A4 Drop in Oil Filters - Any Better than VW?

[Sugz]

Thanks -

BTW, AMSOIL hopes to have one soon.

 

[Turbo Steve]

The OEM Oil Filter Cartridge from VW is the best I know of. You can get them for only $6.32 from VW Parts.com.

BTW - Did any of AMSOIL's techs say if the filter would be of higher quality than OEM like their other oil filters?

 

[Sugz]

I assume that if AMSOIL were going to develop their own drop in filter that it would be superior. Otherwise why do it?

 

[GeWilli]

Actually there are the OEM VW ones and the MAnn ones they are different.

the mann ones are cheaper at VWparts.com than dealer prices. and filter efficiency probably is similar.

If you want more filtering get a bypass setup.

 

[kiwibru]

There are also internal differences in VW drop in filters (A4). As I previously posted I had a new drop in unit with the same VW part number that did not have the beefed up internal shaft of a newer one that I pulled out when doing a recent oil change. Other than that, the units where the same. I assume that VW had beefed up the internal plastic for some reason but no one seems to know why...

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Bruce Gregory
(kiwibru)
Silver Golf 2k,Upsolute, Pipercross.
San Juan Is. WA.

 

[Turbo Steve]

GeWilli:

Why ordering a few cases of the filter cartridges from www.VWParts.com , they offered me a choice between OEM and Mann - naturally I took the OEM filters and have been distributing them at GTG's.

Both brands sell for $6.32 each.