Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:10:37 GMT
From: hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson)
Subject: Re: 9-5 Estate handling problem



In article <MPG.190d01c3133e06b2989686nopsamet.cisco.com>, TW  <anopsamgt; wrote:

> I've recently bought a 1999-registered 9-5 estate (wagon for US 
> readers). I'm generally pleased with it, but the way that it handles 
> bumps while cornering briskly is quite odd, it feels like the back is 
> going to step out.

This doesn't seem right.

> I noticed that the damper and spring on the offside rear have a coating 
> of oil on their surfaces, so I guess that the damper may be leaking and 
> thus not working too well.

It is not uncommon for the rear dampers on the estate/wagon to die
an early, sometimes a very early, death.

-- 
G–ran Larsson     http://www.nospam.com/

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