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• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:05:37 -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: emails
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:06:41 -0400
  ...either set up a filter in Outlook (I think Outlook may call it a rule) which diverts all mail coming from <vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Fuel Filter location on Syncro!
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:00:33 -0400
  ...Why would they put the filter there? Thanks for the tips on where to look. On the syncro it's located behind a steel...
• Screaming fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Latchua
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 06:13:08 EST
  ...None of the following has worked: (1) New fuel pump, filters and hose to gas tank (2) letting pump hang loose from mounting brackets...
• Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:32:17 -0800
  ...As for the filter, the high pressure >> switch is between the pump and filter, not after. So the only thing a >> filter >> can do...
• Re: Bosch #72137 oil filter question (have searched archives....)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:37:37 -0700
  ...Aren't the VW filters made by Mann or Mahle? > Cheers, Anthony > '89 SyncroGL (Hidalgo) > > > > *Old Volks Home * wrote: > > There are times to be...
• Re: Anyone know why VW discontinued the square pre-filter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:59:55 -0500
  ...I had to use >>> one >>> of those square filters (mileage unknown) to adapt the tank outlet to the >>> fuel pump. >>> >>> It runs just fine...
• Re: Fuel move pump?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 7 Jun 2022 12:14:21 -0600
  Least expensive solution might be to clamp the tank to pump hose on the 84 that You are planning to replace, disconnect the Filter...
• Re: Mann Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:19:15 -0800
  The NAPA auto parts stores offer the Mann filter, I just bought one last Monday at Napa. It is also listed on the NAPA...
• Re: location of fuel filter 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 00:16:45 -0400
  ...location of fuel filter 85 vanagon Thanks to all who replied re fuel filter replacement. Most told me to look under the van, passenger...
• T4 filter, emissions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:56:24 -0700
  When I owned a type IV (914) it had a different filter than the Rabbit I also owned... shorter and wider, as I recall...
• Re: Diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:44:57 -0700
  ...With filter change - 4.0Ltr or 4.2 US qt. Without filter change - 3.5 Ltr or 3.7 US qt. Jerry ----- Original Message...
• Re: I smell gas!
  Historical mailing list - Joe Glisson
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:31:37 -0400
  I've got an 84 GL and have had a gas smell two times - once the culprit was the fuel filter leaking. The other...
• Great Deal on K&N air filters for Vanagon, 20 left
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:24:34 -0400
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-92-Volkswagen-Vanagon-K-N-Air-Filter-E-2475_W0QQitemZ150060899057QQihZ005QQcategoryZ33659QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem BTW not sure of the location other that...
• Re: Resolved: Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:31:08 -0800
  ...As for the filter, the high pressure switch is between the > >>> pump and filter, not after. So the only thing a filter can do...
• Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:22:53 -0700
  ...And the replacement oil filter is necessarily shorter (a filter used on Saabs) so the amount of oil removed per dump is less than...
• Contaminated fuel was Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 11:17:08 -0800
  ...It will clog before it gets through, by design.</I> <P>I.&nbsp; The fuel filter's position, Horizontal, does seem to give water...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 May 2004 18:25:00 -0500
  ...It isn't going to dissolve rust or solid crystals that I've seen in fuel tanks and blocking filters. I'd replace the...
• Re: Fresh water pump experiment
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 5 Jul 2016 09:44:05 -0700
  ...Pentek 5" Slim Line Water Filter Housing Blue/Clear w/PR 1/4" FPT Pentek 155169-43 CBC-5 Carbon Block Filter 0.5...
• Bozos & Stupid Posts
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 07:44:19 -0800
  Heads up Bozos & Stupid Posters! Derek may be onto something here-- thoI think what is needed are not Mail filters but *Male* filters. And...
• Re: Oil Filters: Fram vs Others?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:49:52 -0700
  ...I used Fram filters for years. I read about Fram being cheapened and I still used Fram. Finally I experienced oil drain back indicating...
• Re: K&N filter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:02:58 -0800
  ...N is both higher perfomance AND better at > filtering out smaller particles than paper filters.... If someone has actual > data to support that PLEASE...
• Re: Gear lube, now thanks
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 28 May 2001 20:03:18 -0700
  ...Gear lube > Mike, try > > http://www.redlineoil.com > > Also, you need to run a 20W50 oil with Mahle oil filters. These filters > have an...
• TiiCo Oil Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:19:25 -0500
  ...where is the pressure relief located? Is it in the oil filter indicating a bum filter? At what pressure do I start worring about...
• Re: spamRe: Name that gnarbule . . .
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:17:20 -0600
  ...Really, >it's a simple matter of making a filter exception that lets ALL mail from gerry through. No spam comes from the list...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:06:39 -0800
  ...Mark neil N wrote: > Thanks David. > > I feel a little sheepish, but did not realize that K&N filters used > oil in the filter...
• FW: Fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 15:34:09 -0400
  ...Could be that filter #1 is already clogged, or that filter #2 still has some residue in it. Hopefully that will be fixed when...
• Re: wasserboxer oil buzzer warning = Fram
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 96 10:40:22 EST
  ...ago, i used a Fram filter because i didn't >have a VW one on hand... Anyway, the oil light and buzzer had >started...
• 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...
• Power Steering reservoir filter question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:29:53 -0500
  ...Can someone describe how this filter is removed. And, should I replace it now that the fluids have already been changed? Eric Caron 85...
• Bosch Filters now @ Cdn Tire!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 May 1997 16:11:22 -0800
  ...While picking up a set of Bosch platinum plugs for the '88 Westy ($4.29), I noticed some Bosch oil filters at the parts...
• Re: TIICO- Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:18:51 EST
  ...If I'm correct that other filters are allowing a no oil pressure condition at start, all of us TiiCo users have a problem...
• Re: Fuel filters
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 14:46:38 -0400
  ...Cheaper than buying a filter? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@earthlink.net> To: "George Averill" <averill@ldl.net> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002...
• Re: Tach schematics/repair hints?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:35:09 -0400
  ...Its a volt meter, and a R/C filter at a given frequency. Kind of like the power supply filter. The high the frequency...
• Dirty Fuel Filter?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:26:04 -0500
  ...I just cut apart the old "white box" filter I took out and am wondering how much rust etc. to expect if doing tank...
• Air Filters Diferences
  Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
  Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:48:08 -0800
  Hi, In checking out prices for air filters at BusBoys, they sell 3 different kinds for my year of van.; Standard duty, Heavy duty...
• Air filters, K&N
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 00:03:13 -0500
  Hi all, Just wonderin' before i shell out $60 for a K&N air filter, Do they make a noticeable difference? I guess if...
• Who Makes "Autobaun" brand oil filters? etc
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 20 May 1999 19:31:08 -0500
  ...My dealer in Winnipeg, Canada uses the Autobaun brand of oil filters. Are these any good? PS: I'm going Westy Camping for the...
• changing fuel filter location
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 08:47:59 PST
  I don't know about regular Vanagons, but on syncros the fuel filter is a pain to change due to its location. Since I...
• Re; K&N Air Filters
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 06:38:28 -0600
  ...The most important feature of the K&N is that it is the last air filter element you will ever buy. Guaranteed for life...
• Re: Rear side window airflow plastic insert foam
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Sun, 9 May 2004 13:57:40 -0400
  ...I'm guessing it acts as an air filter and air filters should be changed. There must be a better way to get in...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:15:21 -0500
  ...flow BETTER with an air filter, than > wide open without one? :) (While we're on the sibject of filters and > flow) > > > Hope this helps...
• FYI - Fuel filter availability
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 30 May 2007 20:58:42 -0400
  In the course of some very poor running engine conditions on the holiday weekend, I discovered that AutoZone *stocks* a fuel filter that fits...
• Re: good new fuel tank source?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:17:07 -0400
  All three of my 1.9 Vanagons "Only" have the pre-pump plastic filter. No big metal one after the pump. I've never...
• Re: hidden oil leak ??
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:31:40 -0500
  At 07:56 PM 1/12/2009, A J wrote... >the fram filter. No comment on the rest, but Fram makes what are probably...
• Re: valve lifter noise solution
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 20:10:26 -0500
  Not sure if this is related but I have used Fram filters ever since I can remember. No real preference; Fram is usually what...
• Re: Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:08:14 -0500
  The problem with filters is that most don't have suficient internal spring pressure to maintain the oil in the galleries of the engine...
• Mann Filters / Oil Pressure Gauge Kit For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Hokanson
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:57:54 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_362_941/oil_pressure_gauge_kit.html I also have three (3) Mann Filters -- W719/12...
• Re: '84 oil filter help(!?)
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:34:12 -0500
  ...I discovered, when I held up the VW (which I bought in a better-safe-than-sorry panic) and Mann filters side by side...
• 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: Syncro Air Filter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 15:32:18 -0400
  ...These are the heavy-duty, metal cased air filters > sold by Volkswagen for the Vanagon Syncro for off-road use > performance use. However, they...
• Re: Trasco oil filter system
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 10:14:01 -0800
  ...I am not opposed to changing the filters more often. I doubt that I would wait 10,000 miles for a change just because...
• Re: The Syncro Sputter
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:41:32 -0700
  Joel Could be, but would a clogged filter be intermittent like that? Another lister mentioned the AFM may be worn. What do you think...
• Dirty fuel lines?
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:42:45 -0700
  I've replaced the fuel tank ( and all the filters), in my '82 I4 CIS conversion but there is still a lot of dirt...
• Air Filter Intake Assembly
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Fri, 09 May 97 17:29:00 PDT
  ...There used to be an air intake plastic pipe that connected to the air filter assembly. As I recall, it was a rectangular piece...
• Re: FW: Need injection pump number please
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:03:04 -0500
  ...For example, I have a new Oil Filter > mount but the threaded tub that you screw the oil filter to is short, as > if...
• Re: Van idle over winter
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 May 2011 12:52:13 -0500
  ...hasn't been done already make sure you clean your air filter, > >>> filter > >>>> assembly and dirt trap from any sand blast material...I had...
• Re: No Start: Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:09:27 -0700
  ...It was the fuel filter. I was confused why Niel suspected the ignition switch, but then Stuart explained. However, I would expect that the...
• Re: 1.9L Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:43:45 -0400
  > For the square filter I have always used a Fram G3743. > I get them at Checker/Schucks/Kragen/OReilly -- sometimes > they have them on...
• Re: EV oil change- post mortem
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Nov 1994 19:54:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The second reason is my dealer periodically sends out these oil- change for $15.00 complete with oil and filter cupons. These cupons arrive...