Friday, we packed up the van and headed south for the weekend.  My wife had
to give a talk about 5 hrs. south of here on Saturday morning, and wanted
to be at the conference by about 6 Friday evening.  We'd just had the head
gaskets done (@86,000 miles) by a local, highly respected VW shop, non
dealer.

Vic (the van) was running great- 75 or so at about 4000-4200 RPMs, temp
gauge right at normal (right at the red dot).  The cruise control had gone
out, but that was merely a minor inconvenience.  We were making great time
down to St. George (southern Utah).  We stopped for a potty break about 2
hrs down the road, (in the middle of nowhere) and, out of habit, I went to
check under the engine....Lo and behold... a MAJOR leak of thin brown
fluid, with a slight cast of green on the already formed puddle. This was
coming out of the right head, just under the clip-on cover.  Checked the
oil dipstick- on the low side of normal.

After much thought, we nursed the van back in this direction about 45
minutes, checking the oil several times .  At one point, I added a quart of
oil, only to see at least a cup of it gush out onto the ground,   Also from
the right head.  All the while, the temp gauge stayed right where it had
been, and no oil pressure lights or buzzers or warnings of any kind came on.

Well, we rented a car, the wife made a great presentation, and the van was
hauled (on a flatbed, of course) back to the shop.  I'll talk with them
Monday AM, and see what they find.  Any thoughts???

John
90 syncro westy   (vic)
SLC, UT