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Date:         Thu, 20 May 1999 19:36:35 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Subject:      Re: My First Oil Filter Failure
Comments: To: Dominique Cormann <kozmik@WAVE.HOME.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <374475422DF.A31AKOZMIK@mail>
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> On Tue, 18 May 1999 22:28:14 -0400 > The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM> wrote: > > Bosch's oil filters are not even made by Bosch; they are US-made > Only Mann and Mahle/Knecht are the "real thing."

> This is NOT true. > If you ask BOSCH they will tell you that they make there own filters. > SO plz can you tell me why would say such a thing? Bosch makes > one of best filters availible. On par with Mahle and mann. For some > parts of the world, bosch is the OEM supplier for VW. Please do some > research before saying incorrect information!

I should have clarified that I am referring only to the Bosch filter sold in the United States. Bosch may indeed be making their own filter and selling it elsewhere in the world, but the U.S.-distributed Bosch Vanagon oil filters I have seen here were not their own. I am not the only one who has made this observation, as a check of the archives will confirm. Furthermore, the filters sold by Volkswagen of America here in the U.S. are German made filters a la Mann, NOT the U.S. made filters sold here under the Bosch name. Again, if you are outside of the U.S., you may be getting a different filter than we are, as Bosch does not always distribute the identical product to all markets.

- Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. http://www.busdepot.com


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