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Subject:Re: Oil Filter
From:Ken Nelson
Date:Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:09:16 -0500

Okay, does anyone have a number for a shorter filter?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: Oil Filter

> The rear exhaust pipe is way different. The whole exhaust is different.
You
> will have to remove the oil cooler or use a shorter filter.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Ken Nelson
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 6:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Oil Filter
>
>
> I'm putting a 2.1 l engine in my '85GL. Upon installing the exhaust I made
a
> interesting discovery - the rear cross over pipe is a interference fit
with
> the oil filter. The question is are the cross over pipes that different,
did
> the P.O.of the 2.1 have the wrong oilfilter installed, or did I do
something
> wrong?
> Ken Nelson
>