Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 19:11:04 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Transco oil filter system
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This is a late reply to the Jan 2 posting.
I made me a little trip down to 71 degree Padre Island to do a little
bird watching. Great migration this season.
I didn't knock the Transco filter system and I'm not going to.
I'm running an aircooled and our oil life is based on heat breakdown. On
the good days like the past four my oil never gets over 204 degrees in a
970 mile trip.
But in severe 110 degree Texas heat and oil temperatures that get as high
as 266 degrees and although this high temp is not the normal range It can
get very hot very fast when fighting head winds or assaulting steep
grades or simply pushing a 5300 pound Westy at 70-75 mph for extended
periods.
Whenever an air head finds he's running high oil temp he backs off but it
just takes a few of these high temp runs to breakdown the oil. Synthetics
help but I'm all for a full flow filter that will keep the volume up even
if it lacks some filtering abilities.
When I first rebuilt my engine I was getting a pegged out oil gauge (80+
psi) and high oil temps up around the 266 range. I had a bur on my oil
bypass valve that was causing the high pressure and bypassing the cooler
at all RPM ranges. It was just high oil volume that saved my engine.
If I had been running that Transco system I'd have blamed the problem on
the Transco system and never followed through to find my real problem.
I just don't do FuFu products because they remove the level of standards
that are required to troubleshoot an engine problem.
Stan Wilder
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:23:45 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
writes:
> Stan,
> From what I read about Trasco oil filter systems it is not just the
> cost of
> the reusable canister but the cost of the oil that is figured in to
> the
> equation. I'm hoping to find people other than Stuart MacMillan who
> have
> tested out this system to get actual in use feedback from more than
> one
> person.
>
> The Trasco oil filter system does such a good job that it only
> requires an
> oil change only every 10,000 miles. The testing done by Stuart
> MacMillan has
> impressed me very much. I'm not so much interested in the cost as
> the
> efficiency however the company calculations show projected savings
> over
> 100,000 miles to be $440.
>
> This is the information from their site: "The Trasko Refining Unit
> came
> about when the Govt. officials of the Tokyo metropolis started
> exploring the
> possibilities of improving the maintenance of their vehicles for
> increasing
> their longevity and reducing environmental impacts. In 1985 the
> Trasko-Bee
> Corporation in a joint venture with the Subaru Motor Corporation in
> Japan
> introduced this refining unit and won an award from the Mayor of
> Tokyo. The
> manufacturing premises were expanded to establish The Trasko-Korea
> Co. Ltd.
> August 1998, LOFMR introduces the Trasko Ultra-Fine Unit for the
> first time
> and makes it available both for fleet and individual use."
>
> Has anyone on this list other than Stuart MacMillan actually used
> the Trasco
> system? Stuart uses it on his vanagon and his reports are very,
> very
> positive.
>
> William Polowniak
> http://members.home.net/holisticdream/vanagon1989.htm
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 6:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Trasco oil filter system
>
>
> > Lets see now Mahle filters $3.95 each from Bus Depot, 3000 miles
> between
> > changes that would 20 filters to equal $80.00 that would be 60
> thousand
> > miles so at sixty thousand miles you might break even if you
> didn't have
> > to buy Transco filters along with the kit.
> > So to me that says bad deal it would take me five years to get my
> $80.00
> > investment back while still buying Transco Filters.
> > The worst thing would be a bastard filter setup that I wasn't sure
> of.
> > (and an oil pressure gauge from a FLAPS) If its made in China
> hand it
> > back to them.
> > Stick to Steward Warner, VDO, AutoGauge or quality known brand.
> > I've got some gauges on my parts pages
> > http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/parts.htm
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:36:46 -0800 developtrust
> <developtrust@HOME.COM>
> > writes:
> > > Has anyone on this list installed hte Trasco oil filter system
> on
> > > their
> > > Vanagon? http://trasko-usa.com/
> > >
> > > I've been reading Stuart MacMillan's contribution on Tom's web
> page
> > > http://volksweb.relitech.com/21rodbrg.htm
> > > and I am very impressed with what I read. For under $80 and
> > > projected
> > > savings on oil and filters over the life of the vehicle I am
> > > considering
> > > ordering the Trasco oil filter system (and an oil pressure
> gauge
> > > from a
> > > FLAPS) next week.
> > >
> > > Who else is using the Trasco oil filter system? Your input will
> be
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > William Polowniak
> > > http://members.home.net/holisticdream/vanagon1989.htm
> > >
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