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Subject:Re: Questions about Diesels
From:Michael J. Sullivan
Date:Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:52:44 -0400

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MJS

At 01:24 PM 6/19/00 -0400, Michael J. Sullivan wrote:
>Dear Sean,
>
>There is an oil filter that I saw on a Passat TDI that the owner insists
>will enable the oil to last 60,000 miles (this car was in last weekend's
>Litchfield Bug-in and I think he won first in his category). He changes his
>"toilet-paper" filter every 3000mi (I think).
>
>The link is here:
>   http://www.wefilterit.com/frantz.htm
>
>NOTE: While I haven't yet purchased thone of these for any of my diesels,
>I'm seriously considering it.
>
>Cheers,
>MJS
>
>
>At 07:36 PM 6/18/00 EDT, Sean Lynch wrote:
>>...Second, it there a better oil filtration system for the motor? Though I
>>change the oil every 1500 miles, and the filter every 3K, I worry about the
>>sludginess of the oil. I know this characteristic is common with diesels,
but
>>I'd like to run AmsOil in it, but the stuff's a bit expensive to replace
>>constantly to avoid the sludgies.

Michael J. Sullivan
Marshfield Hills, MA
Central America 2001 or bust!

'87 VW Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny" (soon to be TDi-powered)
'86 VW Syncro Doublecab "Claude"
'96 VW Passat TDi "Teddi" (46mpg)

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