oil filters - NG vs. others

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Huw Powell say:

> Anyone know why the 2.3 NG engine calls for a different oil filter than
> the 2.2 or 2.1 n/a engines?  It's not even used on the NF 2.3!  They
> cost more (about $10 vs. $4) and do look different inside, but *why*?
> 035 115 561 - NG (and I wonder where else?)
> 056 115 561 G - WE/KX/NF, and probably a zillion other places...

Well, I know at least one lister with the NG engine that
uses the plain old OC-47 filters for $4. We once looked over
the bentley to find the differences between the my NF and
his NG engines. Couldn't really find diddly.

I can't imagine why they'd call for different filters.

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane at zk3.dec.com
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