[Vwdiesel] 1985 1.6TD Jetta reciently acquired

[William J Toensing]

Don't use Fram or cheap aftermarket filters.  Amsoil makes an excellent oil filter. In addition to Wix I would add Baldwin & Hastings oil filters. I bought a new Rabbit diesel in 1979 & after the warranty was over, I installed a 100 psi oil pressure gage. The gage would peg at starting. Somewhere I had heard the Rabbit diesel had much higher oil pressure at startup than 100 psi. I obtained a 200 psi oil pressure gage & as I recall, but that is 26 years ago, that on startup the gage would read 180 psi & would peg the gage at 200 when RPM was slightly increased but when warm, the gage would drop to 25 psi at idle. I ran Amsoil 10W40 SE/CD synthetic oil at the time. Moral: Use a high quality filter. I had a 1985 Mazda 626 diesel & once tried a Fram filter & it leaked. Amsoil did not make an oil filter they would recommend for my Mazda so I used the factory filter. I have an '81 Dasher diesel which has the same diesel engine as the Rabbits of the same vintage & takes an Amsoil SDF 15 oil filter. Your '85 might take a different filter so check this out before ordering. I use Amsoil products whenever I can. If you want to find out more about Amsoil synthetic oil & their other products go to www.amsoil.com . If you want to buy Amsoil products & don't have a local dealer you can order on line using my dealer number which is ZO#2185 & I will get credit for the sale. If you want to order on line or over the phone you need some dealer's ZO number to order product unless you are a dealer yourself.