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[SteveK9]

Here is a UK supplied Chinese rear air spring from a S212 after 4 hours driving, luckily it was on the way home and we only had another 10 minutes to go. It exploded with a hell of a bang on the motorway. It has a 2 year warranty and fortunately the 212 is massively easier to replace than the 211 (about a 1/2 hour job) But would I go Chinese cheap again? What do you think? I've put the old one back in for now (it went down over a couple of days if unused) and am waiting to hear what the suppliers say.
A quick tip for anyone else fitting air springs: go to your pneumatic specialist and get some M8x1mm pitch to 4mm hose push fits and some liquid PTFE sealer and fit them before putting the spring in place then push in the pipe when done. So much easier and pretty much guaranteed not to leak.

 

[pmcgsmurf]

I've got 2 rear air springs off my W211 that I replaced with Arnotts.

 

[mr tibbs]

So, the Chinese supplier replaced the faulty unit and it is now installed and after one week it does appear to be OK. Time will tell and lesson learned

Keith

 

[E55BOF]

Hope the new one lasts at least six years, not the six days the first one did. If it does go phut again, Arnotts or Aerosus are the way to go, though even theirs sometimes don't last long; there's an Aerosus one on the front of the ML 420 I just bought that has only lasted nine months and 10K miles and is now knocking. They're quite happy to refund the purchase cost in the circumstances, though, rather than insisting on replacing it.