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Date:         Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:52:44 -0400
Reply-To:     "Michael J. Sullivan" <sullivan@openmarket.com>
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From:         "Michael J. Sullivan" <sullivan@openmarket.com>
Subject:      Re: Questions about Diesels
In-Reply-To:  <3.0.5.32.20000619132444.018dc220@po-2.openmarket.com>
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Cheers, MJS

At 01:24 PM 6/19/00 -0400, Michael J. Sullivan wrote: >Dear Sean, > >There is an oil filter that I saw on a Passat TDI that the owner insists >will enable the oil to last 60,000 miles (this car was in last weekend's >Litchfield Bug-in and I think he won first in his category). He changes his >"toilet-paper" filter every 3000mi (I think). > >The link is here: > http://www.wefilterit.com/frantz.htm > >NOTE: While I haven't yet purchased thone of these for any of my diesels, >I'm seriously considering it. > >Cheers, >MJS > > >At 07:36 PM 6/18/00 EDT, Sean Lynch wrote: >>...Second, it there a better oil filtration system for the motor? Though I >>change the oil every 1500 miles, and the filter every 3K, I worry about the >>sludginess of the oil. I know this characteristic is common with diesels, but >>I'd like to run AmsOil in it, but the stuff's a bit expensive to replace >>constantly to avoid the sludgies.

Michael J. Sullivan Marshfield Hills, MA Central America 2001 or bust!

'87 VW Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny" (soon to be TDi-powered) '86 VW Syncro Doublecab "Claude" '96 VW Passat TDi "Teddi" (46mpg)

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