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Power steering fluid vs. ATF



congrats on getting it going - it looks to be in nice shape

On 7/11/07, Janzen, Lawrence <lwjanzen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> No, I didn't just get out of jail but I sure made it sound like it!  I
> bought the car off a friend who was the original owner.  He bought it
> new in '87 and drove it till '96.  He needed to replace the exhaust but
> did not have the cash, so his plan was to put it off for one year. The
> next year he still did not have the funds to fix it so it sat.  It sat
> in his garage for 10 years!  I bugged him a couple times a year to sell
> it to me (for the last 10 years).  I finally convinced him to sell the
> car to me last September.  So, I have a somewhat preserved '87 Scirocco
> 16V with only 73K kilometres (45K miles).   There is a pic at...
>
> http://www.neojedi.com/dublife/yausoroti/ownerSheet3.php?id=1592
>
> As for the power steering fluid, I will probably go with the special
> fluid (made by Pentosin) and I will flush the system first as
> recommended by David Utley.
>
> That's my story,
> Larry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: marc_scirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:marc_scirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 6:56 PM
> To: David Utley; Janzen, Lawrence; scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: RE: Power steering fluid vs. ATF
>
> > Well after ten years, my '87 Scirocco is back on the road!!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Larry
> > '87 Scirocco 16V
> >
>
> Got out of jail?
>
>
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