I have no clue if there is a proper way to purge the air, but when I had
mine off the car I topped them off and worked the lever up and down and the
air bubbled out the top filler port. No different than bouncing the car up
and down just a little more controlled. If I remember I had to work the
lever a fair amount to purge all the air.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jones, Mark <MJones@ngl.ca>
To: 'mgs@autox.team.net' <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 10:21 AM
Subject: Purging a shock of air
|I believe I am going to have to replace a front shock this spring since it
|fails the bounce test. But I did add some 20W fork oil to the shock to see
|if it would make any difference and also to let me know if it is just
|pouring out around the seals. Adding the oil didn't help at all but then
it
|dawned on me that the shock should be purged of air. How do I do that? Do
|I fill the shock with oil and then bounce the car up and down a few time
|(which it has no problem doing) to purge the air and some oil out of the
|shock?
|
|Also my car has no oil cooler. How important is the oil cooler in a
climate
|where we rarely get about 30C (90F)?
|
|Thanks for the help :)
|
|Mark
|73 MGB GT
|
|