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Date:         Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:57:52 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why,
              VW using oil filters
Comments: To: Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <CAP_YzpJqT9hGHWJG62S591fmVunMRZ-gj4vuTOnJem32-YGA1w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hm, my memory ain't getting any better. My bay window must have been a '71 then -- it most certainly was a 1600 dual port with no oil filter. Though it did have a nice oil-bath filter.

-- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore.

On 12/31/2015 04:39 PM, Tyler Hardison wrote: > I concur. My 72 bay had an oil filter. And dual carbs that were a bitch to > tune. > > On Thursday, December 31, 2015, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> VW added oil filters with the type 4 pancake motors with them being used in >> the busses starting in 1972. They didn't go to the hydraulic lifters until >> the 1977 model year. They type 4 still had a removable inlet screen that >> could be serviced at every oil change. >> >> Dennis >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com >> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of >> Tom Hargrave >> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 8:34 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <javascript:;> >> Subject: Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll >> tell you BTW >> >> Replaceable oil filters came in with hydraulic lifters. Before then all VWs >> had only cleanable pickup screens to filter out the "big stuff". >> >> Thanks, Tom Hargrave >> www.kegkits.com >> www.stir-plate.com >> www.towercooler.com >> www.grow-sun.com >> www.raspberryproject.com >> http://goo.gl/niRzVw >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of >> Rocket J Squirrel >> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 10:02 PM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <javascript:;> >> Subject: Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll >> tell you BTW >> >> On 12/30/2015 07:11 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: >>> Yes the wrong filter feels OK once the gasket makes contact. The >>> noticeable difference is how much they wobble or sag just hanging on >>> the >> threads. >> >> Makes sense. >> >>> The 72 bus if it had the 1.7L pancake engine had an oil filter. >> >> Naw, it had the 1600cc dual-port. No oil filter and no particularly easy >> way >> to install one. Man's got to change the oil every 1,500 miles. But it was a >> good excuse to adjust the valves anyway. >> >> >>> I am in Florida not heading back to New York until this weekend. It >>> was 85 today. I am not looking forward to cold weather. >>> Leave the van alone and wait for spring. >>> >> >> Good advice. Gotta get me a second car . . . >> >> -- >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, >> Bend, Ore. >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4489/11256 - Release Date: 12/25/15 >>


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