Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
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How to find a leak on front struts , Resolved
hi
wished to share my findings in the hope it may be usual to others
had a slow drop on the NSF strut after pulling fuse F26 and leaving overnight
but couldn’t find the leak as i only bubble tested the top of the strut and not around the middle on removing it and pumping it up it didn’t start leaking until the rubber bladder got level with the metal surround @ 3 bar or 40 Psi
which taking a guess it would need to be in off road height in order for the bladder to protrude from the metal strut casing
u can see from the picture it’s leaking closest to the outside of the metal casing and not the inside
hope everyone hasn’t nodded off and fingers crossed will help someone in the future
10th May 2018 4:34 am
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4400
nice test. I'm sure that'll be useful to someone trying to find a leak.Richard
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10th May 2018 7:35 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13598
many thks and indeed a very small way of giving something back to the forum
also done that test to prove 100% that i didn’t replace the struts needlessly
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