Good thing you check things daily. Sounds to me like fuel leaking from fuel supply hose and dripping onto drivetrain. On the passenger side of firewall, there is likely a plastic fitting joining the fuel hose from pump to engine. This part has been known to fail (age). You may have a leak there. Regardless, sounds like a fuel leak. This appears to be a small file size image. Lower red line points to plastic union: http://subaruvanagon.com/tom/Getting%20Started/Fuel%20Lines%20sm.jpg The oil should not be filled above max line. I usually fill mine to ~ 1/2 way between max fill and max line. Neil. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Zach Hale <zach@zachhale.com> wrote:
> This morning I checked my oil and coolant as I normally do and all > looks good. Start up my 85 vanagon and noticed a slightly louder than > normal clicking noise (normal to hear but it got my attention) so I > went to listen in while it warmed up. Then I noticed something > dripping from around the passenger side rear axle boot. I can't tell > whether it's oil or gas. It smells like gas, but it sometimes does > when I start the van up. The cvs are only about 6000 miles old and > seem to be in good shape. The liquid stopped dripping after I turned > the van off and has since (20 min) dissapeared almost completely from > around the boot.
> I did notice that after my > last oil change a month ago the oil level was a little bit above max > for what that's worth. Seems a normal max level now. At least while > cold. > > Any thoughts/worries? I appreciate any help as I'm eagerly ready to > leave this camground. :) > > Thanks, > Zach >
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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