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Re: Your pressure accumulators have gone bad, They (archive)
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Posted by Jim 91 750il florida on October 10, 2001 at 10:41:09:

In Reply to: Your pressure accumulators have gone bad, They add posted by Rainman on October 07, 2001 at 12:11:23:

They are not to bad to replace about $100 each for the accumulators and a couple of hours of time to replace. I jast did mine two months ago and there is a noticable difference in ride. another way you can tell is next time you are at a stop light keep you foot on the brake and then shift into neutral. You should see the rear of the car sortof bounce up slightly.


some cushion to the suspension. They have a nitrogen filled sphere inside thats like a hollow rubber ball. The hydraulic fluid from the strut fills this unit compressing the sphere. When you hit a bump the fluid can't compress so the the suspension is very solid, the gas filled sphere allows the fluid to compress something and give the suspension some movement....I don't know if I explained that in a comprehensible manner or not. Anyway if the pressure accumulators go bad the car rides like a lowrider with no shocks.
i can feel every bump in the road like the car has no suspension my car is equiped with the lad system and it looks that it is not leaking oil, i dont have to fill pentosin. it is also not realy low to the ground.
anybody an idea. thnx in advance

RonG 750i '90





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