>O.K., I give up! I bought an '89 Vanagon (Wolfburg edition) last December, >assuming that, in time, all would be revealed to me. I even bought the >Bentley manual to speed up the process. But I still haven't been able to >find the brake fluid reservoir. The manual shows it under the driver's >side floor mat, but it's not there--unless it's that thingy that I've been >pouring windshield washer fluid into. So where is it? >I removed both grills when my power steering started groaning, but found no >reservoir there for either the steering or brakes (silly me, of course the >power steering reservoir is in the back; I found that by looking in >Bentley.) So where is it? Please!
Did you READ the owner's manual? Under "Vehicle Care" (page 108 in my copy)and "Barke Fluid" it very clearly shows a picture of the exposed reservoir, saying: Brake Fluid Reservoir ... is located under the instrument cluster in the dashboard panel. To gain access to the reservoir, grasp the two recesses provided on the frame cover and pull up...
Some times it actually pays to RTFM!
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