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• Re: VC fluid - take a chance on this
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 10:45:50 -0700
  ...The fluid that leaks out is dark gray but I have no way to know what color it started out as. It has a...
• Fw: 1981 Vanagon Brake Servo Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:06:20 -0500
  ...My daily driver '81 has mysteriously lost brake > fluid over the past week. I found a leaky clutch slave cylinder, and > therefore replaced both...
• Home Made Brake Pressure Bleeder: *might* add moisture to brake fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:25 -0700
  ...When using a home made pressure bleeder to pressurize the brake fluid reservoir with AIR when bleeding the brakes, would this air add moisture...
• Power steering fluid leak
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:20:59 -0800
  I topped up my PS fluid and it was down to below the minimum level within a month. It looks like there may be...
• RE: Power Steering Fluid Choice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Mar 97 04:33:15 UT
  ...Obviously the thinner fluid works at lower temps. Note that the Pentosin is available in two viscosity's. There is a 7.1 and...
• Re: '88 Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 8 May 2001 19:36:12 -0400
  ...Re: '88 Brakes > > > > get rid of moisture (heat boils the moisture in the fluid witch seems to > > "fade" the brakes). > > > > Oh no! Not the...
• Re: Removing clip from Hall unit
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:53:09 -0400
  ...I would spray a bit of starter fluid into the air intake. This will bypass the fuel injectors and fuel system. If the engine...
• oil leaks - was RE: Coolant leak in cold storage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:12:12 -0600
  Hi Joy, Are you sure it's motor oil? Could it be ATF fluid (if it's got an automatic transmission that is)? You...
• Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 14:16:20 -0700
  ...The brake fluid reservoir would not hold pressure very long from my Motive pressure bleeder either..... "No problemo" says I..."I have a spare...
• Re: Brake Fluid Change
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:59:57 -0700
  ...Brake Fluid Change > > > I have a common sense question about DOT 5 Silicon based > > fluid... > > Uhm, working around vehicles, unless specified, due to seals...
• Re: Leak Under Steering Column
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:36:11 -0700
  ...Peter took a look and said > he's confident the fluid I saw was just spilled/leaked fluid left > over from the work that...
• Re: Transmission suddenly slipping
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:17:09 -0400
  The automatic transmission fluid should be checked hot and with the engine running and while in park or neutral. Put the fluid you took...
• Re: shifting or lack of
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 11:09:08 -0700
  ...It > > could be a leak in the brake fluid system as this shares the same fluid > > as the clutch and the clutch will stop...
• Re: Brakes- the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 1 May 2014 10:45:17 -0700
  OK a trick I learned at the racetrack....Use different colors of fluid when you bleed the brakes to be assured you've purged...
• Re: Clutch and Slave stuff
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:03:36 -0400
  ...If you do not see signs of fluid > beneath the > master cyl, and there is no issue of fluid from the slave cyl, you...
• Re: Brakes!!! Urg!
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:49:41 -0400
  ...the clutch fluid takeoff is higher than the brake fluid takeoff, so if you lose fluid, you lose the clutch (van won't *go...
• Re: changing auto trans fluid - amsoil?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:29:49 -0700
  ...as >far as the torque converter just plan on changing the fluid several >times . . . no more than ten changes . . . maybe just four . . . and >drive...
• Re: '82 clutch capers
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 23:34:48 -0600
  ...it felt like there may be low fluid -- i assume there is > > fluid > > in there somewhere -- or maybe some air in a line. this...
• Re: Power steering rack leak
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sat, 1 Dec 2018 18:27:02 -0500
  ...Does the PS fluid behind the 2 bolt plate get there because the seal around the bottom of the pinion shaft fails and leaks...
• Re: Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:36:52 -0500
  ...Yep, that's right! Toss the sprayer end, instead, connect the hose to a fitting screwed into a spare fluid resevoir cap (this would...
• what did I do wrong? brake bleeder question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:23:55 -0500
  ...I was trying to change the fluid and was expecting to run through the liter of fluid in no time flat. I was expecting...
• atf or powersteering fluid
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:55:48 -0800
  Bill, I was told that the color of the cap indicates what fluid is being used. Basic design of steering is the same for...
• Re: sticky shifting after change to Redline
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Sat, 4 Oct 2003 19:16:20 -0700
  ...I had trans seals and fluid replaced, then two weeks later it starting shifting sluggishly. On a 2000 mile trip to new york and...
• Re: replacing front brake hoses (WAS Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:09:47 -0400
  Would this work when removing brake lines, as Wes is thinking about? If his brake fluid is more than a few years old, he...
• Re: fluid, fluid everywhere
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 6 Jan 2002 14:25:54 EST
  <<<<Anyways, I know what that problem is but while inspecting the slave cylinder I noticed a green fluid dripping from beneath the engine. Oh...
• Re: Compression Question
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:24:25 -0400
  ...the extra tank with automatic tranny fluid then hit the extra "spray" switch and the AT fluid would be dumped to the carb - he...
• Re: Trouble bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 19 May 2004 16:17:59 -0700
  ...Drop back to the old method and hook a hose to the bleeder stick it in a jar with a little brake fluid in...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:49:37 -0400
  ...European gasoline $$$$$$$$$ >Oil burners will burn anything that remains >fluid and can burn. Coal dust? Plastic powder? These are fluids. I guess coal dust...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 17:19:35 -0500
  ...I've heard that brake fluid is hydroscopic, meaning it absorbs moisture. Over time, the brake fluid is no longer pure, but contains water...
• Speed bleeders? Not me
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:02:06 -0700
  ...Put in (to the Motive pressure bottle) fresh hydraulic fluid and screw the cap onto your brake fluid reservoir. Pressurize the bottle by pumping...
• Re: master brake light misbehaving
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:09:43 +0000
  ...master brake light misbehaving > > Check the fluid level in your brake fluid cylinder under the cover of > the instrument panel. The brakes and the...
• Re: Questions about brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:13:10 -0400
  ...Don't use aerated fluid! > > It's a great tool, and I have adapters for all my cars. Brake fluid should be changed every...
• Re: FLUIDS for VANAGONS
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:47:04 -0700
  ...Changed by inspection, not by time or miles. >BRAKE FLUID: ?? DOT 4, renewed yearly. >POWER STEERING FLUID: ?? Dexron III, changed by inspection, not by...
• Re: Brazilian Brake Master Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:57:10 -0600
  ...If it has failed, clean your booster vacuum side of fluid, I use old T shirts stuffed down there to collect the fluid. Stan...
• Re: Auto-tranny fluid level
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Oct 2021 15:29:31 -0400
  ...com> wrote: > What is the correct way to check the transmission fluid? > Level ground, tranny warm from a short run, tranny in park or...
• Re: What is the wire that screws on to the master cylinder and fluid behind the instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Mon, 7 Apr 2014 22:42:26 -0400
  That maybe your fluid level sensor wire. Hth T. Sent from my iPod On Apr 7, 2014, at 10:23 PM, "Fuzzy :philippe" <fuzzmeister...
• Re: Brake Fluid Capacity
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:46:24 -0600
  ...have read that 1qt is suffiecient to flush/fill the GL 2WD > brake fluid? Thanks. > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL AT 'Gringo' > 73 Beetle > > >
• Re: Viscous Coupling Expert Located & Interviewed
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:09:49 -0700
  ...You can fix a VC by replacing the fluid with fresh fluid. You should > also examine the condition of the plates. > > 4. The percentage...
• Re: windshield fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 22:38:58 -0700
  ...that there's a >good chance that Rain-X windshield washer fluid is just Windex with a >different dye. I'd drive my wife...
• Re: Brake fluid leak around master Brake cylinder:
  Historical mailing list - J.W.Brier
  Tue, 12 May 1998 22:00:10 +0200
  ...My '81 started leaking brake fluid about half a year ago. it turned out to be the cylinder that controls the clutch. Had it...
• Re: windshield washer nozzles-removing?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:00:33 -0600
  ...Anybody any ideas? one old german car i had long ago had a series of loops of the washer fluid tubing around a heater...
• Re: '85 Westy - Leaky Rear Window Wash
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:32:43 -0400
  ...Likely somewhere near the roof because, when I > use the fluid to clear the rear window of filth, a shower of fluid > flows from...
• Re: A/T problems -- fluid level high
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sun, 22 Feb 2015 08:03:49 -0800
  You need to change the fluid ten times. Worked for me. > On Feb 22, 2015, at 7:59 AM, Rick Cooper <rickdcooper@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: Replacing Engine System Fluids
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 14:13:12 -0500
  ...Agree > Brake fluid is designed to absorb water, so after 2 years, >it's considered to be "contaminated" and should be changed. Well, it...
• Re: 1 man brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:58:24 EST
  ...Crack the brake bleed screw on the caliper and you will hear the air > and brake fluid squirting out. Have something to catch it...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:32:16 -0600
  It is policy at National Chains of Oil Change shops to refuse to change fluid in old transmissions (100k or more) unless you produce...
• Re: which windshield wiper to get? (my bosch excels have been disappointing)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:22:04 -0600
  For a Chicago climate, I started buying only the Prestone washer fluid which claims to not freeze down to -34 F. I think they...
• Re: Brake fluid replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 20 May 2000 13:32:45 -0600
  ...Water boils at a lower temperature than brake fluid. If water in brake fluid boils, it is just like having air in the system...
• Re: Speedbleeders? "Gravity Bleeding?"
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 18 May 2001 23:53:20 -0500
  ...Quackinbush------- Atmospheric pressure------Hogwash! Actually because the sun is on the way north the brake fluid is heaiver, because the sun is closer, adding...
• Re: bleeding of the cluch
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 10:48:15 -0400
  if its an earlier vanagon (air cooled); access to slave cylinder is from driver side wheel well and its probably DOT 3 brake fluid...
• My AT is fine, but...
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:42:33 -0500
  ...The van has 114k original miles, and has had very little transmission maintenance, save for an occasional topping off of fluid. Should I leave...
• leaking PS pump
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Fri, 8 May 1998 13:23:04 -0300
  Hi Jamie/All you asked about PS fluid... Dexron II. I prefer the Castrol PS fluid, much closer to the factory Pentosin stuff at...
• 85 Vanagon Transmission Seal?
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:13:19 -0500
  Hi Listees, My 85 GL is still leaving considerable sized patches of fluid under the rear axle. Tim Smith was kind enough to write...
• Auto transmission drain
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:42:55 -0700
  Any tips or words of technique for draining the fluid from my 1987 auto trans? Lacking a drain plug, it looks like I'll...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:06:16 -0500
  The reservoir is fail-safe for the brakes as the clutch draws fluid from a higher point, i.e. if the clutch circuit completely...
• Re: Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 15:16:30 -0700
  ...For frequently changed brake fluids I use ATE Super Blue and ATE normal, back to back... so that the new fluid is a different...
• Re: Hesitation starting in 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:15:42 -0700
  ...A/T fluid is between the high/low marks after warm-up and I >> checked differential gear fluid last night and was fine. Both...
• brake master cylinder leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:12:37 -0500
  ...checked fluid and it was very low and a puddle of fluid appeared on my mat by my feet. took gauge cluster out, removed...
• Re: RE thread on brakes, Dot3,4, etc.(long post)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:02:47 -0700
  ...Brake fade is caused by the layer of hot gases between >> the friction medium and the rotating surface. >> >> Boiling fluid is, uh, boiling fluid...
• Re: Rear brake drum/shoe replacement - bleed brakes? grrr
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:12:05 -0500
  Historically I've run a hose to a jar of brake fluid, had a second person pump the brake pedal, open the bleed screw...