A4 oil filter question

[Steve Manning <stephenm@ix.netcom.com>]

At 11:27 AM 10/9/98 -0400, Mark Quinn wrote:
(snip)
>........ I was talking about the A4
>oil filter.  It's much bigger than the older Audi filters and costs
>much more - approx. $21 last time I bought one.  Don't know how
>much they are now since Audi "reduced everything by 60%" ;-)

Am I missing something here?  The oil filter that the dealer uses on the
warranty oil changes on my A4, as well as the ones I use the the oil
changes in between, are exactly the same as the I-5 oil filters.  Is my
dealer 'cheaping out' by using the older filters, or is this a 2.8 vs. 1.8t
issue (I have a 1.8tq)..............SLM

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