Date:         Sun, 1 May 2011 12:15:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Power Steering Question
Comments: To: J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>
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Remove the power-steering belt and drive it indefinitely.

Angus



Angus Gordon
Bainbridge Island WA





On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:46 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:

> <SIGH> It's been an all VW weekend for me, and not a good one. Yesterday
> was spent trying to figure why when it rains my daughter's New Beetle floods
> on the drivers side floor, ruining an airbag sensor to the tune of $503.00.
> It has no sunroof (every one keeps telling me to clean the sunroof drains!).
> Today was time for some PM on the Vanagon, mainly flushing and refilling the
> power steering fluid and changing the filter. The fluid reservoir was quite
> gunked up, so I decided to remove it for cleaning, and well, as your might
> have guessed, the lower hose fitting snapped off. Sooooooooo, a new
> reservoir has been ordered, but in the meantime I have shoved bolts into the
> two hose ends and clamped them. I don't really need to drive it this week,
> but the question is, can I drive it with the fluid reservoir disconnected
> without harming anything? TIA, Jeff
>
>
>
> Jeff Stewart
>