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Subject:Re: VC and waterpump ????sss
From:David Bogle / Architecture
Date:Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:10:48 -0500

rob wilke wrote:

> ... vc seemed to get over active after long stretches of fast driving.I
> have a question about my vc possibly acting up.  I find that when get
> off the interstate and try to turn hard or try to make a u turn it binds
> like a mofo!!. ..... After things cool down my vc
> doesn't bind up.  Open to suggestions...

Mine '87 syncro viscous coupling does the same thing.  Since heat activates
the medium, I suppose it is more easily "activated" when it is hot.
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Regards,
David Bogle
Brooklyn
'87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia
'72 Campmobile 2.0L (For Sale: http://www.bway.net/~bogle )