Oil Filter???

[Douglas_Brashear@mail.amsinc.com]

I don't have answers for Greg, so I'll change the title of the subject line
so someone answers the question.  Anyway, I have a question...how can I
install a filter pump on my engine where I can use the HP-1 filters but not
have problems with the filter hitting my exhaust.  I have your typical
header w/ single quiet pack...the car is a 69 squareback with a stock FI
engine.  I'm basically looking for a bolt on solution...hopefully no engine
modifications required.

Thanks,

-Doug
74 super
69 auto FI square
douglas_brashear@mail.amsinc.com




                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 



To:   type3@vwtype3.org
cc:   mjanello@umich.edu, wpc@po.cwru.edu (bcc: Douglas
      Brashear/AMS/AMSINC)
Subject:  oil filter failure, chapter 2





Hey all,

     Some of you may recall that about a month ago the oil light came
on on my '69 (basically stock except for a full-flow filter).
Unfortunately I cannot mount a Fram HP1 filter due to the location of the
mounting bracket.  (Don't ask... yes, I will rearrange things
eventually!)  I've been using other filters which are a bit smaller than
the HP1 and do not have the internal high pressure bypass.

     Anyway, when the light came on a month ago, the "problem" was
solved by installing a new oil filter.

     Fast forward to this weekend.  I changed the oil on Friday night.
Valvoline Durablend (semi-synthetic) 10w30, and installed a small standard
Fram filter--PH2870A, or something like that.  Drove over 300 miles the
next day.  The car sat idle all day yesterday.  Got in the morning,
started it up & headed out of the parking lot.  Pulled onto the road, and
HELLO!  The oil light comes on nice & bright; precisely the same location,
time of day, etc. etc. as a month ago.  Shut the engine off, coasted onto
a side street.

     My daughter & I ran home and got some oil & a filter & some tools.
(...and the latex gloves; can't get greasy when you're wearing a tie!)
Installed a new filter & everyting was hunky-dory again.

     I do have the Berg relief cover, but now I'm wondering if morning
oil pressures are damaging these filters.  (The first one that failed was
a Bosch, this one a Fram.)  I had previously presumed that the first
failure was due to a dirty filter--a filter which was on the car from
about mile 500 to mile 1,500 after a rebuild.  Now I don't believe it's
due to a clogged filter.  Neither one appeared bulged out.  Can they
become internally damaged?  Help!

-Greg
'69 & '71 Squarebacks
'63 Beetle