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Re: Mann versus Mahle filters

To: mohan@exceltecinc.com (M. Mohan)
Subject: Re: Mann versus Mahle filters
From: Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 08:40:04 -0500 (EST)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net (Quattro List)
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981031131247.0068b8dc@exceltecinc.com> from "M. Mohan" at Oct 31, 98 01:12:47 pm
Reply-To: duane@zk3.dec.com
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

Hairy green toads from Mars made M. Mohan say:

> I just noticed that the $7.25 Mann filters that I use on my V6 12v has the
> same dimensions as the $3.25 Mahle filters that I use on my I5 10v engine.

Mann and Mahle are equivalent, but these filters are not.

I have one each of the 12V V6, 10V I5, and 20V I5 engines.
The two 5 cylnders take the same (smaller) $4.00 filters,
but the filters for the V6 are definitely twice the size and
not interhcnageable.

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