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Subject:Turn signals Blinking Too fast???????
From:Jeffrey Earl
Date:Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:20:31 -0700

Melissa wrote:
>> Anyone ever failed inspection after putting all new
light bulbs into all tail lights headlights and turn
signals, in particular for a Right turn signal
blinking too fast?

I cannot believe no one has reminded this unfortunate
Vanagon owner to check the blinker fluid!!!

If she hasn't already run the master blinker cylinder
out of fluid, perhaps someone topped it up with the
wrong type, which would almost certainly cause the
symptoms she is seeing.

Synthetic DOT8 blinker fluid will raise all manner of
havoc in these older systems, which specifically call
for only the finest organic DOT7 type, harvested from
the sap of the fabled Upas hydra-tree deep in the
tropical forests of Macassar, hand-squeezed by dusky
Indonesian maidens, and finally filtered though one of
Ferdinand Porsche's black silk knee socks.

It's all there, printed right on the cap!

Installing the correct fluid will have you blinking in
no time. If you have trouble finding the blinker fluid
reservoir, just stop and see if the youngsters at your
local VW dealer service center can find it.

Good luck!

(In addition to all my clocks, I also sprang-ahead my
calendar recently, so it says today is Friday ...)

Jeffrey Earl
1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
http://www.vanthology.com/

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