John:
        If your van is one of the latest models then it has a small plastic
tubing that goes around the top of the engine bay. Mine has it and the same
symptoms, the culprit was a small hose that goes from the right half of the
engine to that plastic tube near the oil ckecking device. The hose was fine
but not the clamp, which I changed and it was solved.

Hope this helps!

Erick Faith '90 westy "ELKE"
San Jose, Costa Rica (central America)

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De: John Runberg [mailto:jrunberg@MAC.COM]
Enviado el: Thursday, 12 December , 2002 01:54 PM
Para: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Asunto: Coolant leak in the far rear

Previously, I was leaking from the thermostat housing, and not that that's
fixed I'm leaking from another place, this time in the far rear / center of
the engine which only appears after the car has been sitting for about 8hrs.
I'll notice it when I go out to go to work and when I look underneath
there's collant on the rear engine cross bar. Looked from the top during
lunch today and saw nothing too odd. I'll dig into it this weekend when I
have some free time, but in the mean time, what are the likely culprits?
Last time I'd begin to see the leak soon after shutting the van off, but
this time is different. She runs fine and isn't overheating at all.

TIA,

john