I based my choice of filters on this sites information, that led me to use a
Purolator. It does test the Bosch, Mahle, Mann, and VW oil fiters.

After reading this and Doktor Tims replies I will get some Mahle fiters.

David Wolf
'76 Westy

The Bus Depot wrote:

> > I have been using the cheap oil filters
> >  After joining this List this summer I
> > have become sort of paranoid as to
>  > what should be used in a Vanagon.
> > Which is better, and why?
>
>
> Only two filters, to my knowledge, are specifically designed for the
> Transporter/Vanagon engine, with the correct characteristics that Mahle
> speaks of.  One is the Mahle (also sold under the Knecht name), the other
> Mann (also an O.E. supplier to VW).  Bosch is sometimes but not always
> comparable to the above two brands. In some markets, they are selling a good
> German filter (probably in fact made by Mahle or Mann).  In others they are
> simply repackaging some U.S. made filter, whose origin cannot be confirmed.
> (Therefore I don't sell them, given the good availability of actual Mahle
> and Mann filters which are always the same.)

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