punanicheng

I just got back from a 30 day trip yesterday and was itching to jump back into my 8 after driving around american rental cars. Nothing fancy, I just turned the car on and backed it out, but as I drove down my drive way it felt like I had a flat tire because the car drove with the familiar flat tire uneven rolling feeling. Plus it sounded as if the right rear tire was loose and about to fly off. I quickly got out of the car, but found nothing to be wrong, air pressure good, lug nuts tight and nothing obviously busted. I ended up doing a slow loop around the block but throughout the right rear tire made weird thumping noises like it was loose.

After getting back I jacked the car and the only thing I found was the right rear suspension wet and slightly dripping with some type of gasoline smelling liquid where as the left rear and front suspension were dry as a bone. This has never happend before and the car has been good to me (only 2500 miles).

If anyone has any clue on what is going on or what fluid is leaking I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

voodootrip

sounds like a blown shock.. i don't know why it would. maybe a bad gasket or something. is the shock totally compressed?

swoope

iTrader: (5)

only two fluids it could be.. one, shock. two, brake..

i think shock make better sense.

beers

lurch519

take it to the dealer

YT1300

+1 for shock. Why it would spontaneously go is anyone's guess.

punanicheng

as for the shock totally compressed...dunno looks normal. So should I get it towed to the dealership or drive it down? Is a blown shock a big deal? Are 8's known for this?

swoope

iTrader: (5)

yes
no
no

beers

sunilseru

Don't drive it. Get it towed.

punanicheng

appreciate all the help swoope! mahalo

punanicheng

Just for others who may run into this problem, I towed it to the dealership and it turns out that the suspension was totally blown and that they are replacing it. The fluid was from the suspension.

jp4wd

glad to hear everything fine now...did you jack up the car while you were away or was it just sitting in the garage...im curious because during winter i just keep the 8 in the garage and not ack it up jus tin case i get lucky on the weather in winter and take it out for a spin.

Haze

Just as an aside. I lost my front right shock at 18K miles, and it was totally blown for no reason. It happens.

MTLbroker

Some PEOPLE spontanesously combust.....

MTLbroker

After 30 days of sitting around. JK....

Haze

Yeah, I know that he posted a month ago. It was an ASIDE. A mere comment. Sheesh, such a picky bunch.

Razz1

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