08-16-2015, 02:10 PM
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Location: SA, TX
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Originally Posted by dandog96
Thanks for the link that looks helpful. Just wondering, I have a bit of oil around my alternator and quite a bit on the idler pulley for some reason. Is this cause for worry? The engine runs perfectly fine but I do not want to take any chances...
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Those leaks are either going to be your vanos oil supply hose with the banjo fitting... or your oil filter housing. If it is ALOT of oil it can shorten the life of your alternator... but if not it's more of an annoyance. The vanos oil supply hose is an easy fix so I'd probably hope it was that. Oil filter housing gasket is also fairly easy, but time consuming.
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