Paul;
Another possibility - do you have an automatic transaxle?
If so are you sure it is engine oil and not transmission fluid?
Best Regards
Howard Allen
S. Portland, Maine

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Re: oil all over rear hatch?

This is very common problem with any vehicle leaking.
    I can't wait to see where your going to go and
how much it costs  get this one fixed.

Paul Guzyk wrote:

> I recently purchased an 84 Vanagon with a 93 Subie 2.2 that a PO
> installed.
>
> The engine has good compression (180-185 all around) runs well,
> sounds nice, lots of power etc.  The top of the engine is clean and
> dry, the bottom of the timing belt covers are a little oily.
>
> I just went on an 800 mile drive.  At the end of the drive, the rear
> hatch was covered in a thin film of what appears to be motor oil.
> Even the license plate and rear window were covered in this oil.
>
> Has anyone seen this?
>
> Could the engine be leaking oil and by some sort of 'Venturi effect'
> it is getting sucked onto the rear hatch of the van?  Or is the oil
> coming from somewhere else?
>
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