My car does the same now.  The crankshaft seal at the clutch is leaking.
The clutch works fine but every hundred miles needs a quart of oil.  I will
change it, and washed the rear hatch off with gas already.
Zoltan
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From: "-------------" <VW4X4@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 3:59 AM
Subject: 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.
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> 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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