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• Re: B-r-r-r-a-a-a-k-e-s
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:41:20 -0700
  ...So I pump the brakes and watch as fluid is leaving > there...never to return. Blast. Maybe it's leaking into the brake booster...
• hesitating automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:48:27 -0500
  ...The fluid level is fine although I don't know what kind of transmission fluid my mechanic uses. Any suggestions? Thanks again Jeff in...
• Re: Weak Brakes - '88GL
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:55:13 +0000
  ...if you have the MC off, look for brake fluid , or rusty water or whatever, inside the booster. I can't remember the last...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:05:31 -0800
  ...The MC can fail without losing fluid. If it were me, I'd remove instrument cluster, nuts holding MC to booster, then shift MC...
• Success Removing brake fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Wed, 13 May 1998 13:20:50 -0600
  Success Removing brake fluid reservoir! Greetings fellow Comrades! It seemed difficult at first, but once I removed the master brake cylinder (beware, Syncronauts, of...
• brake master cylinder; mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - Carol Sussman
  Thu, 9 May 2002 01:37:49 -0400
  ...Asked Ken what gets dripped on when adding brake fluid--- "delicate electrical components" !!#$%. This is superior German engineering?) Anyone have any idea what the...
• Re: Master Cylinder and Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 17:14:28 PDT
  ...The brake master cylinder is located directly beneath the fluid reservoir. The clutch and brake master cylinder share the same fluid reservoir. The hose...
• Homemade pressure bleeder links
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:28:41 -0800
  ...Old fluid and bubbles will be drawn through the line, thereby bleeding it and replacing with fresh fluid. Jeffrey Earl 1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi...
• Re: Bleeding brakes. Motive, si!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:18:35 -0700
  ...We > always used the 'different color fluid' method to make sure we got totally > fresh fluid to all four brakes. ATE Super Blue/Gold...
• Fluids Analysis!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 18:10:17 -0500
  ...That thrown rod was fluid failure. That burned piston, fluid (yes fuel) failure. Rings broken or stuck to the pistons were a fluid failure...
• RE: Attention all '71 Bus Owners
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The brake servo slowly filled with fluid-- probably the PO kept refilling the reservoir, maybe not even wondering where the stuff was going. Eventually...
• Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:28:33 -0600
  ...When I went to aircraft mechanic school - lubrication with the proper fluids what hammered into us there. I've never forgotten. Later I went...
• Re: Fluids Analysis!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 18:08:10 -0600
  ...That thrown rod was fluid > failure. That burned piston, fluid (yes fuel) failure. Rings broken or stuck > to the pistons were a fluid failure...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Jun 2011 to 20 Jun 2011 - Special issue (#2011-505)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:27:13 -0400
  ...Remove the lower rad hose in the front and collect the fluid that comes out. Attach another old lower rad hose that you will...
• Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 17:13:23 -0700
  ...power steering rack without hydraulic fluid? Jeff: � Now you tell us. I paid $376 yesterday. � Craig --- On Wed, 6/9/10, Jeff <vw.doka...
• Re: Where can I buy Redline synthetic manual transmission fluid
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:50:52 -0600
  ...Where can I buy Redline synthetic manual transmission fluid > > Currently 9.95 per quart at myoilshop..... > Miguel > > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 7...
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder Bleed problem
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:26:43 -0800
  ...All that fluid had to go somewhere under the car... It seems that that cylinder needs to be changed. Unless there is something else...
• Re: AT Intercooler Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:13:01 -0500
  ...A tranny that doesn't up shift when cold usually has a pressure control problem or thick contaminated fluid. The governor seal may also...
• Re: Wiring headlight washer pumps
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:54:42 -0800
  ...In my old 928, there was even a separate tank with a different fluid supposedly more suited for the type of debris the headlights...
• Re: transmission fluid level
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 20 May 2010 15:02:41 -0600
  > > i'm wondering what the spec on "how full" it should be? > I remember hearing you should be able to touch fluid when you...
• Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 16:58:23 EST
  This sounds reasonable, but the fluid seems to go just as far as the intake tube for the clutch master possibly ruling out (I...
• Power steering filter?
  Historical mailing list - The Blackhams
  Thu, 11 May 2000 23:21:58 -0600
  ...In checking the resevior, I see that the fluid is quite dirty. Bentley notes a dirty filter as a cause for a noisy power...
• Re: RedLine
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:05:57 -0800
  ...I'm going to be changing the transmission > fluid and front differential fluid - the same as a 2WD? MTL for both? > > Thanks - > > AB >
• Leaking steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Dietmar Schlei
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 09:18:51 -0600
  ...I have a 85 Vanagon that leaks fluid out of both ends of the steering bellows. Any suggestions out there about the best way...
• Leaking PS fluid, replace rack or just seals?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:21:27 -0800
  My '86 GL started losing power steering fluid from the end of the valve where it connects to the steering gear. There are seal...
• clutch/brake bleed pressurization tool?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:20:54 -0400
  My clutch slave/master cylinder started showing signs of needing replacement a few months ago when I regularly needed to start adding brake fluid...
• Re: brake master cylinder; mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 9 May 2002 20:32:26 -0700
  ...Nor about black brake fluid, that is normal and why VW recommends bleeding. You will get some warning before the master cylinder goes. It...
• Re: Brakes- the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 1 May 2014 08:01:09 -0700
  I can't comment on compressibility of fluid with large bubbles versus micro bubbles of air, but I do know that brake fluid does...
• Re: leaking power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:29:59 -0400
  Does anyone have any PM recommendations for the PS system? (filter change?, fluid flush?). Also, if you suspect the wrong fluid may have been...
• Re: Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:33:20 -0300
  ...Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd >> >> I have 440,000 km on mine which is about 260,000 miles (mainly highway) and have no...
• Re: brake fluid lost. Questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 8 Dec 2014 12:58:03 -0600
  Can you confirm that the leak is brake fluid? Anytime I see a leak under somewhere where that liquid does not exist in a...
• Re: Sudden clutch nothing...while parked
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 06:03:35 -0700
  ...As I mentioned in a previous post, I hadn't actually checked my brake fluid reservoir level recently, so I am unsure of the...
• Re: Brake question......
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:31:18 -0500
  ...So, how often do you recommend changing brake fluid? Does one go by miles driven, or by time elapsed? I changed the fluid in...
• Re: Stumble and Loss of Brake Pressure Heading Up a Pass
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:25:17 -0700
  ...Even without vaporizing the fluid you can get brake fade because the pad materials vaporize, creating a layer of gas between the pads and...
• 15" wheels & brake fluid leak
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Feb 95 10:22:31 PST
  ...Any help is appreciated. [brake fluid leak question] Another thing came up during our trip - our Brake Warning light came on when we were...
• Re: Bleeding the clutch.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 15:11:52 -0600
  Joachim Preiss wrote: >I am planning to change the break fluid at the same time, as I don't know >how old it is...
• Re: using and storing brake pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:46:04 -0500
  ...I've never had to, because I don't put >fluid in it, just use it as a handy pressure source. I top up...
• AHHH!! I'm leaking ATF again!!
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:53:03 -0500
  ...The leak looks like its coming from somewhere on top of the final drive, but its ATF fluid. It leaks pretty fast. What is...
• Re: Rear vent filters
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:36:13 -0700
  ...method of access for getting at the driver's side vent? >> >> >>Thanks much, >>-MB >>-- >>_______________________________________________________________________ >>Mark Belanger - belanger@fluid.com >> > > -- _______________________________________________________________________ Mark Belanger - belanger@fluid.com
• air in the system
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 15:25:55 -0700
  ...Any fluid dynamical types out there who know a reason why this wouldn't hold true, please post your experiences... -Simon On Thursday, October...
• Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:21:57 -0500
  ...85 Westy radiator has a pinhole leak. > > I cleaned up the fluid on the front bumper and it's green :( > > > > I think that means...
• Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 11:14:22 -0500
  ...The engine has been out for several years and all hydraulic fluid has been drained. I am in the process of replacing the TO...
• Re: Brake fluid leak
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 19:45:37 -0700
  ...I am still trying to locate a break fluid leak under the dash of my 84 Vanagon. Mine (both master cylinders) only leaked in...
• Re: syncro tranny fluid capacity part2
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 12:42:37 -0700
  ...what is the capacity of the SYNCRO tranny >for fluid? A definitive source for your needed info is http://www.aatransaxle.com/ The Bentley...
• Re: Spoiler - would it keep the rear glass cleaner?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:23:59 -0600
  ...Additionally, the environmentally conscious should appreciate the reduced amount of dangerous fluids that end up on roads and streams thanks to the special design...
• Re: Transmission suddenly slipping
  Historical mailing list - s kraning
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:09:19 -0400
  ...also, a rise in ATF level when hot can indicate differential fluid (gear oil) leaking out of the diff. into the automatic part, mixing...
• Brake fluid
  Historical mailing list - Mike Griffiths
  Tue, 1 Feb 2022 16:52:48 -0500
  Can you mix DOT 3 and 4?
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:22:16 -0400
  ...We are all aware that packing any winter survival kit for our > Vanagons should include fluids to stay hydrated. My question is how > do...
• Re: driving an unbelted, leaking power-steering rack
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:00:53 -0700
  ...Since I didn't run the pump with no fluid in it, the pump was still OK and I just added new fluid and...
• Re: Linear or Cross-linked plastic in Brake Fluid Reservoir?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:36:48 -0700
  ...Linear or Cross-linked plastic in Brake Fluid Reservoir? Pretty sure the plastic in the various VAG brake fluid and coolant resivoirs is polyethylene...
• Non Vanagon message,88 Golf gl non gti
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth L. Winter
  Tue, 23 Sep 1997 09:39:25 -0400
  ...acts when it is low on trans fluid. The fluid is new and full. It also make a medium pitched whining noise when I...
• Power steering noise
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 17:26:00 -0700
  ...I seem to remember having to check fluid levels with the engine running but I'm not sure if that included power steering fluid...
• Re: brake fluid on my floor mats...what I do?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:44:10 -0600
  ...BZ-brake fluid did eat the paint, but now seems to be ok On Jun 12, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Don Hanson wrote...
• Re: wisdom of brake fluid res. location
  Historical mailing list - mark brauer
  Fri, 6 Feb 2004 08:26:34 -0700
  ...The master cylinders are subject to mud, road grim, salt and other contaminations that can cause the linkages to bind and the fluid to...
• [Fwd: Syncro transaxle fluid]
  Historical mailing list - Terri Koesel
  Sun, 29 Sep 1996 21:41:35 -0700
  ...Syncro transaxle fluid References: <9609261801.AA24173@halfdan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can anyone tell me how much...
• Auto trans problem 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:53:28 -0600
  ...With the fluid level being checked and up to the level it is supposed to be , there is a problem . When he drives even...
• installing new rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:42:16 -0500
  ...My Muir books mentions dipping the entire wheel cyllinder in brake fluid before installation. Is this necessary when you've got a new cylinder...
• Re: Problems with switching back to non pwr steering?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:54:19 -0800
  ...near the valve housing after filling with new fluid, and then simply change the fluid every so often? The steering on the power steering...
• Re: Torque Converter ATF Capacity
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:03:45 -0700
  ...Just add more fluid to the trans as needed. In use, it almost completely filled. After shutdown a lot will drain back into the...
• Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 19:59:14 -0500
  I didn't know about diesel exhaust fluid until this thread. I read a lot. I do not read about diesel engines, or cars...