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Subject:Re: oil filters
Date:Sun, 7 Jul 1996 12:09:34 PST

On Fri, 21 Jun 1996 20:19:36 -0500 BusBoys@aol.com writes:

>
>Whatever ya do stay away from Bosch Filters - they're junk (they burst 
>when >engine is cold).  If using OE, use Mann or Knecht.

I almost always used Bosch oil filters in my '81 diesel Rabbit (from
119,000 miles to 271,000) in temps from +100 to -30 and never had one
burst.  I did have to use a Napa filter when I was at Fort McCoy, WI
once and that came with a warning about bursting.

Brad
'72 Westy
'87 Syncro GL

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