I concur. My 72 bay had an oil filter. And dual carbs that were a bitch to
tune.

On Thursday, December 31, 2015, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> VW added oil filters with the type 4 pancake motors with them being used in
> the busses starting in 1972. They didn't go to the hydraulic lifters until
> the 1977 model year. They type 4 still had a removable inlet screen that
> could be serviced at every oil change.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll
> tell you BTW
>
> Replaceable oil filters came in with hydraulic lifters. Before then all VWs
> had only cleanable pickup screens to filter out the "big stuff".
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> Rocket J Squirrel
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> Subject: Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll
> tell you BTW
>
> On 12/30/2015 07:11 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> > Yes the wrong filter feels OK once the gasket makes contact. The
> > noticeable difference is how much they wobble or sag just hanging on
> > the
> threads.
>
> Makes sense.
>
> > The 72 bus if it had the 1.7L pancake engine had an oil filter.
>
> Naw, it had the 1600cc dual-port. No oil filter and no particularly easy
> way
> to install one. Man's got to change the oil every 1,500 miles. But it was a
> good excuse to adjust the valves anyway.
>
>
> > I am in Florida not heading back to New York until this weekend. It
> > was 85 today. I am not looking forward to cold weather.
> > Leave the van alone and wait for spring.
> >
>
> Good advice. Gotta get me a second car . . .
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
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