>Some of you may already knows this yet a TDi oil filter will fit the air >cooled engine. This is a much longer filter with the same diameter. >This would allow for a little more oil and filtering capability. I used >a filter fitting my 98 TDi. Just thought I would pass this on. Not >sure about the wasserboxer's. I like the idea of the bigger filter. I think the diesel filter does much the same thing. Does anyone have any trepidations about a longer oil filter hanging down below the engine and being in the line of fire from rocks, beer cans, and homeless people's head's?? Not sure how sturdy the oil filter really is. Just wondering. Regards, John |
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