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Date:         Thu, 10 Dec 1998 11:19:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Larry Hamm <ldhamm@XMISSION.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Hamm <ldhamm@XMISSION.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Filters Again - Clarification
Comments: To: YauMan Chan <YauMan@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>
Comments: cc: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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YauMan Chan wrote:
>
> Fellow Vanagonians,
>
> After my last posting the few e-mails I got prompted me to post this clarification.
>
> When I say that our Vanagon's oil filter is tilted on it's side, I overstated the angle.  The Vanagon filter is tilted about 45 degrees as compared to the Rabbit/Golf which is tilted only very slightly and practically verticle.  The difference still stand in that while the oil will not completely drain out of the filter chamber, enough oil will drain out.


So, those of us with I-4 transplants tilted way over in our Vanagons may
wish to consider using Wasser filters, eh? (Canadian interrogative.)
Larry
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