Hm, my memory ain't getting any better. My bay window must have been a
'71 then -- it most certainly was a 1600 dual port with no oil filter.
Though it did have a nice oil-bath filter.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 12/31/2015 04:39 PM, Tyler Hardison wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
>> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of
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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".
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
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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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