oil on belts

JasonR

New Member
Hi looked under the bonnet today and noticed that the alternater belt and water pump belt are both covered in oil and also the alternater is covered in oil too this has got me quite worried iv had a look around but cant seem to find where its coming from could it be coming from the oil pump somewhere? any help would be great cheers Jason.
 

Smo

Active Member
It's possible, yeah. The leak could also be the timing chain cover, I'd rule out the crank oil seal personally as I doubt it could 'cover' the alternator - but if it's just spits of oil down the driver's side it could be worth looking at.
 
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pulsarboby

Guest
i would say the crank oil seal is shot!
the pulley will throw the oil all over everything as oil will be running down the pulley and flicking it everywhere
 
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pulsarboby

Guest
yep no more than an hours work from start to finish.
just make sure the crank pulley is not cracked around the area that goes round the seal as that will rip it apart in no time at all if so
 
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pulsarboby

Guest
just nip into nissan or a local motorfactors and pick one up, im sure the nissan sunny gti one is the same seal, probably only around £2
 
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