I've personally never seen another case of Vanagon Paranoia as bad as yours.
You're just sitting there in readiness for the next "fatality" to show
itself to you.
Florida is a great place to sell Vanagons / Westy / Synchro and you should
consider that while the RoadHaus is still running and you're local to the
only comparable Syncro market to CA.
On a more serious note: I've had pressurized spray cans of various products
that simply gassed off for no apparent reason. Just life of the seal reached
its end.
I've also had the top shelf under my sink drop and spray everything down
with Pam (left the top off).
I've hear those 1 minute hissing sessions with a wasp caught in the
no-se-ums' canvas on the pop-top.
In the paranoid department I've heard that hissing sound when my electrical
on un-named vehicles found an unwanted dead ground and let the smoke out of
my wiring.
I've also heard that noise when my fresh water pump decided to start running
and pump the tank dry before I heard the run-dry sound of hissing.

Stan

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Chase [mailto:roadguy@roadhaus.com]
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:14 AM
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Subject: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?

Volks,

Ok .. so there I am last night,  peacefully sleeping at around
mid-night.

The only sounds are an agitated surf breaking against the beach.

When all of a sudden I hear "Push" the sound of suddenly escaping air or
some other substance that was under pressure.

Definitely coming from outside and from somewhere in the front of the
vehicle.

Shoot, I Think, One of them damn Raccoons or Nutria chewed thru a tire:)

After maybe 60 seconds it stopped.

Finally gathering enough courage to explore the depths of the darkness
... I grab the ole trusty Mag light and hit the ground.

All tires look normal.

The night is deadly quiet.

Back in the Van I spend the next couple of hours tossing and turning ...
trying to figure out what it could have been.

The spare tire I think. It had a plug in it, maybe the plug suddenly
gave way. But why only 60 seconds of escaping air.

This morning I check the spare ... it's fine and fully inflated.

The othe thing I thought of was one of the LP tanks had some sort of a
release.

Checking both tanks ..... They both are still unmder pressure ... Of
cours ei can't tell if they lost and gas or not.

But they both still have gas in them.

Is there any reason one of them would have had any kind of spontaneous
release?

A pressure build up due to temp, humidity, barometric pressure ...
Anything?

If not, does anyone have any idea what else could make such a sound?

It's kind of like the air release on some vehicle with air brakes.

A quick, short release of pressure.

I'm stumped.

the only people for me are,
the mad ones, mad to live.
~Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"

Larry Chase
Email: RoadGuy@RoadHaus.com
Web: WWW.RoadHaus.com
Cell:  408.202.1217
What: North American Road Trip
How: RoadHaus - 1990 White VW Westfalia Syncro
Today: Florida