[s-cars] Frozen Bilstein

[Joshua Van Tol]

You're supposed to drill a small hole in the strut housing to let that water
out too. You might be able to do it in situ if you're careful.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Mike Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com> wrote:

> I had that happen on my avant when I 1st got it.
> The boot was ripped and the seal in the collar nut was worn out from all
> the dirt that getting onto the piston.  That was allowing water to get
> down into the strut housing.
>
> Mike
>
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> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [s-cars] (no subject)
> > From: "Jack Walker" <jack at walkerperformancegroup.com>
> > Date: Mon, February 08, 2010 5:34 pm
> > To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> >
> >
> > Hate to bother you guys, I've got a 1995.5 S6 Avant
> >
> > Summer one year ago I replaced my Bilstein with new HD inserts, new strut
> > bearings, Control Arms, and drove through the winter with no problems..in
> > fact it was like a new car in snow!
> >
> > This winter my HD inserts seem to be freezing up when I've got my car in
> > freezing weather, in that I'm in freezing weather often it seems frozen
> > often!
> >
> > And it almost seems at times there is absolutely no travel at all.
> >
> > Someone suggested I have water in the bottom of the strut and it's
> freezing
> > up and restricting the insert
> >
> >
> >
> > Have you ever experienced this?
> >
> >
> >
> > Jack
> >
> >
> >
> >
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