Not only oil pressure can ruin your engine oil filter.  If you
are running a Syncro off road, the filter is in an area that
gets hit with road gravel.  The later model  Syncro
skid plate has a small cover to help protect the filter.
                                              Eric

David Brodbeck wrote:

>I always run the OEM-style filters, which I get in four-packs from the Bus
>Depot.  They're heavy, with thick cans, which I think is important on VW
>diesels.  I once saw a VW diesel peg out a 100 psi oil pressure gauge on a
>cold start, and people have had the cans blow off cheap oil filters.
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>David Brodbeck, N8SRE
>'82 Diesel Westfalia
>'94 Honda Civic Si
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