That was one of my curiosities while reading this thread. If I go back even
20 years,
I began wondering who makes the filters now? Who was it mentioned the
definition
of NAFTA: "big sucking sound of jobs going offshore." Well, our vans started
there
and it sounds like the German filters are still pretty reliable as far as
that research
goes, but I began wondering about China, etc. for cheap labor/materials
related to
current quality of the "same-name-brand" that I may have begun using years
earlier.

I appreciated the detail of the project about measuring paper surface
comparisons,
and the quality of the paper itself; springs vs tension tabs for oil return
valves;
robustness of the metal can itself, etc.

bob

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> The most interesting thing I get from this study it is that my oil filter
> has most likely changed over the years.
>
> In other words, a customer's strong loyalty to a certain oil filter is
> worthless.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Hargrave
> 256-656-1924
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Bob Stevens
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:44 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Old Oil Filter Study
>
> http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/reference.html
>
>