Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 08:30:26 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
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Unfortunately air filter efficiency or air flow (pressure drop at a certain flow rate) is hard to find to make comparison amongst brands. Air filters like many things automotive are a compromise between cost, air flow, how small and type of particles get trapped and how much dirt can be held before the combination of excessive resistance or the dire traveling through it (break through). A filters effectiveness is worse when new. As dirt build up it can trap smaller particles. At some point the smaller particles can make it through again. The panel filter for the 1.9 has plenty of capacity and if the ducting and stuff is in place should get too much stuff from the road. As for quality I have not had any bad experiences with any of the brands I have used over the years.
If you really want to make an improvement consider going to the 2.1L air filter housing and using the Syncro high capacity filter. You can even add the Syncro pre filter cyclone dust separator. With this combination the air filter will last for many years and that filter can handle a lot of flow.
Dennis
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From: Vanagon [mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2015 11:17 PM
To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
What then? If you're using a crummy air filter, then you'd want to switch to the good one. Is there a known good one?
Jack Elliott
1984 Westfalia
> On Sep 5, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Luckily the air intake on the vanagon is fairly clean so that the lack of good air filtration does not make for instant death. Consider oil testing. You want to ensure that silica is not floating in the oil that the oil filter can’t handle.
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> Dennis
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of john
> Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2015 6:33 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
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> I have used a K&N cleanable air filter in my '84 1.9 for too many years to remember when I first put it in.
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> John
>
>> On Sat, 2015-09-05 at 12:01 -0700, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> I miss the good oil-bath air filter I had on my '72.
>>
>> Is my waterboxer air filter washable, or a toss 'n'
>> replace?
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
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