Oil and filters...

[scirocco at powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

At 11:23 PM 9/9/03 -0700, Mark wrote:
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Patrick Bureau
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:09 PM
> > To: Mike Smith; car
> > Subject: Re: Oil and filters...
> >
> > I dunno, I have used Fram, Stp, Bosh and Mann filters at one time
> > or another
> > and never had this being an issue, the rubber seal fails, its
> > just a fact of
> > life like your oil pump will fail, your cv joint will blow, your
> > radiator will
> > get clogged at one time or another...
>
>
>Not necessarily Patrick, in the case of oil filters, if the seal fails I
>think it would be more likey a result of the filter itself failing and
>causing a blockage which raises the oil pressure to the point where a seal
>fails.  I've read enough horror stories about cheap oil filters to know to
>pay the extra couple of bucks and buy a dealer filter.  This is more of a
>quality part vs. cheapo part issue rather than a random "shit happens"
>scenario...
>
>Mark.
>80 S
>81 S ABA/JH/4K
>
I agree about not buying junk filters.  And a lot of the time Fram falls 
into this
category, mostly because of some problems they had a few years back.  I
do use the Mann filters in my VWs, and they aren't really much more than a
Fram if you get them from someone like Potterman or a volume seller on ebay.
As for Fram, I did use to use them on a GTI I had, which when I got rid of it
had 175K and no problems except for a slight valve tick it had when I got 
it with
50K.  I do use Frams on my truck, which I bought new, and it currently has
132K and still is just as strong as it was at day one.  Just offering my 
experience
here, though I know there are people here who have had problems with other 
filter
brands, Fram being one of them.


John C. Worden
Bucksport, Maine

'98 Dakota 4x4-
'86 Scirocco 8V-
'81 Scirocco 2.0 16V -
'78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.
'89 Polaris Indy Deluxe