-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Paine <nuvi@CAPECOD.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: Finger tight??

>responding to:
>
>>>I don't understand your reference to only finger-tightening oil
>filters!!!  My source in Dusseldorf has informed me that it is
>imperative to torque Vanagon 1.9/2.1L engines' oil filters to 2.2 ft-lbs
>of torque.  How does one do THAT with simple "finger-tightening"???
>

I believe that the factory filter has instructions written directly on it to
tighten the filter "hand tight".
That's how I have always done it.  Never had a problem and don't need a
filter wrench to remove.
Karl Batzler
84 Vanagon
87 Audi 5000 S
La Quinta, CA