Hi,

Yes, I am in the Netherlands.
Your request had me going over my holiday photos to find some with my 1992 240 Polar as I never seemed to have done a specific photo session, but here are a few.
I've owned it for over 11 years now, and for the past 10 it has been my only car. Previously, I owned a 1970 Amazon.

The model is a 245, equipped with a B200F and M47.
"Polar" indicates the most basic trim level, so no luxuries whatsoever. The only mod I did was swap the clock for a rev counter.

The thread you linked to had already caught my attention. It was actually Art's photo that inspired me to tear one down again (I had done so before, about 10-15 years ago).

The Mann Filter W 917, Bosch P 3219 and Volvo 3517857-3 are all the same thing.
If I say "OEM", I mean any of those. Mann Filter is the actual manufacturer. Volvo dealers would have used the Volvo branded filter, obviously. Volvo parts specialsts usually carry it under the Volvo brand, but will often offer the Mann or Bosch too at a slightly lower price.



I tore these down in the past too, and can confirm they're indeed identical to the Mann.

The print says "Model: Volvo Cars 1962 ->" and "Excl. Diesel, Dieselturbo & 340 B 14 1985 ->".
Yes, it means indeed that this one filter is suitable for all red blocks.
Edit: I just tried the Mann Filter online catalogue and searched for the 164 B30E, and now I see what you mean. It gives two results. First result is the bigger W 940/1, the second is the W 917 with the remark "with oil cooler".

I use 10W40 and change it once a year as well and it works fine. Oil consumption of the engine is still negligible.

I normally wouldn't recommend you use any other filter than the OEM. These OEM filters have been around so long and been on so many engines that I'd say they're thoroughly tried and tested.
Going for an oversized filter might work if you go for at least the same quality, because lets go back to that picture from Art. Notice how the number of pleats of the Mann are a multitude of the orange FRAM filter? The Mann has at least twice as many, meaning it has at least twice the total filtering area of the FRAM.

I measured the OEM's filter element at 3.7 m length (stretched out) and 5 cm width making it a total area of 0.185 m2 (286 sqin). Now look at what these guys measured on a FRAM PH8A: only 193 sqin...
Bigger on the outside, smaller on the inside than the so called "small" W 917.

If you insist on using a bigger filter, than go for the W 940/1. I would be surprised if you couldn't get it because it fits some Fords as well
Please notice that the pressure relief valve in thw W 940/1 opens at a slightly higher pressure than the one in the W 917. I don't know if this is of any significance when used on the 4 cylinder red blocks, though.


Edit:
Seems that there are more rebrands around, or would this be a knock off?


Made in China? Hmmm, searching for the Volvo part no also resulted in this... If that isn't a copy...