I rebuilt my PS pump a while ago and I did notice it to take some time to
break in the seals. It was only a little heavy when stopped and the engine
was idling. Otherwise it worked fine. You may have to rebuild yours. The
dealer sells a kit for a reasonable price.

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 11:03 PM
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> Subject: power steering pump
>
>
> Hello-
>         Anyone know if the vanagon power steering
> will become very heavy if the power steering pump's
> output pressure is degraded by like 18-20%? Since
> the vans don't have much weight up front, I would
> guess this isn't going to be a problem. Anyone
> experienced a vanagon power steering pump that was
> not up to par?
>
> dave
>