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Date:         Tue, 23 Nov 1999 09:27:33 -0500
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <tcarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <tcarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: Repairing Clutch's Slave Cylinder
Comments: To: Andrew Pham <phama_92014@YAHOO.COM>
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While the clutch system does share a common reservoir with the brakes, a
leak in the clutch portion will not cause the brakes to fail. This is due to
the fact that clutch system draws it's fluid from a port about 1/2 way up
the side of the reservoir.


TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback


> Reading the official Bentley service manual, and to my
> surprise, I learn that VW uses the same reservoir for
> the brake and the clutch.  If so, if there is any leak
> in the hydraulic line, both systems will fail. But my
> break is working fine.  Hmmm.  This is very mind
> boggling.  Please shred some wisdom to this German
> design.
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