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Old 07-06-2009, 04:13 PM
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Hi Guys,

I had a leak on the front left air suspension , just put some Slime tire sealeant (just onscrew the red wire (air hose) sqeeze half a bottle of slime ) it fixed my air leak and the suspension works great. The dealer was asking 1400$ for it i did it for 12 $

Hope it helps you guys with the same problem !!

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Old 07-06-2009, 05:04 PM
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You got lucky. In a tire the Slime gets rotated around to coat all the inner surfaces, in the shock it just settles to the bottom. Luckily this is where your leak was (they usually do leak here) so the Slime worked. It's great that yours worked, just cautioning others that it's not always so simple. Others here have removed the shock added Slime & manipulated the shock so the slime could coat the entire surface and have had no trouble for years.

Congrats, let us know if it continues to hold.
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What level was the leak in 1,2,3, or 4 high? Is this a permanent fix?
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Originally Posted by danyk55
Hi Guys,

I had a leak on the front left air suspension , just put some Slime tire sealeant (just onscrew the red wire (air hose) sqeeze half a bottle of slime ) it fixed my air leak and the suspension works great. The dealer was asking 1400$ for it i did it for 12 $

Hope it helps you guys with the same problem !!

Cheers

DKK
You could put a brand new Arnott in with about 2 hours of work and $350.The dealer is raping you.The green slime will eventually fail
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It is my understanding that there are 4 bags inside the outer bladder (that is why the car may not leak on level 3 but will on 2) so where does the slime go? into all the chambers?
I personally would love to install the Arnott bag on my allroad but do not know of a repair shop in the West LA area, any suggestions?
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Do it yourself.
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diy its two hours of work and satisfaction
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I might give this a try
my driver side front bag leaks overnight in setting 1
and I dont really have the cash for a bag right now

(its expensive to ship things up to Canada)
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The Slime is working fine so far for me !!! The suspension works great on every level.

Hope you guys have the same luck !! Really easy to repair and cheap !! Let me know i could take a picture and post it to show where to insert the Slime

Cheers

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all level were not working now everything is fine !!


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