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Originally Posted by layback40
It was the only thing that could release a volume into the system. Air is about the only thing that could cause the system to overflow. If there is air in there, when the pressure comes off, it expands & the fluid overflows.
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That makes sense. Is it reasonable to think that the rubber membrane in the accumulator would fail when the car is sitting still? I've assumed that they would tend to fail when the suspension was active.
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