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• coolant in expansion reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 11:43:54 -0700
  ...I noticed that the coolant from the expansion reservoir doesn't go to the main reservoir... it stays full while the level of the...
• Re: Clutch reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:03:14 -0500
  Ron, Off the brake fluid reservoir! Jack R. 84 Westy Wolfie -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: Leaky Master Brake Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 14:49:54 -0700
  When I had this problem,the cause were the grommets that the reservoir sits in. Drain reservoir,put lots of rags under master brake...
• power steering reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:59:37 -0800
  1987 Vanagon with TiiCo Conversion I was wrestling with a leaking power steering hose this morning and bumped the return line to the reservoir...
• Overflow reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:28:27 -0800
  ...If during a trip the overflow reservoir cracks and leaks out coolant. Is it safe to drive with a defective overflow reservoir? (the expansion...
• Cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Al Ferguson
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 19:21:48 MST
  ...Yesterday I was driving it and the water flasher light started blinking indicating that the pressured reservoir was low. I stopped to check the...
• Re: Clutch reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:58:17 -0800
  ...Clutch reservoir Hey Guys. . . Does anyone know where the clutch reservoir is on a 1985 Vanagon? Does it pull off of the brake fluid...
• Re: power steering reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:45:13 -0700
  ...VanCafe lists > it, but it is not in stock, Does anyone know of a source? I've > wondered if a reservoir from another VW...
• Re: Clutch reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:19:23 -0800
  ...Clutch reservoir Hey Guys. . . Does anyone know where the clutch reservoir is on a 1985 Vanagon? Does it pull off of the brake fluid...
• Clutch reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Ron Toby
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:38:13 -0800
  ...Does anyone know where the clutch reservoir is on a 1985 Vanagon?� Does it pull off of the brake fluid reservoir?� I need to...
• coolant reservoir repair
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Sun, 1 Jun 2014 07:15:42 -0700
  vanagonites, i've got an ABA/1.8 inline 4 and i'm still using the coolant reservoir from the original diesel. I replaced...
• Re: coolant in expansion reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 12:51:34 -0700
  ...I noticed that the coolant from the expansion reservoir doesn't go to the main reservoir... it stays full while the level of the...
• what holds up coolant reservoir?
  Historical mailing list - Sue Dumond
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 06:36:33 -0800
  ...I thought ohhh no the plastic reservoir burst, something that had happened 4 years ago on a trip through the mountains. Instead what I...
• RE: Bonehead Newbie has Questions...
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 20:46:38 -0700
  The brake fluid reservoir is in the instrument cluster. The plastic cover is easily removed to provide access. The reservoir doubles as a reservoir...
• Vacuum on cool down
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:28:22 -0400
  If your system is working right any vacuum will draw coolant from the reservoir tank... that is one of the two main functions of...
• Re: clutch adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 23:35:01 +0200
  Woody Halsey wrote: > Also, where is the clutch's hydraulic fluid reservoir located? The Clutch takes its fluid from the brake fluid reservoir, if...
• Dry residue in windshield washer reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:49:59 -0800
  hi all, I try to remove the dry residue in windshield washer reservoir.. not easy to scrap it out because of the shape of...
• Re: removing brake fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 13 May 1998 08:49:11 -0700
  ...I needed to move the reservoir to a new master cylinder. I was not able to pry it out. I applied as much force...
• Re: Agony of defeat . . .
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:12:41 -0700
  ...Brake Fluid Reservoir ... is located under the instrument cluster in the dashboard panel. To gain access to the reservoir, grasp the two recesses provided...
• Clutch/brake reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 24 Nov 2000 22:36:23 +1200
  Is it possible to adapt some other reservoirs to fit, in order to have separate brake & clutch?
• Re: 84 VVanagon GL: Coolant stays in Round Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:59:42 -0800
  >I have a strange occurrence wherein the coolant, after the engine has cooled >down won't go into the 2ndary coolant reservoir (the square...
• Windshield Washer Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:12:21 -0400
  Where can one obtain a Windshield Washer Reservoir and pump motor for 1984 7-passenger Vanagon? Thank you, John
• Re: Motive power bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:22:26 -0400
  ...Watch for the fluid reservoir to flex. When it starts to, don't pump any more! Use your judgement. The store-bought reservoirs with...
• overfull coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:27:10 EDT
  All, Any ideas why my overflow coolant reservoir went over full and leaked coolant on the muffler? There far left coolant reservoir is about...
• Re: Cooling question
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 23:17:12 -0500
  ...Yesterday I was driving it and the water flasher light started blinking indicating that the pressured reservoir was low. I stopped to check the...
• Re: Bought Westy with no key for water filler receptacle
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:25:43 -0500
  ...Open the cap of the reservoir (may be pretty tight, mine was). Fill the reservoir. I use a hose with a hose end valve...
• Coolant Leak from Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - DELGADOAJJ
  Thu, 14 May 1998 00:01:43 EDT
  ...I noticed the coolant was coming directly from underneath the coolant reservoir. There was a small amount of coolant on the metal base where...
• Re: windshield washer reservoir?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 21:27:09 -0400
  have you inspected it? a lot of times the reservoir is fine either the lines or the pump has come disconnected
• Re: Power Steering leak resolved
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:12:29 -0400
  Hi Dave, I replaced the reservoir, and the lower hose. If you replaced the two hoses on the reservoir you must have had to...
• Re: brake and clutch fluid reservoirs
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 06:03:54 -0800
  There is only one shared reservoir for both systems. The reservoir needs to gravity feed the brake master cylinder. Since the master cylinder is...
• PS reservoir lid
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:52:53 -0600
  How does the power steering reservoir lid come off? I've twisted with no luck. I'd like to replace the filter but not...
• Re: Clutch reservoir
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:07:48 -0800
  ...Does anyone know where the clutch reservoir is on a 1985 Vanagon? Does it pull off of the brake fluid reservoir? I need to...
• Re: Purging Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Sun, 15 Jan 1995 17:12:05 -0600 (CST)
  Joel, Coolant reservoir is coolant reservoir, isn't it? Pressurized and connected to coolant system? The overflow tank is the one which you see...
• front washer reservoir on 87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
  Mon, 4 May 1998 08:18:30 -0700
  Well, I went to fill up the front washer reservoir & noticed a puddle of the washing fluid on my driveway. Lo & behold, the front...
• Re: Power steering leak near reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:27:10 -0500
  I just had one that was a cracked reservoir. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: David M<mailto:covrambles@YAHOO.COM> Sent: ‎1/‎18/‎2014...
• Re: Bozos & Stupid Posts
  Historical mailing list - jay m.
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 08:14:43 -0800
  ...their coolant reservoir tanks with oil whenever they are a quart low? coolant reservoir? i thought that was the blinker fluid reservoir! well, okay...
• Power Steering Reservoir O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 4 Dec 2012 16:00:09 -0500
  I was trying to find the source of a power steering fluid leak around the reservoir on my 1985 1.9L Camper when I...
• Re: Bad juju?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:37:57 -0500
  I suppose you could hit the junk yard for an extra cap or go to a FLAPS for a 45mm reservoir cap and modify...
• Re: Cooling System Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:02:00 -0400
  ...If the pressure is too high in the expansion tank the cap valve should open and blow air into the coolant reservoir. If the...
• Re: Windshield Washer Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:02:23 -0700
  ...Windshield Washer Reservoir Where can one obtain a Windshield Washer Reservoir and pump motor for 1984 7-passenger Vanagon? Thank you, John
• Brake reservoir needed in ri
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:57:43 -0400
  I am broken down in hunt marine, Portsmouth ri in need of a brake fluid reservoir ASAP. Anyone local? Know of a local yard...
• Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:48:21 -0700
  hi all, Recently I had a discussion with a guy regarding filling the coolant reservoir, the main with a blue cap - on 2.1...
• Re: what holds up coolant reservoir?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 13:06:41 -0600
  Entity Sue Dumond spoke thus: > Is there a bracket that holds the reservoir up? I see nothing > hanging around the engine that broke or...
• How to remove Powerr Steering fluid reservoir and hose
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:29:46 -0800
  I have a major fluid leak from the area of my ps reservoir. It seems to be coming from where the hose connects at...
• Adapt 1.9 Coolant Reservoir to 2.1 ?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:00:27 -0700
  ...I may have access to OEM 1.9 WBX coolant reservoirs. If I adapt the 2.1 coolant hose to fit the 1.9...
• Re: Need 1982 coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:38:21 -0700
  ...My '82 Diesel is still a Diesel, and I haven't had to change the reservoir yet (knock on wood). Hope this helps, Gary...
• Need 1982 coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:33:25 -0600
  The coolant reservoir in my 1982 Vanagon is not holding pressure, despite a new VW cap. This was originally a diesel, though converted to...
• Slow filling Westy reservior - a possible cause
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:21:04 -0300
  As I was re-installing the fresh (drinking) water reservoir in my westy, I noticed the that clear plastic hose, that vents the top...
• Vanagon 84: Water Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 07 Oct 1996 21:48:46 -0700
  Just got an 84 Vanagon, whose Water Coolant Reservoir is leaking coolant. From the back of the lift trunk of the Vanagon, I still...
• Re: Cooling System Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:10:34 -0700
  ...The reservoir tank, the one you fill from the back, is not pressure tight. The hose feeds into the bottom of the tank and...
• Re: Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 21:05:39 -0700
  ...The Motive pressure bleeding system has a 'feed hose' inside the reservoir so that it fills the vehicle's brake reservoir through the hose...
• Well, maybe I did have some trouble...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:23:51 PST
  ...I figured it was a foul reservoir cap so I got a new reservoir cap on Monday and the Van is still running great...
• Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:00:37 -0700
  ...Filling the coolant reservoir... hi all, Recently I had a discussion with a guy regarding filling the coolant reservoir, the main with a blue...
• Engine compartment reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:50:39 -0700
  ...In the engine compartment I see the AFreeze reservoir at 2 o'clock. There's also an opaque reservoir at 7 o'clock. Unsure...
• Looking for power steering cap '89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:17:17 -0500
  Hi Folks, My power steering reservoir cap has a crack in it. Does anyone have a cap (or potentially the entire reservoir) they'd...
• Re: overfull coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:45:06 -0400
  ...overfull coolant reservoir All, Any ideas why my overflow coolant reservoir went over full and leaked coolant on the muffler? There far left coolant...
• Re: Adapt 1.9 Coolant Reservoir to 2.1 ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:49:43 -0400
  At 05:00 PM 4/30/2015, Neil N wrote: >I may have access to OEM 1.9 WBX >coolant reservoirs. >If I adapt...
• Re: a simple question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:08:48 +1200
  >Don't feel bad - took me a while to discover where the brake fluid reservoir >was when I first got into Vanagon (it's...
• Re: leaking coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 4 May 2008 08:23:38 -0400
  John, Just get a new reservoir. They come with the sensor. The last time I tried to tighten one it self destructed. The resulting...
• Re: Coolant Leak around Sensor in Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:18:18 -0800
  Gregg Howald wrote: > > I have a problem with coolant leaking from around the Coolant Level Sensor > in the reservoir tank. It happens regularly when...