RE: oil filter

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gee David - how many more 'secret' lists you got going on midrange.com
Anything for Black & Decker Toaster Ovens (1981 Model Year) ?     :-)

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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   James R. Kriebel [SMTP:jrkrieb@aelwyd.demon.co.uk]
        Sent:   Sunday, March 22, 1998 3:43 AM
        To:     RAV4-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        Re: oil filter

        In message
<15278D612D9ED111A6F700805FBB4A687476@unknown.volpe.dot.gov>,
        Lau, Sam <LauS@volpe.dot.gov> writes
        I just had the first service on my 98 Rav.  The dealer stated
they no
        longer need to change the oil that came with the car until 9,000
miles
        as Toyota uses a carbon filled oil filter.  This is the first
I've heard
        of this. 

        >       <Perhaps I've been brainwashed by the Toyota service
        >personnel...they 
        >> have always suggested that Fram Filters do not have the
correct 
        >> pressure valve? and using other than Toyota Filters would
void
        >> warrantee. > 
        >> 
        >       I don't know, but that sounds really suspicious.  If
FRAM, or
        >for that matter any other brand, does not have the correct
pressure
        >valve, then many of us are in real trouble.  As far as I know,
FRAM is
        >one of the more popular and respected filter brands. I can't
imagine
        >them designing a filter that would mess-up, void, or even
damage our
        >cars without the fear of lawsuits. I would be inclined to
believe that
        >the dealer wants you to keep going back to them for parts and
services.
        >What they said remains to be proven by facts.
        >
        >
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