Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:40:57 -0600 From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.net> Subject: Re: weird oil filter in my 900 classic "Frantz?"
When I first bought my Saab, one of the engineers asked me about the oil filter. I thought it was an odd question, but he explained that he had a friend who owned a Saab that used rolls of toilet paper as the oil filter media. Then he started talking about how many microns a particle can be before it passes through layers of toilet paper. I thought he was kidding, but apparently there are people that still think this is a good idea. I wonder if the standards for judging quality toilet paper are the same in this application as it is for its intended purpose. Is a fresh scent important? Walt Kienzle "KeithG" <noonenopsamspring.com> wrote in message news:3E81BFEA.4060303nopsamspring.com... > Where in Northern Germany. I lived in Hamburg (Norderstedt). If there is > not much info, I'd remove it and go back to the OE filter. There is a > good one available through AMSOIL, but it should take cartridges and not > loose rolled paper. With regular oil changes and use of a Mann filter, > these engines run over 200kmi regularly, so it sounds to me like a bit > of fixing what is not broken. > > KeithG > > robobass wrote: > > I bought a beautiful '92 900i in northern Germany last fall (I am an > > expatriot American musician). Since I hardly drive it it is not till > > now that I am doing the first oil change. When I bought it the owner > > showed me the aftermarket oil filter system he had installed, but I > > don't understand a whole lot of Deutsch now, and even less then. Well, > > there are these things that look like toilet paper rolls, and the > > filter housing is held on with a ring clamp. I figured that there > > would be a housing around which I would wrap a few layers of the > > filter paper. Actually, it appears that I stuff the whole roll into > > the shell. (I had to remove a few layers to get it in). This is at > > least the way it was, as far as I can tell, but I don't see how the > > oil is supposed to pass through such a thick mass of paper. I cannot > > find any info about this "Frantz, Stockton CA" on the web. Any info? > > > > Robobass >
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