Hi Budd and all,

   I have an electric oil pressure gauge on the 87 Van.  I don't see any
difference in pressure between the German or the cheapes on sale of
whatever brand.   For Fram to list the VW as an applicable user, thier
filter would have to meet VW specs.  I currently have a fram on and I'm
getting 30psi on a warm crusie and warm idle is around 5, just less than.
(the gauge isn't that detailed)  Obivously though, we can't ignore the
results you get from the sender/lights/buzzers.  The only thing that I can
think of is that perhaps because of the on/off triggers and tolerence
levels, the differences (between filter brands) may be quite minute, but
near enough to the trigger thresehold that triggers the bells and whistles,
where with a guage you don't SEE a difference.  I do notice a difference
with temperature, although it is still acceptable pressures.

For what its worth,

Larry