My TP filter is not a bypass one.  It fits directly into the same place as the
original filter.
It's body is a little wider and longer.  To change the cartridge you have to
turn it out like the old one, pull the TP out, replace it, turn it back and its
done.  I can't recall the price.
I got it in South Africa while on a visit.  I remember paying a bit for the
housing and a low price for the cartridges.  Never bought filter since.  It is a
different paper from real TP.
If there was a substantial interest here on the list I would get into organizing
an import.
I don't believe it will happen though.  It is not as important here.
Zoltan
Few '82 Westies

Chris Stann wrote:

> I think the Fram oil filter causes your light to come not because it's
> thicker, or better, than a factory filter, but because it does not have the
> internal oil pressure relief spring and other design essentials necessary
> for the VW motor.
>
> Can anyone else confirm this or am I just dreaming?
>
> The TP oil filter may actually be better than our factory filter, so you may
> be right when you say that TP would limit oil flow.  That's why you would
> want to run a synthetic oil of 15-W40 viscosity.  Synthetic does not break
> down and has a more uniform flow characteristics over a wider temperature
> range.  Hmmm... It sounds like someone needs to test this theory and post
> the results.
>
> Where do I buy the TP oil filter?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Puzerewski <Puzerewski@email.msn.com>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 3:57 AM
> Subject: Re: Toilet paper filter is better
>
> > Oil is organic, and over time and exposure to heat, sloses its lubricating
> > qualities.  I have the problem with my vanagon that if i run a fram oil
> > filter, when i drop to idle from say, 70mph, my red oil pressure light
> comes
> > on.  I have to run a stock filter for this not to happen.  The thickness
> of
> > the TP filter would starve my oil pump.
> >
> > Adam Puzerewski
> > 81 westy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Terry Kay" <CTONLINE@webtv.net>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Toilet paper filter is better
> >
> >
> > > Alright, ok , let's say this filter media is better.
> > > And let's say, that some Vanagonite, with, let's say, 150,000 miles on
> > > their engine, install's one of these miracle filters.
> > > I would venture to say that because of the high miles on the engine, the
> > > oil pressure is not going to be up to factory spec's, and by trying to
> > > push the oil through this TP filter, the oil pump is going to have one
> > > hell of a time circulating oil, not only through the engine, but through
> > > this do-dad too. Just think of how thick a roll of toilet paper is!
> > > And now you want to push oil through it?
> > > Now we go to oil samples.
> > > I would like to see the results of a oil analysis, where you never have
> > > changed your oil.
> > > There would have to be so much acid's and sulfur's in the oil, it would
> > > make you gag.
> > > No filter, removes these!
> > > And then, I would like to see the inside of the engine, after let's say,
> > > 50 or 60, thousand miles.
> > > Yuck!
> > > I can see the sludge now!
> > > Years ago I knew a guy who believed in never changing his oil in his
> > > Caddy, and he traded them off every 4 years.
> > > Well, the valve cover's were leaking, and he asked me to change the
> > > gasket's
> > > There was so much sludge inside those cover's, I had to shovel them out,
> > > with a back-hoe!
> > > I have changed valve cover gasket's on engines I've owned, and because
> > > of frequent oil & filter changes, the inside looks as good as new.
> > > Why do the guys that race cars,boats, airplanes, whatever, change their
> > > oil every race?
> > > Because,oil breaks down, under load!
> > > I know this is extreme, but under excessive heat , and fuel wash,
> > > situations, oil fails, even the most expensive synthetic's!
> > > And no "Miracle filter" is going to alter this fact of life.
> > >
> > >