Date:         Fri, 17 Nov 2000 16:53:04 -0800
Reply-To:     T Berk <tberk@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         T Berk <tberk@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replacing Engine System Fluids
Comments: To: PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
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PSavage wrote:
>
> Listees,
> I bought my '85 a year ago with no helpful info
> available from a PO.
> When I recently got my van back from Smolen's
> shop in San Anselmo, I was told that it was *not*
> necessary to change the brake/tranny/power steering
> fluid unless it looked to need it.
> I would have thought, given the age of the van & my
> plan to leave soon for Mexico, that this would have
> been a good idea.
> What is the wisdom of the list re *when/how often*
> to change fluids?
> Thanks volks,
> Phaedra

Buy a preowned car?

Change Eeeeeeevery damn fluid.

Brakes. DOT 4
Oil I like 20W50
Coolant 70/30 phosphate free to distilled 60/40 or 50/50 is OK
Top off Freon and Oil in A/C (shop work)
Transmission - Oh, Redline!

TBerk

The owner's manual has info on when, the Bentley does too. I'm for
getting other than oil - 3k, brake yearly or every two years, coolant
yearly, etc.

hth,
TBerk