No! You have it backwards. Fram is a *bad* filter to use. Most FLAPS filters are unsuitable for the Vanagon -- the truly safe way is to use OEM or Mann or Mahle filters, available at dealers for usually around $7 including the copper washer for the drain plug, or at Bus Depot and other list vendors for a good bit less (prolly without washer, which sells for about 25 cents at Bus Depot). If a FLAPS specs the same filter for the Vanagon as for the Golf/Jetta, that's a dead giveaway -- you don't want that filter. The Vanagon has special requirements. david At 11:49 AM 2/22/2000 , - Lauren Pelzer wrote: >I have the same problem, and recently read that if you don't use a Fram oil >filter, the oil pressure light goes on under certain conditions. Hopefully, >it's that simple. I haven't changed mine yet. >-Lauren >'85 Vanagon David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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