Gasoline oil filter on a diesel...

[Jettagli16v]

I have always been particular about oil filters since I started changing it myself,
always Mahle or Mann filters.
I buy them by the case and am set for a long while. (its the way I can afford it: $5-6 ea)
I have never had a single oil filter related issue (in 13 years in Mk2's!)
I did not look at this one before I put it on,
but I wonder if they have a spring loaded filter bypass to sustain flow like the mahle for the 16v?
-Brad

[dieselherb1]

Just wondering how many miles do you guys have on yours engines using Mann or others expensive filters? You talk with great experience.

[macka]

on my first golf I had almost half a million k before I packed it in, I changed at the recomended service intervals give or take 200 K. I just believe in regular PM, and for the record I've only used Fram in chevies and fords.

[Jettagli16v]

Hmm... Hard to exactly calculate the miles I have put on Mk2 or Mk3 chassis,
but, (in chronological order)
88 Golf, 1.5 yrs = 20k mi
91 GLi 16v, 3.5 Yrs = 80k (?)
98 GTi 2.0, 8 yrs = 140k miles,
85 Jetta TD, 1 year, 20k miles.
(I have never not driven a watercooler full time! from 1996 to now)

I drive a lot. (for a city dweller anyway)
I have averaged 20k miles / yr.
And always been in a Mk2 chassis (I still consider 4 cylinder Mk3's Mk2's)
with 4 cylinders, 5 speeds, and manual windows...
(and German oil filters!)
Only way to fly!
Now, I have had an aircooled (78 camper Bus), for 9 years so far,
but never daily driven. She's a 77,000 mile garage queen.
-Brad

[DieselSteed]

I had the same trouble (filter clearance) when I installed the TD into my caddy. I found a MANN filter from an Audi 100TD (Mann W1130/1). The filter is shorter so it did not interfere with the rad support. However, the filter is fatter, and would not fit until I removed the welded nut from the heater tube (the one that goes from the water pump to the heater core, the nut for the starter motor bolt).