Ramon,
Maybe this is for you also:
> Can someone tell me which is the correct oil filter to use
in my 1990
> Vanagon GL?  It seems that every time I go to my FLAPS they
insist on
> selling me a Mahle OC 108, but when I have my van serviced,
they
> use a Mahle
> OC 47.  I've read that the filter should have a pressure
release valve but
> it's not clear to me which one has it.

Your FLAPS is right. Your mechanic is wrong. The OC108 is the
correct filter
with the relief valve (and is the one that we sell, under the
VW number  070
115 561).  The OC47 lacks this valve.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  (215) 234-VWVW
  www.busdepot.com

Good Hunting!
Doug
'90 GL

Ram�n Celaya wrote:

> Hi Locos!
> My wolfburg edition Carat 90 Auto  have some problems with the oil pressure,
> only in highway when I slow down or in hills and some times in sharp turns.
> The buzzer sound and the oil  ligth  come  flick. In the city every thing is
> OK. The oil Filter have in it is Mahnle OC47 with Valvoline  racing 50, I
> live in very hot region. The Van run great, very strong.
> I read some in the archives, but if you have solution for this problem in
> the same conditions please I appreciate any help. Thanks for advance.
>
> Other bad new for me, my syncro have a leaky head! Puta Madre!.
>
> Ramon Celaya
> Mexicali, Baja california  Mexico