Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 07:55:58 -0500
Reply-To: Chris Stann <ChrisS@informs.com>
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From: Chris Stann <ChrisS@informs.com>
Subject: Re: Toilet paper filter is better
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I think the Fram oil filter causes your light to come not because it's
thicker, or better, than a factory filter, but because it does not have the
internal oil pressure relief spring and other design essentials necessary
for the VW motor.
Can anyone else confirm this or am I just dreaming?
The TP oil filter may actually be better than our factory filter, so you may
be right when you say that TP would limit oil flow. That's why you would
want to run a synthetic oil of 15-W40 viscosity. Synthetic does not break
down and has a more uniform flow characteristics over a wider temperature
range. Hmmm... It sounds like someone needs to test this theory and post
the results.
Where do I buy the TP oil filter?
----- Original Message -----
From: Puzerewski <Puzerewski@email.msn.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: Toilet paper filter is better
> Oil is organic, and over time and exposure to heat, sloses its lubricating
> qualities. I have the problem with my vanagon that if i run a fram oil
> filter, when i drop to idle from say, 70mph, my red oil pressure light
comes
> on. I have to run a stock filter for this not to happen. The thickness
of
> the TP filter would starve my oil pump.
>
> Adam Puzerewski
> 81 westy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry Kay" <CTONLINE@webtv.net>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Toilet paper filter is better
>
>
> > Alright, ok , let's say this filter media is better.
> > And let's say, that some Vanagonite, with, let's say, 150,000 miles on
> > their engine, install's one of these miracle filters.
> > I would venture to say that because of the high miles on the engine, the
> > oil pressure is not going to be up to factory spec's, and by trying to
> > push the oil through this TP filter, the oil pump is going to have one
> > hell of a time circulating oil, not only through the engine, but through
> > this do-dad too. Just think of how thick a roll of toilet paper is!
> > And now you want to push oil through it?
> > Now we go to oil samples.
> > I would like to see the results of a oil analysis, where you never have
> > changed your oil.
> > There would have to be so much acid's and sulfur's in the oil, it would
> > make you gag.
> > No filter, removes these!
> > And then, I would like to see the inside of the engine, after let's say,
> > 50 or 60, thousand miles.
> > Yuck!
> > I can see the sludge now!
> > Years ago I knew a guy who believed in never changing his oil in his
> > Caddy, and he traded them off every 4 years.
> > Well, the valve cover's were leaking, and he asked me to change the
> > gasket's
> > There was so much sludge inside those cover's, I had to shovel them out,
> > with a back-hoe!
> > I have changed valve cover gasket's on engines I've owned, and because
> > of frequent oil & filter changes, the inside looks as good as new.
> > Why do the guys that race cars,boats, airplanes, whatever, change their
> > oil every race?
> > Because,oil breaks down, under load!
> > I know this is extreme, but under excessive heat , and fuel wash,
> > situations, oil fails, even the most expensive synthetic's!
> > And no "Miracle filter" is going to alter this fact of life.
> >
> >
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