MB Doc, When I push the trunk down it is pretty stiff. I found the car was maybe 1/2 " low, so the system has been pulling the trunk down just a bit.

I also used the valve to push the back end all the way up, it went up 4 or 5 inches and I could hear bubbles goeing through the valve as it went up the last inch or 2. Dropping the rear returned it to about where it started.

I then opened the bleed valve (I probably should have done that first to observe the state ogf the fluid; bubbles, no bubbles, etc.) The fluid came out under a little pressure, milky -full of tiny bubbles, and the rear end fell another inch bay be a little less.

At that point I could push and pull the rearend significantly maybe 6 to 8 inches. I blead about 1 to 2 oz of oil out to get to bottom.

I reset the rod length to neutral. Same ride: going over a bump, I get 2 or 3 bounces in the back.

From all this, can we say the valve is good but I need to replace both accumalators?