In a message dated 27/08/2008 10:21:22 A.M. Central Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

            NOT  -- all filter manufactures as far as I know make a filter
with the anti-drain  back valve for the Vanagon.  Then you need to choose the
best filter.   FILTER ---- like in filter material  -----  So then we're left
with  just the good quality filters as opposed to the crappy FILTERS !  Like in
filtering material !!!   Get it !!  OK, so now were back to Mann,  Mahle,
Knecht, Hengst and a few other known good brands.  The  Filtering material is
actually irrelevant until it's needed to  filter something that's gone wrong then
it's too late to get the good one  on there !!!!    It's sort of like
insurance  -   you pay up front for something that you "might" need to use !

>>>>>>>>OK=2C I did a little more looking=2C  which is prompting more
questions. I s=
ee the anti-drainback flap now on  the W719/5=2C after David described its l=
ocation a little more for me.  But I just looked at an STP and a Fram that I=
have=2C and I see rubber  under the holes on top as well. I thought that th=
e idea behind using a  Mann or Mahle instead of a department store filter wa=
s that the cheap  ones didn't have the anti-drainback valve. But isn't that =
what I'm seeing  on the STP and the  Fram?<<<<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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