[s-cars] Frozen Bilstein

[chris chambers]

Jason,

unfortunately the Bilstein frozen strut syndrome is pretty common; here is the most common solution.

http://forums.audiworld.com/showthread.php?p=18969631

HTH
Chris

Happily riding on Eibachs and Boges/Sachs



----- Original Message ----
> From: JAM <jscarstuff at charter.net>
> To: S-car list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 8:44:32 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Frozen Bilstein
> 
> Well, it happened to me now.  I left the house in my sedan the other day and had 
> a very strange feeling in the right front like the suspension was totally locked 
> up for compression/rebound.  I took the car home and swapped it out for the 
> avant.  Got around to taking the insert out today and there was about 6-8 oz of 
> rusty water in the tube and all over the strut.  SWEET!!!  Anyway, pulled it out 
> with my mityvac and sopped up the rest with a shop rag.  Guess I'll be doing the 
> same with the other side tomorrow.  Sure am glad I have a garage!!!  This would 
> totally suck outside in the cold with a frozen in place strut.  
> I'm wondering if the same thing will happen with my avant.  I used a new set of 
> bellows with the Bilsteins designed for the stock Boges and secured the bottom 
> with zip straps......so far so good.  I feel pretty sure the water won't be able 
> to get into the struts with bellows in place.  Thoughts?
> 
> Jason Mawhinney
> '95 Sedan--avec icy strut
> '95.5 avant--sans icy problems
> '83 urq--won't get the chance to have icy struts
> '96 F250 PSD--smokey but not icy
> 
> _______________________________________________
> S-CAR-List mailing list
> http://audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list
> http://www.audifans.com/kb/List_information