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Old 12-28-2006, 09:50 AM
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What r the benefits of the oversized oil filter on our cars?
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I'll only tell you if you spell words in their entirety.
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more oil to hold contaminants - better cooling - and of course more filtering
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Ok ok...What are the benefits of the oversized filter on our cars?
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AutoZone carries the Bosch oversized replacement right?
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Default originally the 1.8T only took 3.8 qts....
this is a really small amount of oil for any 1.8L engine and way too little for a turbo engine. this is one reason most people here change their oil at half the mileage recommended by Audi in the original owner's manual.
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Default Is there? Unless the filter is equipped with anti-flow back flaps that will keep the oil in the
filter even overnight, I don't see benefits outweighing the circumstances.
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to protect against SLUDGE!
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Default Wait, I just recalled that B5 1.8T has the filter oriented such that it keeps oil...
So, yes, 1.8T benefits from the larger oil filter. This is what I do with the TT.

On my 12V (and 30V), I use and recommend a small one.
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Default good save ;-) now chage/delete the other post! we don't want n00bs using the small filter
and risking sludge
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