Try the rear windshield wiper moter.  Mine fried on a trip to FL and
stunk up the van for days.
Gary
88GL

gregory wrote:

> lately when i drive my '89 vanagon i notice an odor kind of like
> burning plastic coming from the rear of the van, not the engine
> compartment, almost from behind the tire. nothing was found stuck in
> there as if i ran over a plastic bag. i wonder if it could be the
> clutch, or the slave leaking fluid. any ideas?gregory

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