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Subject:Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Fri, 5 Sep 2014 09:32:05 -0600

Sorry Scott

        I wasn't intending for that to appear as though it was aimed @ your Info ~ I should have Clipped yours off

& addressed it to JimThompson ~ Big Ooops ~

                                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 5 Sep , 2014, at 12:44 AM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote:

> 'whatever works fer ya' ....
> 
> and if there is any doubt about the oil filter being the cause ..
> good ole Mann is what I would go with.   From the Fatherland ya know- should work right for sure. . Never had any issue with one on a waterboxer.
> 
> On 9/4/2014 3:04 PM, OlRivrRat wrote:
>>         That is just a WholeBunch Of MisInformation ~ NAPA Gold OilFilters are Made by WIX 
>> 
>> & There Just Simply Is No Better Filter on the Planet than a WIX & Frams are Fine as long
>> 
>> as you use their EXTRA GUARD, TOUGH GUARD, ULTRA SYNTHETIC, or HIGH MILEAGE ~
>> 
>> I have run Both Frams & WIX on Many Engines over the last 40Years OrSo & Never had an
>> 
>> Issue with them ~ I will always choose a WIX if there is one available & Fram for those Rare
>> 
>> Occasions when a WIX is not ~
>> 
>>                                                                                         ORR ~ DeanB
>> 
>> 
>> On 4 Sep , 2014, at 4:24 PM, Old Volks Home wrote:
>> 
>>> Stay away from Napa, Fram and Bosch oil filters, they are known to reduce
>>> oil pressure.  Stick to OE Mann or Mahle filters for best performance.  BTDT
>>> 
>>> Jim Thompson
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>>> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>>> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>>> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
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