They run just inside of the chassis rail past the sliding door area. The
steel lines get pin holes and the return line has a hose coupling between
two sections. Intermittant leaks are usually the return line.

Dennis

>From: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: is power steering fluid generic?
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:01:24 -0400
>
>Yeah, but it was visibly and rapidly dripping fluid with the van parked and
>the engine off, six weeks ago when this happened.
>
>Do the power steering lines run right under the sliding door?
>
>
>J.
>
>
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>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
>lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
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>:::-----Original Message-----
>:::From: Mike Collum [mailto:collum@verizon.net]
>:::Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:54 PM
>:::To: Joy Hecht
>:::Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>:::Subject: Re: is power steering fluid generic?
>:::
>:::Joy,
>:::
>:::You could have a pinhole leak in the high pressure line which is small
>:::enough that no fluid escapes until you turn the steering wheel all the
>:::way to the left or the right (into the "Stops").  When the wheels are
>:::turned to their extremes, the pressure is much higher than when you are
>:::driving normally.
>:::
>:::Mike
>:::
>:::
>:::
>:::Joy Hecht wrote:
>:::> So I don't know what the problem was, or whether I have a problem now.
>:::Any
>:::> brilliant ideas?  What would drip from right under the slider, between
>:::the
>:::> two right wheels?  And be oily?  And have stopped dripping?