This sounds likely.  I'll keep looking for intermittent leaks.

Thanks, everyone who replied!

Joy

:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Dennis Haynes [mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com]
:::Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:25 PM
:::To: hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: is power steering fluid generic?
:::
:::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.
:::>
:::>
:::>****************************************************************
:::>Joy Hecht
:::>now living in a real house in northern Virginia
:::>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
:::>now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
:::>lugging Joy and her stuff around...
:::>
:::>For musings about life traveling in the van or living in one place:
:::>http://www.joyhecht.net
:::>
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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?