What is a (the) "water separater"??? and where is it??  malcolm (I thought I
knew my van) stebbins, Halifax

EMZ wrote:

>       The real question is why does one stay. Hear is some info. that no one
> has discussed. I have a 1986 syncro. The CAT clogged and has been punched
> out. I have removed the water separater. One long up hills, I have noticed
> that I was maintaining about 3-5 MPH faster than normal, (43 MPH). I
> reinstall the water seperator, and I was back down to my old max speed, (38
> MPH). Now......this isn't obvious is it....Very few places I run at full
> throttle but this ends up being important H.P. around the hills of PA.
> Finnally I would think that the CAT would be your biggest restriction, so
> without it the improvement would be much felt.
>
>             Eric                   86-VW4x4
>             vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler