring the van in, I replace the oil filter, problem goes away...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Ken Nelson
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:09:16 -0500
  ...Oil Filter > The rear exhaust pipe is way different. The whole exhaust is different. You > will have to remove the oil cooler or use...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:45:11 -0700
  ...The only valve in any oil filter is a bypass valve > which would activate itself if the filter media got too clogged to > pass...
• Re: Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 10:44:15 -0700
  Alfred, >I have been using the cheap oil filters from >Canadian Tire for years with no apparent bad >effects. *** The effects would not show...
• Fw: Re: filling the filter?, was: lube guys
  Historical mailing list - easoars
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:23:08 -0800
  In the military we always filled the filter bank completetly with oil. Has anyone tried to fill an oil filter for an Mazda RX7...
• Re: VW oil filter a must?
  Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
  Mon, 8 May 2000 00:24:17 EDT
  bosch oil filter 15-50 mobil 1 oil regards, dieter 84gl
• Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:17:36 -0800
  ...Does the right oil filter on the diesel have an anti-drain back valve like the vanagon waterboxer oil filters do? Is he using...
• Oil change experience
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 6 Jul 2013 12:10:14 -0700
  ...Now I am left with a drain pan full of black oil and an oil filter I have no idea what to do with...
• Re: Oil pressure Light and alarm on decelleration after new oil change?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:55:22 EST
  My understanding is that you only want to use the OEM oil filter in your Vanagon or risk oil pressure problems. So that is...
• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:54:10 -0500
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Oil filter question > > > FWIW, almost all oil filters have anti-drain back valves, and bypass > > valves as well. It is the quality...
• oil filter and oil pressure on cold start
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:51:44 PST
  ...Aren't Vanagon filters designed with a valve that keeps oil from draining out of the filter for the purpose of getting the oil...
• Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 17:30:24 -0500
  ...K&N gauze filters use oil but they are not the same as oil bath and their filters pass way too much dirt for...
• 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
  ...More oil cooler > As I was looking for adapters to replace the oil filter for my oil cooler, I > see there are a couple...
• IMPORTANT INFO on Oil Filter- Conundrum no more.
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 12:03:19 -0800
  ...You can use Vanagon oil filters in your Rabbit/Golf. Now, I am sure some of you have been using Rabbit/Golf oil filters...
• RE: Needed - EV Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:57:37 -0500
  ...The difference is the big nut on the end of the oil filter....eventhough = I have not personally changed the oil, I did get...
• Oil Filter for '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:49:36 -0700
  ...When I went to AutoZone, I got a case of oil and the filter the salesman said I needed a Mobil-1 oil filter...
• Re: Oil filter performance
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:12:06 -0500
  ...Oil filter performance Sounds interesting Dennis, but your links aren't working for me......... On Jan 31, 2008 8:42 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57...
• Oil Filter & Oil Pressure - 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:35:09 -0400
  ...It seems the correct filter is a Mann 920/17. I was given a Mann 719/5. I don't know anything about oil...
• Re: Castrol and BP/Now Mobil 1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 May 2010 06:01:07 -0400
  ...Castrol and BP/Now Mobil 1 Some information about oil filters worth the read: http://people.msoe.edu/~yoderw/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy.html How are...
• Re: oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 20:02:45 -0400
  >> The Golf/Jetta has an oil filter bypass in the engine, the Vanagon >> engine does not. This is the difference between the two filters...
• Re: Oil filter performance
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:58:27 -0800
  ...The first results on the bottom were with the same oil > and the Fram TG2870A filter. The "C" evaluation is with the Mahle after...
• 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: 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...
• Oil filters; was:Re: Disappearing Coolant - Head Lean?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 02:00:14 -0500
  ...Taking apart oil filters, I really see how much difference there is in quality. Unfolded, the German filters have over twice as much filter...
• Re: oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:34:54 -0500
  ...If the oil filter does not contain then it is in the oil > until the next change. I will be taking oil samples this...
• Re: Ideal oil filter by-pass pressure/oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:19:30 -0400
  ...The oil filter bypass is there to prevent oil starvation and filter element damage if the filter can not pass oil and the pressure...
• Re: Diesel Oil Filter on Gas Jetta 2.0 Which one?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Nov 2010 20:55:54 -0700
  ...the slightly larger oil filter capacity will have basically zero affect on oil temps. are you running an oil temp gauge ? I forgot if...
• Re: oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:24:12 -0400
  ...Why does Mann and Mahle make a specific Vanagon oil filter???? Why not use the vanagon quality oil filter on the Golf anf Jetta...
• My First Oil Filter Failure
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 17 May 1999 13:33:51 -0700
  Hello, I have followed oil filter testimonials and experiments on this list and in the media for years. While I understood that a better...
• A question about oil filters. Riddle of the week./
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 18:40:27 +1000
  A question regarding the oil filters. I normally purchase my filters from the dealer which cost around $27.00 Aust. These filters arebnranded with...
• Mann oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 22 May 2003 08:44:10 -0700
  It seems that the "regular" Mann oil filter part number for air-cooled Vanagons is 920/17 but I've also seen a more...
• Re: oil filters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:59:43 -0600
  ...If you run the oil to the recommended mileage for the oil change - you have far exceeded the capacity of the Mann/Mahle filter...
• Re: 2 year/30,000km oil filter/Uninformed Speculation
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 14:44:23 EST
  ...The resulting salts will precipitate in the oil media and be trapped in the filter media. I would urge routine oil analysis for anyone...
• Re: Oil filter changes on diesels?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:22:58 -0800
  ...Changing the oil and filter on the diesel is really > clean and easy. You don't even get oil on your fingers removing the...
• 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: Knecht oil filter Beck Arnley p/n
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Mon, 13 May 2002 21:23:02 -0700
  ...Knecht oil filter Beck Arnley p/n > For what it's worth, this is the Beck-Arnley part number for the OEM > Knecht oil...
• Re: Oil Filter & Oil Pressure - 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:29:38 -0400
  On the air cooled engines, the oil pressure switch is before the filter. You will not fix the light with a filter. The proper...
• 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...