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Re: Oil and Gas for adjustable damper

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Subject: Re: Oil and Gas for adjustable damper
From: Ian Dixon <minibajasjsu@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:48:02 -0800 (PST)
Yes, use nitrogen.

I would buy oil from Fox or Bilstein.  Be sure to buy oil that is intended for 
racing dampers. 
The oil is basically mineral oil with additives to prevent foaming among other 
things.

Ian - SJSU

--- Equipe Zerovinteum CEFET/RJ <baja021@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody
> 
> We got a new adjustable damper with gas cylinder, but we have some doubts 
> about it:
> 
> 1) What kind of gas are we supposed to use? Nitrogen?
> 
> 2) We needed to make some repairs, so we have to diassemble it. But when we 
> did it, some kind of oil came out of the damper. Do you know what kind of 
> oil is it? Why the damper has it?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Equipe Zerovinteum
> CEFET/RJ - Brazil


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