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• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 21 May 2008 10:44:57 -0700
  ...Also do yourself a favor and dump the K&N(ancient) and get an > AEM dryflow synthetic membrane filter. K&Ns don't filter...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 27 May 2001 12:01:15 EDT
  ...The big square box does have a relatively large filter area and unless you can create a true ram-air system I don't...
• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:34:12 -0700
  ...I used to use the Bosch filters, then the Mann - always in the diesel size for the extra capacity. Jake On Sun, Oct 31...
• Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:36:04 -0700
  Well, I wasn't a.) born knowing how to change my AT's filter, b.) clearly can't even find it without asking questions...
• Re: How do I get this EGR filter on???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 16:53:03 -0700
  ...I've got a California vehicle so I know exactly what these filters look like. Very different from the Federal. The filter I got...
• Rube Goldberg in-line water filter success!
  Historical mailing list - Parker Beeson
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:38:53 -0600
  First of all thanks to those that emailed me with links for water filter ideas. Being the typical impatient US citizen I am I...
• Re: Anyone know why VW discontinued the square pre-filter?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:05:28 -0700
  ...On my '81 (also has the smaller outlet on tank), the main reason I omitted the square filter and "upgraded" to a "can" filter...
• Heavy-Duty Air Filters
  Historical mailing list - Ray Perry
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:00:23 -0700
  ...The filter element was a Mann brand with VW part nubers and German writings (stock paper element I suppose). I was a bit unnerved...
• Re: Who is MSDS?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 08:48:05 +0100
  ...I bought his MSDS Clean Air Act intake filter and adaptor for my '88 Wolfie. One of the reasons I picked it up was...
• FS: 85 Wolfsburg Westy - $1900
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:32:59 +0000
  ...Bentley manual, extra oil filters and fuel filter. Lots of service records. Upgraded instrument cluster with tach and digital clock. CLEAN CARFAX! 215k, minimal...
• Re: Bosch #72137 oil filter question (have searched archives....)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:26:13 -0700
  I have used and sold Wix filters since 1977. Perhaps the best quality made filter IMHO, but they can be pricey depending on the...
• Oil light problem
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:36:41 EDT
  ...I checked and the filter used and it is an off-brand. I'll change the oil and filter(myself) along with the sender...
• Re: K&N filter
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 14:27:13 EST
  "ASME (mechanical engineering society) did a study years ago for diesel air filters for earthmoving equipment. They found the best is a folded treated...
• A Cascade of Problems --- '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:55:28 -0400
  ...a puddle of coolant under oil filter, drips of coolant coming off oil filter and by following the trace...leads to water pump I...
• Re: Oil Change Screwup - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:34:30 -0400
  Hey All, I would not bother, as this was the oil filter in the "olden" days. The oil filter that is on there now...
• Re: dies when overheated
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:51:52 -0600
  ...We sat on the side of the road until the silt (or???) in the fuel filter settled. The drove on again. The next day...
• Fuel Filter Help
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Haskins
  Fri, 2 May 1997 18:04:58 -0500 (EST)
  I've got a 1980 westy, and I need to change the fuel filter, though I've never done it before. Where is it...
• Source for remote oil filter mount or oil cooler thermostat/adaptor?
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:35:01 -0500
  Can someone recommend a good source for either a remote oil filter mount, or a thermostatic oil cooler adaptor, to fit an inline VW...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
  Historical mailing list - Gary, San Diego
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:24:53 -0700
  Large amounts of oil? Concentrated about the oil filter area? If the filter is intact, and the oil filter gasket is intact, I would...
• Re: replacing fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:49:10 -0700
  ...With a new tank you won’t have chunks of anything to worry about, and the large filter constantly filters the recirculating fuel. You...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:30:34 -0400
  >very reasonable I would not include a fuel filter if >you change your own filter on a regular bases and you >shop for gas...
• Re: FRAM specualtion re pressure
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:10:00 -0400
  ...This is only a safety in case the filter gets clogged. If th filter is clogged, save your money for an engine. You will...
• Re: Oil Filter Magnets
  Historical mailing list - Scott Corey
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:37:30 -0600
  ...On their effectiveness on "removing nasy metal bits" in your oil, I would not count on it, isn't that what the filter is...
• Re: Remote Oil Filter/Oil Cooler Hose
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:33:51 EDT
  ...What kind of hose is suggested for installing a remote oil filter >and/or an >external oil cooler on a 1.9l wbx? What...
• Re: Need Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:54:46 EST
  ...87 Syncro! >I'd >like to replace the plugs, oil, filter, air filter, etc... > >I'm looking for recommendations on: > >What brand of coolant...
• Re: oil pump failure? please help...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 21 May 2019 09:37:57 -0400
  ...Up until now, I have always pre-filled the oil filter, because that's how my dad taught me. Your comment about introducing unfiltered...
• Re: Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:20:02 -0400
  Big metal fuel filter after the pump. Fuel pressure in spec at idle, regulator is working. No pressure under load, restricted filter, defective pump...
• Re: fresh air cabin filter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:39:55 -0700
  There should be a plastic mesh filter in place. About 2 x 18 inches, give or take. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus...
• Re: FW: Why has the list been so quite lately? (Thread hijack!!!) , no w: snow chains (Now oil filters...!)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:04:12 -0600
  I've always found the oil filter thread to be slippery, at best... Alan & Phred ('88 Wolfsburg) BTW, who the h*ll woke ME...
• Re: Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:45:55 -0400
  Does this unit fit on a 1.9l? What if I use the shorter filter that is stock on I-4 VWs? Do you...
• Re: Mann Oil filter confusion Listees/Vendors please help....
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:17:43 -0500
  > I have both the Mann 719/12 and the 719/5 oil filters in > front of me and although Ken Wilford only sells the...
• Amsoil By-Pass Filter - Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:07:31 -0900
  ...This is the kit, "system", with two oil filters: one is full flow, the other is, well, the...By-pass filter! I know a...
• Re: just one drip
  Historical mailing list - Barb and Scott Stothers
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:00:35 -0500
  ...I identified this wrong the first time, and replaced the oil filter/cooler before I found it. Make sure you know where the coolant...
• Re: Baldwin filters
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 19 Oct 2016 11:13:59 +0000
  ...If the UFI or factory filters aren't available, that is the recommendation. I've never used them on any of my VW's...
• K&N: different types???
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:36:40 +0000
  I've seen a few comments about the K&N filters that sound like there are different set-ups. Is there? Maybe a filter...
• Fuel filter location on 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Matt Di Nola
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:29:54 +0000
  Volks, I am trying to replace my fuel filter on my new 87 Syncro, but as I have only owned aircooled, I can not...
• "auto" biography and filters
  Historical mailing list - Pierre A Lachance
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:59:05 -0400
  I really hope that I am not the one and only that started all this polemic about oil filters ??? Two weeks ago, I wrote...
• Re: Air Filters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:48:32 -0400
  ...The centrifugal filters are either The vanagon Syncro uses the passive centrifugal setup in conjunction with a 'normal usage' (cheap) or 'dusty usage' ($$) disposable...
• 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: K&N air filters worth the extra money?
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 13:22:59 -0600
  I have a K&N in my Fox and an MSDS clean air act system which uses K&N type cone filter. I am...
• Re: Water filter
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:35:34 -0700
  I noticed at the campouts that a very popular item in the campers are Britta type water filter/pitchers. Not in line but at...
• Re: Subject: Re: Fuel issue: died on freeway
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 2 Oct 2017 10:41:54 -0700
  The "white box" is a fuel filter. Some Vanagons had only that filter, some have just the larger post pump filter, some have both...
• Re: Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:01:18 -0400
  ...Oil filter Coolers......just more snake oil? > Hey does anyone know if these oil filter coolers > really make a difference? > product link: > http://www...
• Re: Help with oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:58:48 -0500
  YOU should never fill the oil filter before installing. First you are introducing un filtered oil to the engine and any dirt that goes...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:42:51 -0400
  Purolator makes a plastic filter that fits perfectly. It is listed in their catalog. It has the small line in and big line out...
• Re: 86 fuel filter fix and frustrations...
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:09:28 -0700
  ...You can do what VW says and replace this filter >with a piece of hose, or you can take the old filter around with...
• Re: Help with Mac Mail please
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 8 Apr 2017 20:20:57 -0300
  If you're saying that your filter is set up with both of those things as parameters in the same field, then I'd...
• Re: Fuel Filter 86 Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:47:15 -0700
  ...Remove the left rear wheel, feel around behind the square housing/spring tower for the filter. You can undo it from it's mounting...
• 16x7" MB CLK Alloys W/ No Drilling from Tire Rack $88/each!!
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:11:28 -0800
  ...http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/results.jsp?sort=Price&autoMake=Mercedes-Benz&autoModel=CLK320&autoYear=1998&autoModClar=&filterSize=All&filterFinish=All&filterBrand=All&filterSpecial...
• Re: Oil Level Lifters With Mann W 719/30 Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 00:13:31 -0800
  ...on my 2.1 WBX > installing a Mann W 719/30 filter after > checking with my vendor that it was the correct part. > Put...
• Re: Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 10 May 2010 09:49:50 -0700
  ...engine into my '84 Westy. �I need �to > remove the oil filter mount tube from the 1.9L engine to install it on my...
• Air Filter looks stained (with oil?)
  Historical mailing list - Muffley, Shane, SITS
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 13:58:21 -0500
  ...First, however, I would like to know why my air filter is black and "appears" as if was soaked in oil? The engine idles...
• Re: Tips on reducing HC during emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:23:30 -0400
  For the few minutes of the test why not take out the air filter? Works for me every time. -Tim Barnegat, NJ kenneth d...
• Re: loud fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:14:09 -0400
  Ken, Have you changed the fuel filter next to the pump? After dropping my fuel tank, my fuel pump buzzed like a toy chainsaw...
• Re: chronic valve tapping
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:25:26 -0400
  ...This is specifically on any oil filters in conjunction with the Mobil 1 oil...>> I have never heard of a warning about using Mobil...
• Re: 82 Westy diesel - idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 23 May 2001 08:01:55 -0700
  ...did you replace the filter? after years the diesel can congeal on the filter element and slow it down. good luck Rachel Henry Jacksonwrote...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 17:17:58 -0400
  ...The books in the parts > places around here don't list the vanagon fuel filter other than the > bigger one. Maybe Utah is just...
• Re: mahle filters
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:54:23 -0400
  > What is the Mahle part number for the proper oil filter for > an '87 westy? Is there a source where I could mail order...
• Re: oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:06:27 -0700
  ...In Canada, Bosch appear identical to the VW filters sold at the dealer, made in the US by Champion. See this link for a...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Craig Jones
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:34:25 -0800
  ...The filters seem to be not being made anymore. I,m on the reassemly process right now of the engine. It is an 81...