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3rd March 2012, 11:38 AM
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Rear suspension, full tank of fuel.
Filled the car up today ready for a run up to Hertfordshire and back in the week. I don't usually drive a lot of miles, so the last tank of fuel I put in before today was on the 4th Feb.
I have been outside today continuing to sort the annoying but minor problems with the car and noticed the rear drivers side is sitting lower than the rear passenger side and buy some amount. 90 Litres of petrol weighs in at around 14 stone, but is the tank biased towards the offside as this is the side that now seems to be sitting lower.
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3rd March 2012, 11:42 AM
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can you take pictures of both to compare? would be good to see how different they are.
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3rd March 2012, 11:57 AM
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Here are a couple of pictures showing both sides, sorry the quality is not great.
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3rd March 2012, 12:02 PM
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No, standard sports suspension as fitted to the QS.
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3rd March 2012, 12:28 PM
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I just turned the car around, just in case perhaps the ground was uneven. Parked in the same place, but now the other way round that side still sits lower. Might just get a couple of springs off A8 parts, and have a friendly mechanic fit them for me.
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3rd March 2012, 12:29 PM
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The offside 'leg' of the fuel tank is around twice the size of the nearside but even so I have never noticed a difference in ride height between NS and OS with a full tank. I would have a look at the spring on the low side and make sure it is all in tact - we have seen some where a small piece of the top coil has fractured off thus reducing the ride height just a little.
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3rd March 2012, 12:40 PM
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With my A8, I used to lean back against the boot/rear wing while filling up, I could feel the whole car getting a bit lower as I filled up, definitely
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