My VC seems to grab slightly in maximum turn situations causing what one person described as the "rubber left on the asphalt during turns". I assume the fronts are traveling further than the backs in max turns. Immediately after highway speed traveling in the San Joaquin Valley's furnace-like summers, the VC seems to grab slightly moreso during turns. My VW dealer parts guy said 75-90 oil goes into the VC. This doesn't sound much like a patented special silicone. Scary what some people believe. Cheers, Tom Neal On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Davidson wrote: > Well, > if temperature plays any significant role in the viscous coupling locking > up, it seems that we should see VCs in hot climates having a greater rate of > failure. Does anyone have any evidence to support this? > Bill |
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