SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: shop trying to pull a fast one?
06-16-2014, 08:52 PM
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shop trying to pull a fast one?
So i was sitting at a stop light and i heard a loud pop from the drivers front tire.
I got out and could see oil dripping out of the side vent. I assumed that i had blown a hose.
Took the car to the shop and left it there. They called me saying the air bag on the strut burst. So i had them replace the strut with an arnott. I asked them did the check the rest of the system. They said yes. That is how they determined that the bag had broken.
Then about an hour later they called me back and said that after installing the strut and pressurizing the system again that one of the small hoses on the drivers side wheel well ruptured.
So my question is would a broken bag cause fluid to spew out the side vent like that. Im more inclined to believe that the the hose was the issue all along and they just pulled the strut to replace it before ever actually diagnosing the system. Then when they went to pressurize the system again the hose started spewing fluid.
I got out and could see oil dripping out of the side vent. I assumed that i had blown a hose.
Took the car to the shop and left it there. They called me saying the air bag on the strut burst. So i had them replace the strut with an arnott. I asked them did the check the rest of the system. They said yes. That is how they determined that the bag had broken.
Then about an hour later they called me back and said that after installing the strut and pressurizing the system again that one of the small hoses on the drivers side wheel well ruptured.
So my question is would a broken bag cause fluid to spew out the side vent like that. Im more inclined to believe that the the hose was the issue all along and they just pulled the strut to replace it before ever actually diagnosing the system. Then when they went to pressurize the system again the hose started spewing fluid.
06-17-2014, 09:15 AM
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I had a few blown ABC lines. Each hose popped just after driving and coming to a complete stop. Yours seems to have occurred the same way. Does anyone know why this happens?
Last edited by BlownV8; 06-17-2014 at 09:18 AM.
06-17-2014, 02:12 PM
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Sounds like a hose.
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