Oil filling into alternator
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:57 am
Hello Delica peeps,
Wondering if anyone has experienced issues with oil leaking into the alternator. I've got a 1993 L300 that I purchased a little while back. Previous owner said it needed new batteries, but it ended up being a bigger alternator issue. We pulled the alternator, had it rebuilt and put back in, only to have it fill with oil and fail again. Long story short, the shops I was dealing with didn't have experience with Delicas and nobody was catching that there was a blown seal in the alternator. So we took it out, had it rebuilt again, and again they missed the seal so the alternator, once replaced, immediately failed again. Ended up sending it to a different rebuild shop that caught the seal and replaced it. Alternator was finally charging again, but still had oil getting into it. So they pulled it again, added another seal, and told me everything seemed to be holding and charging well.
It's been 3 weeks, and I'm noticing some issues again. Little things like lights dimming and flickering, wouldn't start one day, so needed a boost. Makes me think things aren't right again.
I'm wondering if anyone has ever dealt with this issue. Could it potentially be the oil pump and not the alternator? I'm just already a little over my budget with this all. Ended up being $2000+ for the alternator issues. I'm tempted to order a new alternator but want to be sure it will actually resolve this issue. Wondering what I can do next? Any suggestions?
Wondering if anyone has experienced issues with oil leaking into the alternator. I've got a 1993 L300 that I purchased a little while back. Previous owner said it needed new batteries, but it ended up being a bigger alternator issue. We pulled the alternator, had it rebuilt and put back in, only to have it fill with oil and fail again. Long story short, the shops I was dealing with didn't have experience with Delicas and nobody was catching that there was a blown seal in the alternator. So we took it out, had it rebuilt again, and again they missed the seal so the alternator, once replaced, immediately failed again. Ended up sending it to a different rebuild shop that caught the seal and replaced it. Alternator was finally charging again, but still had oil getting into it. So they pulled it again, added another seal, and told me everything seemed to be holding and charging well.
It's been 3 weeks, and I'm noticing some issues again. Little things like lights dimming and flickering, wouldn't start one day, so needed a boost. Makes me think things aren't right again.
I'm wondering if anyone has ever dealt with this issue. Could it potentially be the oil pump and not the alternator? I'm just already a little over my budget with this all. Ended up being $2000+ for the alternator issues. I'm tempted to order a new alternator but want to be sure it will actually resolve this issue. Wondering what I can do next? Any suggestions?