On a '98 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC, the rear shocks are starting to leak, actually seep, oil. I think they are air filled and have a pump run by the car motor. No longer available from Ford. Can anyone help me find a pair and what is involved in changing them out?
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they are really easy to change..... not even a nut or bolt to remove.... you can get them all over the internet new for less than 50 bucks each
To GuruYQK9V, yes I found a pair for exactly that. But there are also 2 struts or something like that like a smaller cylinders that look like regular shock absorbers. So which ones are seeping oil? I didn't see underneath so don't know. So should both the air and cylinder shocks be replaced?
the air shocks are air so no oil...…….. there are also shocks in the back they have a little oil in them.... if your back end is going down its probably the air shocks
So the smaller cylinder shocks are the ones seeping oil. Probably the originals, now 20 years old, so not surprising. The rear end does go down a little but the car sits unused for up to 2 months and then once started it comes back up as the air pump fills those. However the cost of both shocks is not terribly high, so once the car is up on a lift and being worked on, not a bad idea to replace both - all 4 parts actually - especially as I plan to keep the car. If I were going to sell it, I wouldn't replace any of these.
