Mahle or Mann

Does any one have any bad experiences using oil filter from Mahle and Mann
for 1.8 A4 2001 ?

Hunter

"audidrive" wrote
>
> Does any one have any bad experiences using oil filter from Mahle and
> Mann
> for 1.8 A4 2001 ?

Nope. They make the OEM filters for most VAG cars. Never had any
problems with them.

Pete

I've just had bad experiences with the used 1.8T A4 (B6) I bought last
April. Mahle filter is very similar to the Audi filter. (BTW make sure
you're getting the oversized filter for the turbo, part#068115561)

Here's a message I recently posted to Audifans:

----- Original Message -----
From: Arthur Marks
To: ;
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:53 PM
Subject: Cut open my oil filter


(If someone would like to do this with a filter used for 5000 - 10000
miles
on a clean 1.8T I'd love to see it.)

Here's the innards of the Mahle filter I just took off my A4 1.8T with the
sludge problem (for a refresher: the problem arose under Audi care --
original filter spec and dino oil as Audi had not yet switched their
specs -- at the second oil change which was 12471 miles after the first).
Inside of the engine has been cleaned according to the Audi Sludge TSB.

Filter parts:
(I cut it open using several of those cheap rotary tool cut-off wheels
that
disintegrate.)

http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/U...lterPieces.JPG

http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/U...FilterCore.JPG

Not much to it. A spring holds the core and gasket against the open end.
The
gasket seals the incoming oil from the flow out the center and keeps oil
from draining back into the pan when the engine is stopped. There is a
spring loaded gasket at the top that will allow oil to bypass clogged
paper
if the pressure differential within the filter gets too high.


The filter paper stretched out (used a hand saw to cut it out):
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com/U...ntaminants.JPG

This is 1400 miles since the cleanup. (I feel the TSB cuts corners, to do
it
right the head should probably be pulled and soaked in solvent instead of
scraped by hand in place)

Hopefully, next time this won't be so bad. It actually doesn't seem that
bad
now considering the amount of crud I removed from the head.

--Art

(Unfortunately, it looks like yahoo took over thefreeimagehosting and set
all kinds of limits. Pics should be viewable for a month or until
bandwidth
limit is exceeded)


"audidrive" > wrote in message
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> Does any one have any bad experiences using oil filter from Mahle and Mann
> for 1.8 A4 2001 ?
>
> Hunter
>
>

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:39:43 -0500, "audidrive" >
wrote:

>
>Does any one have any bad experiences using oil filter from Mahle and Mann
>for 1.8 A4 2001 ?
>
>Hunter
>
Wouldn't use anything else.
don