I'm confused. Do Vanagons require a special brand of filter for optimum
performance? What is wrong with the lube guys filters? I just got my oil
changed at big O in Moab UT and well.........now somehow I have dents
along the side of my gas tank rails. Enough to mess up the gas gage!!!
grrrr
I'm assuming that the driver got all confused about sitting over the fron
wheels and somehow droped it off the hoist.

-ANdys

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Susan Bernavich wrote:

> ok,,,, forgive me if this sounds like a silly question....if I go to one of
> those places to have my oil changed ...I should bring my own filter right???
> where should I get it???? From one of the vendors on the list????  thanks
> Susan Bernavich
>
> McComas_Glenn wrote:
>
> > Hugo ---
> >
> > Last month I bought a 1987 Vanagon with a rod knock.  The prev_owner had
> > taken it to a Jiffy Lube, where they crossthreaded the drain plug.  Then he
> > took it to a mechanic, who put in a helicoil, but may have treated the chip
> > problem too lightly.  Not long afterwards, the engine developed a rod
> > knock...... perhaps from metal chips, or from the control-label filter used
> > at Jiffy Lube??  Would you want this scenario??
> >
> > On the other hand, if you know the folks who work at the Firestone and they
> > let you supply the filter, and they let you replace the drain plug, then
> > maybe it's worth doing.
>