At 08:06 PM 2/22/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>At 08:56 AM 2/22/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>Fram oil filter should not be used under any circumstances... it is not
>>spec.Use only Mann/Mahle filters. We've covered this MANY times on the
>>list.
>>Bill
>
>Hmmm...
>
>Being brand new to the list, I had never been informed that oil filters
>were such a big deal.  This being the case, I have been using Fram and
>other generally available filters along with Valvoline 20w-50 oil since I
>purchased my '87 Syncro Westy - new.  As I have 142,780 miles on the
>original engine, I'm not sure just what horrors a Mann/Makle filter
>prevents, but I have yet to be visited by them.
>
>David
>
Ditto - over 110k miles I've used mostly Frams, now Mobil 1's, never had
any problems: I change oil & filter every 5k like a religion, & the oil
level is only down ~ 1/32" in that 5k (prolly a cup or so?).  Lifter's have
never clattered, light's never come on...??? (only anecdotal - but true)

Austin