IMHO you can't go wrong with a WIX ~ For Air or Oil ~

On 5 Sep , 2015, at 9:17 PM, Vanagon wrote:

> What then? If you're using a crummy air filter, then you'd want to switch to the good one. Is there a known good one?
> 
> Jack Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia
> 
>> On Sep 5, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Luckily the air intake on the vanagon is fairly clean so that the lack of good air filtration does not make for instant death. Consider oil testing. You want to ensure that silica is not floating in the oil that the oil filter can�t handle. 
>> 
>> Dennis
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of john
>> Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2015 6:33 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
>> 
>> I have used a K&N cleanable air filter in my '84 1.9 for too many years to remember when I first put it in.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>>> On Sat, 2015-09-05 at 12:01 -0700, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> I miss the good oil-bath air filter I had on my '72.
>>> 
>>> Is my waterboxer air filter washable, or a toss 'n'
>>> replace?
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>> Bend, Ore.