David,
I did mention the discrepancy of the rear tire pressure for 205/70-14 tires
between the tire pressure decal and the Bentley manual to the list before.
I found the different numbers while I was searching for the tire pressure
information since my decal was missing when I bought the Syncro new.
(BTW, it took my dealer 6 years to get the decal for me under "warranty")
I think VW originally use 44psi at rear in Europe.  But when they imported
to the States, for some reason the factory Michelin MXL Reinforced tire has
only 40psi maximum pressure allowed.  That 's why they had the 40psi put on
the decal.  VW don't want get sued because of their factory tires can not
hold the recommended pressure!  (Otherwise I'd sue VW for $1M since I had 3
blow-out on the factory MXL's!!!)
Yi-Ruey Wei
87 Vanagon GL Syncro w/78K miles
85 Jetta GLI w/165K miles
Dallas, TX  (Still NO Rain in Sight)

"David Bogle / Architecture" <bogle@BWAY.NET> on 09/11/98 10:26:17 AM

Please respond to "David Bogle / Architecture" <bogle@BWAY.NET>
To:   Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
cc:
Subject:  Re: impending winter maintenance (Syncro Tire Pressure)

Yi-Ruey Wei wrote:
> Rob,
> Is your tire pressure decal at driver side door jamb missing like mine?
> You need 36psi (cold) at front and 40psi at rear for the Syncro...

You are the second listmember to say 40 psi for rear of the syncro.

My Bentley manual says Front 2.5 bar (36 psi), Rear 3.0 bar (44 psi), Spare
3.0
bar (44 psi).  This is on a page marked "syncro" in a box at  the bottom
(page
44.5.)

--
David Bogle

'72 Campmobile 2.0L
'87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia

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