I seem to remember Dennis Haynes stating that the Mobil 1 filter for
the Vanagon to be the cat's meow and superior to the Mahle while
still having anti-drain back properties.  It was a couple of months
ago for you archives freaks.

DM&FS

At 03:54 PM 10/31/2010, Bob Stevens wrote:
>There is an "oil filter bible", much like the Oil Bible that gets passed
>around
>that is a very detailed study of ALL filters. The Fram was rated as one of
>the least effective because of both the paper and # of folds used in them.
>And yes, the Mahle spring tension for drain back resistance seems to be
>the most effective.
>
>bob
>
>On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  I see the Mahle oil filter is what everyone says to use, but I have been
> > using Fram or whatever I can get easily.  I have always changed my oil more
> > frequently than most.  Until I swapped motors, only if my motor sat for a
> > few days would my lifters click on start up....now they seem to click every
> > time for perhaps 10 seconds or so...not so good, I imagine.  Is the Mahle
> > filter supposed to help with this...some kinda drain-back valve in it or
> > something?
> >
> >