What colour is it?  All fluids are colored so you can tell what they are.  is it
blue/green?  is it red?  is it black?  can you remvoe parts to get a good look
at the leak?

Shawn Wright wrote:

> Tonight I noticed another in a series of strange and not-so-good things
> while crawling under our '88 Westy (funny how you rarely notice *good*
> things this way...), anyway - I saw oil drips on the lower starter mounting
> bolt.
>
> The van developed a *very* slow oil leak about the time I put in Amsoil
> gear and engine oil two years ago. Prior to this it did not leak a drop in 5
> years, but since the leak was very slow, and I assumed was engine oil, not
> gear oil, I ignored it. The leak was from the engine/bellhousing area,
> dripping onto the exhaust header clamp plate, so it could be engine or
> trans I guess.
>
> But now the oil drip on the starter bolt has me wondering - how could oil
> leak up that high, and if it did, it must be the transmission, right? Very
> strange. Has anyone seen this before?
>
> Shawn Wright
> http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
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