Hi, im new to this form, mainly as i have only just bought a metro lol problem being the suspension has gone down on one side, the fluid must have leaked from some where... where should i begin looking for the leak? where is the pump up nossle???
Posted 9/2/2006 12:34 AM (#108278 - in reply to #108237) Subject: RE: Hydrogas leak :(
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hi rob, look under the car at the corresponding side that has gone down, look at the front unit to see if theres and leakage it will look like a nuclear colour and smell of antifreeze, look round the eals of the unit and also the connecting pipes which run down the car, theres one unit at the front and one at the back (they are connected)
if its a rip in the pipe = new pipe
leak in the unit= new unit, new unit = £200 or you can get them from a scrap metro for about £15, let us know what car you got as cars with 185 wheels as standard need special units on the rear
Posted 9/2/2006 5:05 AM (#108316 - in reply to #108237) Subject: RE: Hydrogas leak :(
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I've just had this problem, look at the rear where the pipe folds back and goes over(on top of) the unit and check to see that it has not been crushed by the weight of the car.. your best bet to find a leak is to repressurise the system and listen for hissing..
ben
PS- bub: should i get those uprated rear units if i'm running 14's on 195 tyres?
Posted 10/2/2006 1:58 PM (#108765 - in reply to #108316) Subject: RE: Hydrogas leak :(
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Benpge2k88 - 9/2/2006 11:05 AM
I've just had this problem, look at the rear where the pipe folds back and goes over(on top of) the unit and check to see that it has not been crushed by the weight of the car.. your best bet to find a leak is to repressurise the system and listen for hissing..
ben
PS- bub: should i get those uprated rear units if i'm running 14's on 195 tyres?
the cars with 185s, the gti and the gta, came with these uprated hydrogas units, i think they have a different damping rate or something.. i just know i wouldnt buy stock replacements for my gti.. but for you running just bigger wheels, i wouldnt know, id probably upgrade them anyway, but i dont actually know the pros and cons to not running them and running them with just bigger wheels.
Posted 9/2/2006 7:55 AM (#108365 - in reply to #108237) Subject: RE: Hydrogas leak :(
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Thanks very much for the reply, it is a 1995 metro Si??? does this mean i need different units?? under the car there is allot of 'gunk' on one side near the pipe??? and not on the other side... my problem being, the car has not tax and no MOT so i have to fix it, drive to the MOT centre and have it pumped up there , I'll get it on a jack this weekend and have a good eyeball, ill tell you how it goes as im sure more help will be needed lol ..
Posted 10/2/2006 1:59 PM (#108767 - in reply to #108365) Subject: RE: Hydrogas leak :(
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Rob_DOHC - 9/2/2006 1:55 PM
Thanks very much for the reply, it is a 1995 metro Si??? does this mean i need different units?? under the car there is allot of 'gunk' on one side near the pipe??? and not on the other side... my problem being, the car has not tax and no MOT so i have to fix it, drive to the MOT centre and have it pumped up there , I'll get it on a jack this weekend and have a good eyeball, ill tell you how it goes as im sure more help will be needed lol ..
Cheers
Rob,
si doesnt come with 185 wheels i dont think? what side and front or back? sounds like the pipe has split can you see the split? might need a new pipe then rather than a whole unit, lift it up yourself and you should see where the split is and what part you will need..
Posted 9/2/2006 3:14 PM (#108519 - in reply to #108237) Subject: RE: Hydrogas leak :(
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Im in Sutton Surrey... So no where that close really gonna give it a jack up and have a really good poke around, i bought the car like it so have no idea where the leak could be and have never worked with hydrolastic suspension before any tips would be really useful..
Hydrogas leak :(
lol problem being the suspension has gone down on one side, the fluid must have leaked from some where... where should i begin looking for the leak? where is the pump up nossle??? 
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, I'll get it on a jack this weekend and have a good eyeball, ill tell you how it goes as im sure more help will be needed lol .. 
