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| jaxdream |
 May 23 2009, 11:37 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 974 Joined: 8-July 08 From: North Central Tennessee Member No.: 9,270 Region Association: South East States  |
I scored a set of 89 Carrea Boge struts to use my 914 inserts in.Pulled the 89 insert out looks like the valving set up used in motorcycle front forks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) Anyway my 914 insert fits in ok just got to come up with centering rings for the insert , my question is do I fill with some kind of coolant , the Paragon article states either oil or antifrezze , or is this not neccesary for a sealed insert unit ??
Strut prt # 911.341.041/042.04 Do fill with fluid or not ?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Jaxdream |
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| ArtechnikA |
May 23 2009, 01:47 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(jaxdream @ May 23 2009, 01:37 PM)  Do fill with fluid or not ?? I always do, otherwise you've made a dandy vacuum bottle... I do not like the idea of anything aqueous in a steel tube... I use a light oil - it doesn't take much. Something like an ATF, although I've heard air-tool oil has some anti-corrosion properties so that's probably what I'll put in the next set of struts I do. Marvel and Lucas make air-tool oil - I think I got a quart of Lucas oil from Summit for not much. |
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jaxdream Strut coolant fluid? May 23 2009, 11:37 AM
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Things like some of the 5 mile an hour bumper str... May 23 2009, 03:25 PM ejm Primary reason to add oil is to help heat transfer... May 23 2009, 03:14 PM cwpeden Unless your racing, how much heat do you think you... May 23 2009, 03:34 PM ConeDodger
Unless your racing, how much heat do you think yo... May 23 2009, 03:40 PM ArtechnikA
Unless your racing, how much heat do you think yo... May 23 2009, 06:01 PM Richard Casto I have been told by Koni tech to use antifreeze (t... May 23 2009, 06:26 PM cwpeden Never mind. May 23 2009, 07:38 PM jaxdream Yep , it was some nasty stuff that came out of the... May 23 2009, 10:54 PM championgt1 When I did the konis on my 924 I used antifreeze. May 23 2009, 11:42 PM |
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