Green slime tire sealant in air suspension repair success!

[S4sha]

Needed a quick fix for the dreaded air suspension leak on a 2004 allroad, threw her on the lift, 10oz of Slime into each bag and voila, worked like a charm.

Will see how long it lasts but it's back to it's normal adjustable ride height now ready for winter.

The tube was a little big to fit into the fitting, and quite short, so if youre going to try it yourself, try and find some extra tube and a barbed fitting to wedge into the threaded air input hole.

[redneck truck]

where's my "Like" button? I love seeing fixes like this.

[ricam78]

Air sometimes goes backwards to the dist. block. If too much slime is used it can clog the airlines or the dist block...be careful as that can be very expensive.

[ricam78]

More....

"All air in the system both enters and exits from one point on the vehicle. As you inflate the system, air enters from the trunk to the compressor to the valve block then to the 4 corners. As you deflate this path is reversed. How well do you think your air lines, valve block and compressor will enjoy being slimed? $20 quickly becomes $2000 if done poorly."

and

"It's only a temporary fix though and could contaminate the whole system. Super susceptible to fail are the distribution block ($600) and the compressor ($400). The air lines will likely have a reduced flow rate as the slime sticks to them."

[G0to60]

^^^ Yep, I would only use the slime if I was stranded and needed to drive home. Way too risky. Replace the bag(s) that were leaking ASAP.

[KrautHauler]

Could you not add some sort of filter to the air line so the slime cannot leave the shock body or do you think that would eventually clog? Heard of this fix for other bags before, glad to hear it will work in a pinch on the allroads.

[Widebody4.2]

it sounds like the potential failures is not worth the bandaid. unless you place on swapping to coils

[S4sha]

The plan is to swap all 4 corners to coils in the future once the bandaid fix bites the dust. I am curious how long it will last however. As mentioned by many I suppose less volume of slime would have easily done the trick but too late to change that now. Also while filling the bags I couldnt feel any of the slime in them so I couldnt help but squeeze a bit more in.

[UPDATE] If doing this yourself and you have the time, try only 5oz of slime per bag at first, lower back onto ground, test suspension, repeat if needed.

[SparxDaddy]

hey I tried the green slime and yes it works but I may need to add a bit more as I can still hear air leaking out of the bag when im parked.

[SparxDaddy]

So I tried the slime again. It worked! Car rides like brand new!! All levels work great.

[jdevoid]

I would not use Slime, BUT would try Stan's N0- tube Tubeless system. The product, used by us MT bikers, is like heavy milk and should not clog up like Slime might. It does cost $75-90. MUCH better than Slime.

[AaronNY]

Slime is propelled by propane. So whatever you put it in you are putting combustible gas in a closed system. Is it really worth it?

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