Oil ? Strange place

alexanderfoti

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All straight forward to remove and refit. Just common sense. Keep in mind the wheels will need to be in the air otherwise you will push the fluid out of the struts when disconnected.

To bleed afterwards you should be ok just raising/lowering the car a few times. Ideally you would run a rodeo on Star but I would say its not necessary as long as you plug the hoses when disconnected and minimise fluid loss.
 
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Thanks Alex

Just rears or all 4 ?
 
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Well I spoke to Phil and discussed the slight misting, and was advised to fill, and monitor - 200 miles and level still the same!
They can suffer very slight weep. Non terminal yet, haha, but I may buy a block to rebuild as a spare - that way it’ll never fail :)
 

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Well I spoke to Phil and discussed the slight misting, and was advised to fill, and monitor - 200 miles and level still the same!
They can suffer very slight weep. Non terminal yet, haha, but I may buy a block to rebuild as a spare - that way it’ll never fail :)
Malcolms old SL has had a misting rear strut for over 10k miles. I suppose I shouldn't say too much as it's currently in the south of France and has to get us home yet!
 


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