Hi All,
Thanks all for the welcome and information. The car does indeed have an alloy bonnet. Started stripping bits off it lastnight, passenger cam cover does look like its been leaking, but will find out later when i move all the gubbins out the way. Looking under the car the oil drips slap bang centre on to the steering rack..... so it could indeed be rear crank seal? Its had a clutch recently too so maybe the crank. I might as well get the cam covers off and re-stuck on with hightemp sealer, one less thing to fix in the near future!
Flat4Phil: I can only see the plaque on passenger shock tower. Where is the other located???
Thanks to all for the welcomes and continued advice.
Cheers,
Stewart.