wrote:

Does anyone build a full-flow filter for the VW? I imagine it
would need to be a modified oil pump body with outlet and inlet ports
for a remote filter, maybe? The only filter I ever saw for the VW was
a bypass filter that stole some of the pressuized oil from the
pressure switch port and ran it through a restrictor, through a remote
filter, and dumped it back into the case through another port (maybe a
rocker cover fitting). The restrictor was necessary to prevent total
pressure loss, as the oil would much prefer to go through the filter
rather than take the tougher route through the hot and noisy places.
Of course, the restrictor also prevented any big bits from reaching
the filter and would plug it off altogether. IIRC, the VW's pump was a
bit anemic anyhow and could little afford any extra flow, kinda like
my A-65. Same problem, with an oil pickup screen having holes big
enough for parts bearing serial numbers to pass through and a "filter"
screen only a little finer. Those oil pumps get torn up pretty good.
What do you do to stop the VW's case seam from leaking?

Dan



Try this one, Dan.
It's an off the shelf item, but I can't recall the name.

I've tried remote oil coolers and remote filters.
Didn't care for all the hoses.

But the engine really needs and oil filter.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cave-2/


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