Shawn,

It can be messy, I found a couple of things that help...

1. the black plastic "thingy" (part # 068 115 517) that snaps around the
filter works, sort of. I seldom use it now. I find it more awkward and less
effective than...

2. a good quality plastic bag. Not too big, and slip it over the filter
after you have loosened the filter enough to unscrew it by hand. Most if not
all of the oil will be caught in the bag. Don't use one of those regular
plastic grocery bags, you know, the ones which are only one molecule thick
and seem to multiply in the "bag drawer".

List member Mark Keller has a neat remote filter set-up (the kind that uses
toilet rolls as a filter medium) in his wasserboxer. It sure does look like
filter changes (or roll changes) would be a snap, a clean snap.

Alistair

albell@uvic.ca
'82 Westy, diesel=>I4 gas

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> From: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
> Reply-To: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 07:25:40 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 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
>