They are hydraulic shocks, so use hydraulic oil. Hydraulic jack oil
is just a conveniently available package for hydraulic oil. Most
"generic" hydraulic oil, unless otherwise labled, is 20-weight or
20W20 with some non-foaming addatives. 20-weight is as originally
specified, and you should not deviate too far from this
spec. 30-weight will make the shocks considerably stiffer, maybe
undesireable for street use. 50-weight might seem like infinitely
stiff and could result in broken internal parts. I seem to recall
that Peter Caldwell who rebuilds the shocks may use 20-weight motor oil.
At 03:26 PM 9/5/2010 -0700, dannyvarnado wrote:
>Is there any oil suitable for MG shocks other than actual "shock oil"?
>I have heard of people successfully using hydraulic jack oil in their shocks.
>Not sure if I want to try that though.
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