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• Re: Fram Gas filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 13:06:55 -0400
  ...Fram Gas filter Hi Folks: I have an 89 Westy, and trying to determine a suitable Fram (preferebly clear) fuel filter to use. I...
• Re: K&N Oil Filter?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 10:17:52 +0800
  >I know the two German filters are prefered to the Fram and other after >market filters but when checking at my local auto parts...
• K&N filters
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 07:37:09 -0700
  I've seen several references to a K&N filter upgrade for Vanagons lately. Does this filter just drop into the current housing or...
• Re: Vanagon auto tranny lifespan
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 May 2001 22:17:05 EDT
  In a message dated 5/3/01 7:19:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lalofs@enteract.com writes: > Filter? What filter? Are you sure...
• Re: My First Oil Filter Failure
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 20 May 1999 11:30:47 -0700
  ...Only the flow through the filter element is an issue. Some Conclusions: 1) Pressure sensed before the filter. This would seem to indicate that...
• Re: Placement of Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:56:18 -0400
  Folks, there are SEVERAL designs when comes to the fuel-tank / fuel-filter-type-and-placement combo...here is MY understanding... up to 1985...
• mystery filter 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:39:41 -0400
  ...1" braided hose that seems to supply air there is a filter that looks like the plastic cube gas filter. Do all Vans have...
• Re: K&N filter revisited with Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:34:16 -0600
  From the looks of this filter, and in the adverse conditions that you were traveling in, a foam pre-filter should have been used...
• Re: Oil filter Wrench
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:32:03 -0700
  ...They seem to be too shallow and tend to round off the corners of the flats on the filter especially if the filter has...
• Re: Needed - EV Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Tue, 11 Feb 97 05:33:56
  My Audi dealer wants $12 for oil filters. I've been buying Mann filters through Imparts for about $6 each. --- On Mon, 10 Feb...
• Re: My '84 1.9L has two fuel filters!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 12:02:45 -0500
  ...PER bentley > Bentley 20.18 shows the round filter alone for Digijet California models, > and the square filter alone for USA/Canada Digijets. > My...
• Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Sep 2015 08:30:26 -0400
  Unfortunately air filter efficiency or air flow (pressure drop at a certain flow rate) is hard to find to make comparison amongst brands. Air...
• RE: Needed - EV Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:57:37 -0500
  >Ouch! What's the difference with the EV filters? I though the Audi 5=20 >cyl used the same old VW filter used since...
• 79 FI oil leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 01 Jul 1995 10:33:57 -0500 (EST)
  ...It is coming down the front side of the oil filter. A while back when I changed oil, I used a rabbit oil filter...
• Pre pump filter
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:14:47 -0400
  ...I felt as the tank is new and as I could get crud in by accident, the pre filter could only do good. This...
• Re: fuel filter: before, after, indifferent?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:02:01 -0800
  Phillips, Andrew wrote: > The fuel filter is positioned after the pump. A note with the fuel pump I just installed (related message is elsewhere...
• oil filters and I-4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 08:54:29 -0800
  ...Fram HP(HD-1?)-1 VW I-4 diesel engine filter VW I-4 gas engine filter VW wasserboxer filter All of them, except...
• Re: Oil filter changes on diesels?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:16:52 -0700
  ...Oil filter changes on diesels? > From looking at pictures of the filter orientation on diesel Vanagons, it > appears that changing the oil filter would...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:06:19 -0700
  re "Both are lifetime filters and do not require replacement under normal circumstances." That's totally silly, I hope you don't believe that...
• Re: always a second fuel filter?
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 12:10:10 -0500
  Then it would seem to be advisable to add the inlet filter even if the high pressure side filter is already there and functioning...
• Re: TIICO
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 20:00:34 -0700
  I compared the Tiico filter with the filters I have at the dealer. By all comparisons, they look to be the same as the...
• Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 01:00:03 +0100
  What we could need on this list, is some person that will do a similar oil filter study, and of course look closely at...
• Other Filters--Air & Fuel
  Historical mailing list - Doug Demarest
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:30:49 EDT
  I've been reading the recent discussion of oil filters. Unfortunately, I've already installed a cheapo filter . I don't want to make...
• Re: buy it now on 3 bosch air filters
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 04:23:47 +0000
  I believe I checked these filters and they were round. the '86-91 2.1L filters are oval thus these filters are for something...
• Re: oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:02:28 -0500
  So, Dennis -- are you saying that Fram filters do a better job than Mann or Mahle? Many list members believe otherwise, and some have...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:04:25 -0500
  ...Has anyone ever cut one of each of these filters open and looked inside? I have not, so can't really address nor compare...
• 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: oil filters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:59:43 -0600
  ...One list > participant said that he found a Fram filter he removed had collapsed > internally, and was simply not filtering. > > I'm certainly not...
• Replacement air filters, South African
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 11:50:49 -0400
  ...The supplier of said air box no longer (or isn't willing to get) sells the replacement filters. The filter # is BCX 129 620...
• Re: Tiico oil filter, DO IT RIGHT!
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:47:44 -0800
  The CORRECT filter for the inline engine IS DIFFERENT. Tiico and most VW inline engines use Mann # W719/5, Mahle/Knecht OC47 (or use...
• Re: How much oil?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:08:42 -0400
  ...Aircooled engines were 3.7 quarts (with filter), Water cooled were 4.7 quarts (with filter). Diesels were 4.2 quarts (with filter). Subtract...
• Re: Oil filter changes on diesels?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:53:48 -0800
  At 7:25 AM -0800 11/14/01, Shawn Wright wrote: > >From looking at pictures of the filter orientation on diesel Vanagons, it >appears...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:26:33 -0700
  The Square "Pre-Filter" is just that - a FILTER, not a strainer as you would be led to believe by that Digifant Book. VW...
• Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:26:57 -0500
  >I wouldn't get the Bosch filter as it is a rebadged cheapy filter. Only use >the Mann or Mahle filters for the Vanagon...
• Re: Buzzing fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:22:55 -0400
  ...Install a new filter BACKWARDS, same as I found it? C. Use a different filter? Incidentally, the currently installed filter ("Made in Jordan") is...
• Re: Need help
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 8 May 2005 22:40:18 -0500
  Jere, If you feel that an oil filter will set off low oil pressure buzzer's-- That's good. If an engine doesn't...
• Re: Anyone know why VW discontinued the square pre-filter?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:51:10 -0700
  ...Fuel Filters The list wisdom when this subject has come up in the past is that VW instructed their dealers to eliminate the pre...
• Dual Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:42:53 -0400
  Here is what I have- '84 1.9l Calif Emission In-between the tank and fuel pump is a black square fuel filter and...
• Re: TD Air Filters??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:56:05 EST
  There are two different part numbers for the diesel air filters. One is the light duty filter: 113 129 620 and the other is...
• ( help )fuel filter pressure now
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 02:13:47 +0000
  anyone know why i would have so much pressure at my fuel filter? maybe my pump not pumping it all the way back, I...
• Re: Fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:33:21 +0000
  The larger filter catches much smaller particles. Small particles can erode the injectors changing the spray patterns or making them leakers. It also traps...
• Re: Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 15:44:22 -0230
  ...I don't remember the knock against Bosch filters but i just bought my FLAPS last remaining Mann filter and the guy tells me...
• Re: Mann oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 24 May 2003 10:10:22 -0600
  ...Bernie at Montgomery Auto Parts in Calgary (VW, Audi,Porsche) recommended the W719/5 filter. It has a spring and check ball located in...
• Re: 1.9L Fuel Filters
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:48:31 -0400
  ...It will filter the fuel before the pump and keep it happy. Definitely add the metal can to the system. It's a much...
• Re: Oil filter on a '74 transporter?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 10:19:05 -0400 (EDT)
  The type IV engines had an actual oil filter. Pretty neat, huh? Mark mjanello@umich.edu '62 Kombi (Oil filter?) On Wed, 6 Sep...
• Re: Baldwin oil filters
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:16:31 +0000
  Makes me wonder what the bypass pressure relief is on a stock Mann filter considering the spring and ball in the filter head... On...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:38:58 -0500
  Both my '84 and my '85 have only the plastic filter between the tank and the pump. Some later models came with both filters...
• Fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Graham Janson
  Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:17:04 +0300
  Yep, that sounds like a clogged filter to me. I had the same problem (buzzing from the fuel pump.) and it was solved by...
• Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 14:21:24 -0800
  I wrote to the list recently that I am using the Amsoil filter Number SDF34 on my '90 westy. A good filter, very well...
• Re: VW discontinued 1.9 oil filters?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:45:35 -0700
  I think you can use the Mann/Mahle oil filter for 2.1 engine... yes? On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:38 PM...
• Re: Oil filter Wrench
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:54:39 -0500
  If you are using the correct oil filter --- Malhle or Mann -- then you do not need a strp wrench or anoy of those weird...
• Re: TIICO- Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:46:37 -0500
  ...TIICO I compared the Tiico filter with the filters I have at the dealer. By all comparisons, they look to be the same as...
• Re: Denver Parts House
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:07:41 -0700
  ...http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/ "Here is a fairly well designed filter, especially for the price." snip: "The filter cartridge has...
• Re: 2 year/30,000km oil filter/Uninformed Speculation
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 14:44:23 EST
  ...Both filters come equipped with a new advanced filter media that allows the increase of service intervals paralleled with better filter efficiency, especially when...
• Re: Old Oil Filter Study
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:47:22 -0600
  My point exactly - there is no telling who makes brand X, or any brand of oil filters now. But I don't even trust...
• Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:26:00 -0500
  ...The *_main fuel filter_* is a metal cylinder which mounts behind the fuel pump. *_It has a finer filtering mesh to protect the fuel...
• 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: Bus Depot SPAM, again!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:46:33 -0500
  ...The filters he buys are not genuine VW filters, and in fact are not even Bosch filters! This fact has been noted on the...
• Re: Thanks again! Fuel pump repair (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:57:38 -0700
  ...Thanks again! Fuel pump repair (longish) > > > > I thought all had a filter before the pump and later models added the > large > > metal filter after...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:16:10 -0800
  ...I tried different filters, but always used the same 15 50 Mobil 1 synthetic oil. Problem always went away with filter and oil change...