[V8] front shock insert replacement question

[quattro]

BTDT with the bilstiens. There are vents at the bottom of the billstiens for 
a reason, like Ingo said. however, those vent holes only work properly  if 
the tube the shocks are inserted to is also vented. It is not just a 
water/oil issue but air as well. As the billstien shock compresses, the air 
or water if any, must be displaced or the shock wont work(compress) For 
those of you have had your billstiens for 100k + miles and dont have a vent 
hole  drilled in the base of your strut tubes but claim no 
ploblems......check your upper seals.......I bet there blown out by now. 
Think about it
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Hussey" <danh at s-cars.org>
To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>; <v8 at audifans.com>; "Mike 
Arman" <armanmik at earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] front shock insert replacement question


> Hey Ingo...  Hmmm, thanks for the input.
>
> I did this on one car, and I can think of two others friends did that we 
> did
> the same thing on WITH Bilstiens.  No failures to speak of so far (2 years
> later).  I did hear something about a breather, but I was under the
> impression that the oil would also help keep anything in there from
> freezing.  But, then again, we live in Seattle, so we VERY rarely would 
> ever
> see a below freezing situation here.
>
> I definately won't do it again with a Bilstien, but it will be interesting
> to see how long the shock lasts with the oil in the strut tube.  Like I
> said, two years and seems to all be fine.
>
> Later,
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <irautenberg at comcast.net>
> To: "Daniel Hussey" <danh at s-cars.org>; <v8 at audifans.com>; "Mike Arman"
> <armanmik at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 7:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [V8] front shock insert replacement question
>
>
>> Welcome to the V8 list, Dan.  IIRC, this can be done for conventional
> (i.e.
>> NOT Bilstein shocks) and also makes sense as to the (albeit few) Bilstein
>> failures I've seen.  Bilsteins have a breather hole at the bottom (part 
>> of
>> the reverse tube shock design) that must not be blocked.  Water ingress
> (and
>> probable winter freezing ) would be most detrimental to this design as
> would
>> any fluid at the bottom of the strut tube.  Conventional Boge shocks or
>> Koni -- can't see a problem.
>>
>> Ingo
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Daniel Hussey" <danh at s-cars.org>
>> To: <v8 at audifans.com>; "Mike Arman" <armanmik at earthlink.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 3:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [V8] front shock insert replacement question
>>
>>
>> > Nope...  I did this too.  On both my S4 and S6.  It supposedly
>> encapsulates
>> > the strut tube and also prevents corrosion.  I actually got the
> suggestion
>> > from a guy who does work on lots of Volkswagens and Audis.
>> >
>> > I don't know if it's really neccessary, but I don't see how it could
> hurt
>> > anything either.
>> >
>> > Later,
>> > Dan
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Mike Arman" <armanmik at earthlink.net>
>> > To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>> > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 1:24 PM
>> > Subject: [V8] front shock insert replacement question
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > A few years back when I replaced the shock inserts in my 5K (now
> Cody's
>> > > 5K), I seem to recall something about pouring 250ccs (?) of motor oil
>> down
>> > > into each strut tube before installing the new inserts.
>> > >
>> > > I can't check this - Cody also got the Bentley and the Haynes books.
>> > >
>> > > I'm doing the V8 this weekend - Am I hallucinating, or do I need to 
>> > > do
>> > > this, and if I do, is 250cc the correct amount per side? (No, I am 
>> > > NOT
>> > > going to ask if dino or synth is preferred - or if I should add MMO 
>> > > or
>> > STP,
>> > > and how much - it is getting whatever I have on the shelf, which is
>> > > probably 20-50 Castrol GTX.)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Best Regards,
>> > >
>> > > Mike Arman
>> > > 86 5KS, 86 5KTQ, tons of parts, all down with Cody Forbes now in
> Delray
>> > > 90 V8Q - it isn't just a car, it's an ADVENTURE!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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