Re: Cheap filters....

[Mark Quinn/HNS <Mark_Quinn@notesgw.hns.com>]

Al Powell writes:

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<< reams & reams of info on oil filters >>
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> It would be nice if someone 
> on this group would take a hacksaw to one of the Audi filters and 
> report their findings.

Well WOW.  Thanks a lot Al for putting all that down on 'paper'.  That
was exactly the kind of, well-reasoned, experience and information I
wanted to elicit.  As I still have the old Audi filter off my A4 that I just
replaced, I'll have a go at dismantling it & will report back (I can just
see the look on my wife face once she see the mess THIS is likely
to make!)

Just per your diatribe on Fram...  Although I dont dispute your 
statements (I don't know enough to do so), Consumer Reports
did a 'bit' on oil filters a couple years ago, and Fram came out
on top.  I know this is old info (and no flames on "Consumer
Retorts" (Igor)  please) but still interesting nonetheless.
Oh hell, in the interests of science, maybe I'll go ahead and 
dismantle the Fram I bought also (Al, it was $2.98, not $1.98!)

-Mark Quinn