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300te rear question

Old Nov 9, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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300te rear question

I replaced the accumulators in my 1989 300te today. Not too bad...but now, there is a really loud clunking from the right rear over bumps... I did not notice anything loose when I was in there. Does this sound like something familiar? Never clunked before!
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Old Nov 9, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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It is likely that you forgot to tighten one of the accumulators, or maybe something is loose in the rear storage near the spare or jack.
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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Did you bleed the system? It is self-bleeding over time and air takes a while to get out but its a good idea to manually bleed it just after doing the N2 cells.
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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All done...I found a leak in one of the lines going to the doo-hicky that has the lever that raises and lowers the rear (Note the tech names I use). Snugged that line up...drove the car and the clunking disappeared. Thank you all for the support.
Now, on to the timing cover leak.
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