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Subject:Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 17 Mar 2000 14:16:29 -0500
The filter stays full -- but the oil from higher points in the engine
drains back through the filter.  Points like the valve train...

david

At 07:55 PM 3/16/2000 , John McLean wrote:
>By the way,  how does the oil manage to drain from the filter in the first
>place
>when it is mounted with opening on an upward incline?

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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