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Date:         Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:21:33 -0400
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>
Subject:      Bosch oil filters in US not made by Bosch
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Fowarded from the watercooled VW newsgroup:


>It took awhile but I finally got word back from Bosch. This question got
>bounced around alot (they CC'd me each time they had to forward it to
>somebody because they didn't know).
>
>So now they've verified what I read on:
>http://minimopar.simplenet.com/oilfilterstudy-german.html
>
>Its starting to look alot like most filters for our cars are made by
>Champion labs. Then after that Fram (they make Canadian tire filters and
>some other house brands for other parts stores), and lastly Wix makes
>filters for us.
>
>No real german filters...sniff sniff..sniff...;-)




Just FYI regarding the previous oil filter thread.


- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  http://www.busdepot.com
  (215) 234-VWVW
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