Environmentally focused oil filter

[Zack1978]

I spent some time yesterday changing the oil in my Volkswagen. I figured you would all enjoy my environmentally focused reusable oil filter.
I would say the pleat spacing is excellent, there is no excess glue.
It’s nice to just simply clean the filter and put 2 1/2 quarts in and be done. I used the new Mobil 1 Classic oil.

Enjoy my pictures!

 

[Rand]

not sure if I'd call that a filter.

 

[MurkyAsparagus]

A literal rock catcher. I didn’t know VW used rock catchers before Toyota.

 

[Fair enough]

It depends on how you cleaned it? I don’t see the environment win.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Yes and what is the efficiency at 20 microns?

 

[Cujet]

500 micron nominal rating.

 

[Variant_S]

I used one of those on my 1964 Squareback. Please tell us more about the motor that this environmentally focused filter is protecting.

 

[Glenda W.]

Very cool. Perfect for the flow guys

 

[fantastic]

"It'll keep the bugs out"

 

[shortyb]

No thick/thin debate here. Thickie all the way!

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

Did you pre fill the filter before installing?

 

[f355spider]

I learned how to do oil changes on my father's 1972 VW Super Beetle in the late 1970s. I got the gasket kits and oil from a auto parts store three blocks from our house. As I recall, I used single weight oil, 20 in winter, 30 in summer. I would wash the filter in a little tray of gasoline. I always wondered what the hell that screen would trap...there was never anything in it. The bottom plate cover would usually have some sludgey crap settled on it. That was also cleaned off in the tray of gas.

Because that filter didn't seem to do anything, occasionally, I would just do a drain and fill. Oil changes were every 3k as I recall. My dad kept a small log book in the glove box to document it in.

 

[eljefino]

It depends on how you cleaned it? I don’t see the environment win.

Supposed to pour leaded gas all over it and scrub the sludge off with your fingertips while smoking, LOL.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Yes and what is the efficiency at 20 microns?

0% ... but it favors "flow over efficiency" and should therefore make the engine live to 1M miles. Those VW engineers knew what they were doing.

 

[oil pan 4]

Yes and what is the efficiency at 20 microns?

Yes.

 

[BrendanC]

the new ultra high efficiency purolator looks good

 

[walterjay]

If you kept up with oil changes there was really no need for a filter. I had a couple VW's and changed oil regularly. Would only drop out the filter screen every second OC. Would just loosen the nuts and let oil dribble out. When those engines were re-built the internals sparkled like new when I tore them down. Used Havoline oil pretty exclusively.

 

[ZeeOSix]

If you kept up with oil changes there was really no need for a filter. I had a couple VW's and changed oil regularly.

They still were lucky to make it past 100K miles.

 

[Gravity]

but it favors "flow over efficiency" and should therefore make the engine live to 1M miles. Those VW engineers knew what they were doing.