A new oil filter thread...

[Will Ng]

According to Rod at The Parts Connection...

035 115 561 is a Moly(?) brand filter. It's filter media can filter to a
smaller micron specification.
It's costs $6.50 compared to the $3 561G Mann filter.

Will




At 10:25 AM 3/18/2003 -0500, Alan Kramer wrote:
>Hopefully this thread won't digress into the old Fram vs. Mann oil filter
>discussion...
>
>Anyway, I "maintain" a fleet of about 10 Audi/VW's for family & friends.  I
>order Mann oil filters by the case, and except for my V8, they all use the
>same filter.
>
>Or so I thought.
>
>For giggles I looked up the part numbers on the FA and found that the
>WE/KX/7A engines suggest filter 056 115 561 G.  NG, MC and similar varieties
>suggest 035 115 561.  VW's like the ABA recommend 034 115 561 A.  All are
>physically interchangeable.  All filter oil.  No engines have grenaded. (OK
>maybe one, but you can't blame that one wastegate failure on the wrong oil
>filter...)
>
>So... anyone know what's the difference is (if there is one) besides price?
>
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