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Had all seals changed which hasn't stopped the leak

Hi, My alternator has packed up so need to replace it. I've had a quick look and it doesn't look straight forward. Just wondering if anyone has replaced one and what's involved. Thank you Stu

And of course I'll post the outcome as there is nothing worse than a thread that stops dead with no answers

That's the thing. It's fresh engine oil I'm getting and its dripping off of the under tray so not just the thick black soot I have read about but there are rubber seals aswell so I imagine that they ate for the oil so replace all seals on all injectors as there is no other reason for a leak in that area unless both heads have cracked internally and leaking through the relief ports which I'm thinking is highly unlikely but with my luck I'm not ruling it out lol

Hi Dan, Thank you for the response. I checked the tailpipes and there is only the black soot that you'd expect from a diesel and no oil. I thought that this would be the case as it doesn't smoke at all and I'm not using that much oil really (haven't had to top it up since owning it since the beginning of January). I've searched the net and found that there are relief ports around the manifold area on the head which are for combustion gases etc when the injector seals fail so now leaning towards new seals.

Stu210782 , 04-17-2019 12:42 PM Hi everyone, My car has got an oil leak that I cannot get my head around and wondered if someone could help me make sense of it. Basically both exhaust manifolds are wet at the bottom and dripping off of the studs but the top of the manifolds are dry and there isn't an excessive amount of oil on the block so wouldn't of thought that head/gasket would be the cause. I cleaned the engine and under tray last week and its covered again already. Any help would be appreciated. Tia Stu