In my shop this week

[Uncle Benz]

R231 SL63AMG. Leaking rear ABC strut. This car came in for a service, geo and a couple of tyres. Once in the air I noticed some fluid from the offside rear corner. It’s under 13,000 miles from new, so slightly annoying! I hadn’t replaced a strut on a 231 before. Done a few of the old 230 though. They’ve changed a few things, but if anything was a slightly easier job. It seem the pipe had rubbed a hole in the protection gaiter. Probably let some grit in that messed it up. I checked the other three and they had no holes. Seems too much to be coincidence.

 

[Uncle Benz]

Strut

 

[ajlsl600]

Not an expensive fix then. Get pipe made?

 

[SL63 Mark]

Not an expensive fix then. Get pipe made?

No I think it needs a new strut from what Uncle Benz has said.

This is a very useful post, I will have a look at mine to check there are no pipes rubbing.

 

[Uncle Benz]

New strut required. Was over a grand

 

[ajlsl600]

Shxte. That's not cheap. 4 k all round, wow.

 

[Uncle Benz]

Shxte. That's not cheap. 4 k all round, wow.

It’s a circa £100k car when new. Sadly it has running costs commensurate with that.

 

[ajlsl600]

Ah my Vdoz bi turbo was similar I believe. Gone now 5,6 good yrs a great experience but more wud have been a punative cost. I hav hankering fo grand turrisimo, trying to get brain to rule that out, just for summer.....