Oilyspanner Posted July 22, 2019 Posted July 22, 2019 Had some oil ooze it's way onto the upper case by the alternator. I've removed the alt. before and noticed a smear of sealant around the sealing gasket area, but a closer look showed a top bodge... The O ring seal had had snapped and rather than buy a suitable seal had smeared a goodly amount of sealant around it. I measured the old o ring and then looked online for confirmation of size and found a post from the helpful man fbob, not only the size , but with a link to a supplier .... job done, well 2 days later anyway ! Size is 87mm od and 2.5 cross section, actually the Suzuki size is fraction smaller on c.section, but 2.5 works fine and is more readily available. I think it's the same for just about all our engines. 1 Quote
Lachie04 Posted July 22, 2019 Posted July 22, 2019 Exactly happen to me also and sourced the same from @FBOB post excellent I bought a 5 pack and had them delivered (NZ) within a week. Actually I snapped the original and one of the replacements of the buggers even using big gobs of red rubber grease and being ubber careful the bottom of the o ring would just pop out and get snapped off. Ended up looping a zip tie under it to keep the o ring compressed while I slide the alternator in Quote
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