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Date:         Sun, 17 Oct 1999 17:37:48 -0700
Reply-To:     David Wolf <wolfs@SNOWCREST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Wolf <wolfs@SNOWCREST.NET>
Organization: Harvest Moon
Subject:      Re: Oil Filters
Comments: cc: type2@type2.com
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I based my choice of filters on this sites information, that led me to use a Purolator. It does test the Bosch, Mahle, Mann, and VW oil fiters.

After reading this and Doktor Tims replies I will get some Mahle fiters.

David Wolf '76 Westy

The Bus Depot wrote:

> > I have been using the cheap oil filters > > After joining this List this summer I > > have become sort of paranoid as to > > what should be used in a Vanagon. > > Which is better, and why? > > > Only two filters, to my knowledge, are specifically designed for the > Transporter/Vanagon engine, with the correct characteristics that Mahle > speaks of. One is the Mahle (also sold under the Knecht name), the other > Mann (also an O.E. supplier to VW). Bosch is sometimes but not always > comparable to the above two brands. In some markets, they are selling a good > German filter (probably in fact made by Mahle or Mann). In others they are > simply repackaging some U.S. made filter, whose origin cannot be confirmed. > (Therefore I don't sell them, given the good availability of actual Mahle > and Mann filters which are always the same.)


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