We recently bought a 98 S500 with clear fluid and good suspension. A month later the fluid was black and the rear end was bottoming out. I knew for sure something was wrong when I noticed the headlight beams bouncing like crazy when hitting minor (for Ohio) bumps. I suspect that the failure of one puts enough additional stress on the other to kill it good and quick. New ones from Rusty fixed it right up. That is the second car I've replaced them on. In both cases the darkening of the hydraulic fluid was dramatic. You will also notice the fluid level going down as the gas in the accumulators is displaced with fluid.
-Dave Walton On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:27 PM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I've been riding around on the restored SLS suspension in my W123 1985 > 300TD. While it's a huge improvement over the ride on the conventional rear > shocks that I had removed and discarded, I do notice some jarring when > driving over bumps. The air cells are probably original with the car, > although they were disconnected from the SLS and not in use between 1995 and > 2011. I am wondering whether it would improve the ride if I installed new > accumulators. Or to put it another way, what are the symptoms of air cells > gone bad? Is this a sudden onset or a gradual process as the leak out? > > Thanks to all in advance. > > Andrew > 1983 and 1985 300TD > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
