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Old 20th June 2016, 04:11 AM
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Even though I had adjusted the little rubber things on the boot lid and it allowed the power boot to work properly, I still decided to take the struts in for a regas.

The boot now basically springs up and is hard to close manually.
When motored down itself, it gently latches instead of thumping down the last couple of inches. It is like new.

But, I have replaced:

The lift motor - Metal body with 221nm
The soft close motor
The latch motor
The gas struts reconditioned
The hinges were done under warranty.

As an experiment, I am going to try my old boot motor (plastic body 162nm) and see if the gas struts can make it work as it struggled to open and couldn't even close the trunk properly.

Mike.
The correct gas pressure in the strut plays a major part in all this that is why it is different part number than non motor boot.
I retro fitted mine and did not work correctly until I regassed the struts to the correct pressure.
The strut man somehow knew the correct pressure.
Worked like a charm afterwards
Too much pressure and will struggle to close
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