Thread: Big oil leak from LEFT side of engine - near alternator
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Old 09-23-2012, 02:08 PM
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If it is right at the front of the engine, on the left as you are standing in front of it, I reckon it could be the chain tensioner as mentioned earlier - another place worth checking out though is the top cover gasket. These are meant to be a fit only once items but they tend to get refitted and refitted and refitted (from what I've read) though.
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