That was one of my curiosities while reading this thread. If I go back even 20 years, I began wondering who makes the filters now? Who was it mentioned the definition of NAFTA: "big sucking sound of jobs going offshore." Well, our vans started there and it sounds like the German filters are still pretty reliable as far as that research goes, but I began wondering about China, etc. for cheap labor/materials related to current quality of the "same-name-brand" that I may have begun using years earlier. I appreciated the detail of the project about measuring paper surface comparisons, and the quality of the paper itself; springs vs tension tabs for oil return valves; robustness of the metal can itself, etc.
bob On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote: > The most interesting thing I get from this study it is that my oil filter > has most likely changed over the years. > > In other words, a customer's strong loyalty to a certain oil filter is > worthless. > > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > 256-656-1924 > > Our Web Sites: > www.kegkits.com > www.stir-plate.com > www.andyshotsauce.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of > Bob Stevens > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:44 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Old Oil Filter Study > > http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilters/reference.html > > |
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