Good thing you check things daily.

Sounds to me like fuel leaking from fuel supply hose and dripping onto
drivetrain.

On the passenger side of firewall, there is likely a plastic fitting
joining the fuel hose from pump to engine. This part has been known to
fail (age). You may have a leak there.

Regardless, sounds like a fuel leak.

This appears to be a small file size image. Lower red line points to
plastic union:

http://subaruvanagon.com/tom/Getting%20Started/Fuel%20Lines%20sm.jpg

The oil should not be filled above max line. I usually fill mine to ~
1/2 way between max fill and max line.

Neil.

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Zach Hale <zach@zachhale.com> wrote:

> This morning I checked my oil and coolant as I normally do and all
> looks good. Start up my 85 vanagon and noticed a slightly louder than
> normal clicking noise (normal to hear but it got my attention) so I
> went to listen in while it warmed up. Then I noticed something
> dripping from around the passenger side rear axle boot. I can't tell
> whether it's oil or gas. It smells like gas, but it sometimes does
> when I start the van up. The cvs are only about 6000 miles old and
> seem to be in good shape. The liquid stopped dripping after I turned
> the van off and has since (20 min) dissapeared almost completely from
> around the boot.

> I did notice that after my
> last oil change a month ago the oil level was a little bit above max
> for what that's worth. Seems a normal max level now. At least while
> cold.
>
> Any thoughts/worries? I appreciate any help as I'm eagerly ready to
> leave this camground. :)
>
> Thanks,
> Zach
>

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