Hi Volks,

I bled the brakes on Dad's 1985 vanagon tonight; it's the first time
that the brakes have been bled since he bought the van almost two years
ago and the pedal was a bit softer than I like, even after new shoes
were installed in the back and things readjusted.

The bleeding went well, with lots of nasty looking black fluid coming
out and lots of nice clean fluid going in. I also got some nice bubbles
out of the system that tell me the brakes are going to work much better
now. But apparently one 475 ml bottle of DOT4 is not quite sufficient
for the entire job.

So off I go back to Canadian Tire to pick up another. And when I get
home and start to top up the resevoir I notice that this fluid doesn't
seem to be pouring quite as easily as the last bottle did.

And then I look closer at the bottle, and see that it isn't DOT4 brake
fluid, IT'S POWER STEERING FLUID.

I am not very happy with myself right now.

So the question is: Can I remove the resevoir and drain out the bad
fluid, or should I have the local garage purge the entire system. Or is
it not a big deal, as long as I don't put brake fluid in the power steering?

Unfortunately I don't have a bentley handy, it's in the other vanagon
down at Dad's house and he isn't home at the moment.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1985 Sunroof passenger van (winter custodian)
1987 Wolfsburg (taking delivery en route to EveryBus)
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca