Date:         Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:57:15 -0800
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      the many colors of the archives
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Most members are familiar with searching the archives.
search "topic" in vanagon sent to
listserv@gerry.vanagon.com will bring to your email
account a multitude of past advise.   About antifreeze
we have the orange stuff, the green stuff and the blue
stuff.   With regards to power steering fluid we have
Dextron III transmission fluid and the special blend
from VW, a bit pricey but thinner for the cooler
climates.   I have heard that the orange antifreeze
has smaller molecules and streak out your cracks.
The green stuff has phosphate that rots our heads and
the blue stuff????
I have stuck with the green stuff as that is what was
in the van when I purchased it.   It is a brand made
by 76 gas stations that is "safe for aluminum blocks"
what ever that means.   The power steering fluid I
first bought was from vw.   I was getting ready to add
when it was clearly written on the bottle that this
fluid does not mix with atf.   How was I to know what
was in the resevoir.   I called the   shop which had
serviced the van in the past and this explanation was
given.   If the power steering resevoir cap is red
this indicates atf fluid.   If the cap is green this
indicates the more expensive vw power steering fluid.
Mine 87 is red.   My colorful question to the list is
"Does anyone have a green cap on their resevoir?"
If so, what kind of fluid do you use?
             thanks gary

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