Havent driven vehicle for 1 month, now car wont start/sagging

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Jan 28, 2018 | 08:22 PM
  #1  
hey all I have stored the e55 for about a month now and today i see the car wont start at all, and the rear of the car is sagging down over the tires

1) if i charge the battery to full will the rear struts inflate back to normal or does this mean they are toast and i need to tow the car? before the car was left for a month the struts were fine

2) will the sagging over the tire damage the tire?

thanks all
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Jan 28, 2018 | 11:37 PM
  #2  
Time for some new struts! Could also be a leak at the distribution block thingamajigger.
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Jan 28, 2018 | 11:45 PM
  #3  
Even weekly suspension sagging is not too much to worry about.
Charge the battery (disconnected from the car) and if the problem still stays after engine start, than worry.
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Jan 29, 2018 | 02:10 AM
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Quote: Even weekly suspension sagging is not too much to worry about.
Charge the battery (disconnected from the car) and if the problem still stays after engine start, than worry.
I usually agree with you, but don't here. Sagging = leak.

My E63 will sit for weeks at a time and have zero sag.
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Jan 29, 2018 | 11:14 AM
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It all depends on your definition of leak.
I am old enough to remember tires that had to be inflated every week. It was not consider a leak, but comparing to today's tires that hold the pressure for a year - it should be?
Rubber does allow some air "migration" that is why nitrogen tire fills made big hit few years ago.
So far no nitrogen on air suspension.
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