Purple means that the mulberries are ripe.
Black means the blackberries are ripe.
Pink fuzzy means the Peaches are ripe.
Green , yellow and black means the bird has poisoned himself drinking anti
freeze drops off the rear glass.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Thorburn" <thorgk@ACCESSCOMM.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Film of oil all over back hatch

> Stan,
> The bird dookie is probably better for you than the anti freeze and oil.
> Just a guess, no first hand  experience.
> George
> '85 Westfalia
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "George Thorburn" <thorgk@ACCESSCOMM.CA>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
>
>
> > Those purple splotches are bird dooky.
> > I think the gray things laying in a white background are bird dookey.
> > I'm sure the white on white with undigested bird seed are bird dookey.
> > Try to work around the bird dookey and taste only those splotches you
> > think
> > are petroleum based.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> > Engine Ceramics
> > 214-352-4931
> > www.engineceramics.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "George Thorburn" <thorgk@ACCESSCOMM.CA>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:59 AM
> > Subject: Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
> >
> >
> >>>The easiest way to find out what's leaking is to taste the oil.
> >>>Everything
> >>>tastes different.
> >
> > John,
> > Why not just stick your finger in the drip and smell the fluid?
> > Anti-freeze
> > smells sweet, transmission and differential oil has a sort of spicy
smell,
> > etc.  It seems to me that this is just as acurate as tasting and doesn't
> > leave a bad taste in your mouth for the rest of the day.
> > George,
> > '85 Westfalia
> >
> >