[Vwdiesel] Vacuum Pump problems

[Sandy Cameron]

At 03:58 PM 3/23/04 -0800, you wrote:
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>um..could you send this to me also..as i had just re-built
>my vacuum pump and now* im* not sure if i did it properly... :o(
>also..may as well ask..
>what are the symptoms when the vac pump fails?

Brake booster will stop functioning, making it necessary to lean on the
brakes harder to stop.
You can simulate this by just pulling the vacuum line out of the brake
booster and trying a few stops with no vacuum to the booster