disco4ever
Member Since: 23 Dec 2013
Location: under the car
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| Air Suspension - when is it time to replace? |
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Air struts are gas filled....at least the BWI originals say so.
Before air struts became popular I remember to have replaced gas filled struts - or oil filled as well - once reaching 80k miles or 7 - 8 years of age.
What about our D4 air struts? Is age and mileage defining the time of replacement? Can someone say how to test and define?
Regular gas / oil filled struts are bouncing back and forth when pushed into the spring. Air struts?
D4 ride is smooth but ....may be it can be better after 8 years and 110k miles. Achim
own garage certified LR tech
Disco 2 TD5 MY 2001 - gone but still driven by another owner
Defender 110 TD5 driving me bananas with all faults
Disco 3 TDV 6 HSE MY 2005 gone @280.000 km
Disco 4 SDV 6 HSE MY 2012
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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A gas strutt is still a gas strutt regardless of what the suspension is, ie coil or air spring.
I would say most car suspension components are pretty tired by 100k.
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| 14th Sep 2020 3:44 pm |
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disco4ever
Member Since: 23 Dec 2013
Location: under the car
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I share your opinion lynalldiscovery.
But how can I figure the struts are shoot? The car drives fine and compared to my wife's Mercedes GLE with Airmatic and less mileage I feel it drives much more comfortable than hers.
I guess I will spend time and money to replace the front struts first. Just to see how it feels when they are new.
But still I would like to know how to define they are on their way out. Achim
own garage certified LR tech
Disco 2 TD5 MY 2001 - gone but still driven by another owner
Defender 110 TD5 driving me bananas with all faults
Disco 3 TDV 6 HSE MY 2005 gone @280.000 km
Disco 4 SDV 6 HSE MY 2012
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| 14th Sep 2020 7:32 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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Well if it drives and handles fine I would say it is still okay.
Mine is on 140k, and the handling has gone off over the last 20k or so, new lower arms helped but once the newness had worn off (surprisingly quickly) the sloppy handling returned.
It most likley would benefit from new dampers all around, but the cost of parts alone does not justify it against the cars low value.
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