At one time I owned an '82 diesel Vanagon. The oil filter had a plastic cup sort of
device that would catch the oil as you unscrewed the filter.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Wright" <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:25 AM
Subject: Oil filter changes on diesels?

> From looking at pictures of the filter orientation on diesel Vanagons, it
> appears that changing the oil filter would be a real pain, and very messy,
> due to the angle of the filter, and the hoses in the way.
> I assume this would be similar for any I4 conversion using the diesel
> mounts. So is it really a pain, or am I imagining it to be worse than it really
> is?
>
> I am thinking a remote oil cooler along with remote filter mount would
> solve this problem. I assume that provided the attachment to go on the oil
> filter flange has a bypass valve with the appropriate pressure, (ie:
> designed for VW engines, 30psi?) it should work well. Is anyone using
> such a setup?
>
> Shawn Wright
> http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
> '85 Jetta TD
> '88 Westy 2.1L