Thread: coil over shock question

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Oil on the shock from leaking will have nothing at all to do with the attitude of the car. The shock itself will have nothing to do with the attitude of the car. Shock absorbers are simply linear de-accelerators. They bear no load whatsoever. That is the job of the springs that wrap around the shocks in your case. The shock's job is to dampen the bump and droop of the suspension components and keep the car from "boing-boinging" down the road.

I still laugh about one of my son's friends who had a Chevelle. I was talking to him one day and suggested he replace the shocks. I said just remove them and replace them. He said no, I can't until I get a way to support the body. If I take the shocks off, the body will fall. I explained how it works to him and he was ok with it then, but it still makes me laugh to think about it.

Like Dave said, get up in there and snoop around. Something's wrong. Either a bracket is bent or a bolt has backed out or the builder didn't know what he was doing in the first place and has failed to equalize placement of the support brackets/mounting holes. Inspect thoroughly before driving. Find the problem.

I know somebody will come along and say that their air shocks hold the car up and they'd be correct. But these should properly be called an "air spring with integral shock absorber device", not an air shock.