Hi, how did they manage to spray CRC (whatever that is!) inside the shock? The damper itself is sealed surely & if the piston was dry as they suspect it would have no damping, you would notice that.enzed4 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:08 am I have just picked up the car from the garage. I took the mechanic out in it this morning and after thinking it was diff rumble he finally heard the noise and said it sounded like a dry piston on the front left shock. It was hard to reproduce as it happens most often when the left and right shocks are articulated differently, ie, not when braking or accelerating in a straight line. We found a nice smooth incline that was a bit uneven (side to side) which made the noise easy to reproduce when going up or down it.
After having the car for most of the day they have said they sprayed some CRC in it and the noise seems to have gone.
I've taken it for a test drive over the same place as this morning and it is definitely not making the clunking noise.
The ride still feels 'strange' compared to the old E85 so it must be the Bilstein shocks - maybe that's just normal but I'm not used to feeling movement in the front end.
Oh well, time to move on - as long as it's not making the noise I'm sure I'll get used to the different ride characteristics.
It doesn’t sound like a cure to me, I went from an e85 to an e89 and never picked up on movement from the front end.
To be honest my e89 felt tighter handling wise than the e85, I’d take the car to a different garage for a second opinion.
Rob