Date:         Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:20:18 -0800
Reply-To:     Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: firestone lube special
Comments: To: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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Per,
are you suggesting that the Mann filters sold by Bus Depot are not the real
stuff???
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: firestone lube special


>This may sound controversial for a lot of you, but I say you should get it
from
>the dealer. Those filters are the real stuff, and is worth every penny.
>
>PerL
>87 Syncro 112i
>
>Susan Bernavich wrote:
>
>> ok,,,, forgive me if this sounds like a silly question....if I go to one
of
>> those places to have my oil changed ...I should bring my own filter
right???
>> where should I get it???? From one of the vendors on the list????  thanks
>> Susan Bernavich
>>
>> McComas_Glenn wrote:
>>
>> > Hugo ---
>> >
>> > Last month I bought a 1987 Vanagon with a rod knock.  The prev_owner
had
>> > taken it to a Jiffy Lube, where they crossthreaded the drain plug.
Then he
>> > took it to a mechanic, who put in a helicoil, but may have treated the
chip
>> > problem too lightly.  Not long afterwards, the engine developed a rod
>> > knock...... perhaps from metal chips, or from the control-label filter
used
>> > at Jiffy Lube??  Would you want this scenario??
>> >
>> > On the other hand, if you know the folks who work at the Firestone and
they
>> > let you supply the filter, and they let you replace the drain plug,
then
>> > maybe it's worth doing.
>