New to the forum... oil question
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 28
NEVER EVER put a FRAM on your CAR!!!!!!!!!!
FRAM filters and others like it DO NOT HAVE A BYPASS VALVE IN IT.
So if the filter were to ever get clogged your oil pressure would go down to zero, and if your oil pressure is at 0 while driving.............................BOOOOOOM goes your engine. Spend the extra money and buy the correct filter.
FRAM filters and others like it DO NOT HAVE A BYPASS VALVE IN IT.
So if the filter were to ever get clogged your oil pressure would go down to zero, and if your oil pressure is at 0 while driving.............................BOOOOOOM goes your engine. Spend the extra money and buy the correct filter.
The reason I feel that the larger filter is used is not so much for added capacity is a larger filter surface to collect contaminants between the oil changes so the bypass circuit would not come into play and pass the junk back into the engine........I need to see the oil circuit.....
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 9,004
From: Nor Cal
Doesn't Audi have the oil bypass circuit built into the pump? If not, I could see a lot of 1.8 engines going kaboom. If that was the case, poor engineering. I need to see the oil flow circuit on this engine before I come to conclusion tho...............
The reason I feel that the larger filter is used is not so much for added capacity is a larger filter surface to collect contaminants between the oil changes so the bypass circuit would not come into play and pass the junk back into the engine........I need to see the oil circuit.....
The reason I feel that the larger filter is used is not so much for added capacity is a larger filter surface to collect contaminants between the oil changes so the bypass circuit would not come into play and pass the junk back into the engine........I need to see the oil circuit.....
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 10
From: MD US
Kinda issue
I HAVE a 01 a4 quattro 1.8t slightly modified and have a power issue.
i'll be driving and al of a sudden the car will hickup power. and when i first got the car it was almost scary how it would pickup and immediate throttle response now not so much. lastly i prev could be in 4th down shift and spank past most cars now it will rev but no power sometimes what can the prob b this is driving me nutzzz.
i'll be driving and al of a sudden the car will hickup power. and when i first got the car it was almost scary how it would pickup and immediate throttle response now not so much. lastly i prev could be in 4th down shift and spank past most cars now it will rev but no power sometimes what can the prob b this is driving me nutzzz.
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Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Nor Cal
I HAVE a 01 a4 quattro 1.8t slightly modified and have a power issue.
i'll be driving and al of a sudden the car will hickup power. and when i first got the car it was almost scary how it would pickup and immediate throttle response now not so much. lastly i prev could be in 4th down shift and spank past most cars now it will rev but no power sometimes what can the prob b this is driving me nutzzz.
i'll be driving and al of a sudden the car will hickup power. and when i first got the car it was almost scary how it would pickup and immediate throttle response now not so much. lastly i prev could be in 4th down shift and spank past most cars now it will rev but no power sometimes what can the prob b this is driving me nutzzz.
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 765
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Considering the life of a car is the oil changes, I have never skimped out on it and have always taken it to the dealer for full-synthetic. Apparently, they use a custom Castrol Syntec formula that is only found in affiliated dealers and specially made for the related cars. German cars can't take much alteration as American cars and require very precise handling. If you stick to what it asks to the point, these cars can last you a lifetime.