****snip I am pretty sure that no Vanagon diesel ever had a power steering pump. = Those things have a warning about not putting an A/C compressor on the engine printed up on a bright red sticker on the timing belt cover! (Talk about underpowered!) *****snip
Here in Europe power steering has been a popular option for watercooled engines from 70 HP on. This includes the 1.6l Turbodiesel, excludes the non Turbo-Diesels. It was standard over here with all TD-Edition-Models (Bluestar/Whitestar/Redstar /Hannover Ed./Wolfsburg Ed./ last limited Ed.). I drove a friends one for a while, works great. Why should'nt it work in your cars, even when never official sold in US? Michael Germany 58 split 77 westy 90 caravelle |
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