earlier models had all metal cooling loop, later models  got cheap plastic
cooling loop..

At 03:49 PM 12/12/2002 -0600, Erick Faith Jimenez wrote:
>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)
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>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