Re: Oil Filter

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

it stops the oil draining from the channels in the head when the engine
stops, to reduce engine wear when starting-up.


Ewan.
'85 2.0 Storm
'86 1.8 GT

- -----Original Message-----
From: Aaron D. Patton <apatton1@airmail.net>
To: Kevin Collins <collinsk@sprintmail.com>; Brian Honnold
<bhonnold@pac-cap.com>
Cc: Scirocco-L (E-mail) <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: 28 October 1998 05:56
Subject: Re: Oil Filter


>What exactly is the "anti-drainback valve"?  I have never heard of this
>feature.
>
>Aaron
>'79 Scirocco S - FOR SALE (in Dallas, Texas)
>'93 Corrado SLC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Collins <collinsk@sprintmail.com>
>To: Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>
>Cc: Scirocco-L (E-mail) <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 11:46 PM
>Subject: Re: Oil Filter
>
>
>>Brian Honnold wrote:
>>
>>> I know it's been covered before but which is the best oil filter to
>use???
>>>  I have been using FRAM but I recall someone mentioning that there was
>one
>>> that had the all important bypass valve in it.
>>
>>OEM.. or Mahle or Mann (both of which make various VW filters).  The LAST
>>turd you want to use is anything made by Fram, they lack the
anti-drainback
>>valve of the others and generally suck all around....
>>
>>--
>>Kevin Collins
>>Huntington Beach, CA
>>'86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
>>'97 GTI VR6
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