Leaky rear left shock

[ctrlraven]

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I did my oil change on Saturday and as all of us DIY'ers we know oil from the oil filter can spill down and sit for a while and slowly leak out so that's all I thought another spot was. Ran out to grab a sandwich for lunch and saw the spot and noticed it wasn't dark amber color and was greenish, in a matter of 20 mins the spot above took place. So I'll be ordering another set of rear shocks.

Question I have is which to go with? I was checking on RockAuto.com and they list Monroe Sensa Trac, KYB and OEM Motorcraft. The current shocks that are on there now are Monroe Sensa Trac.

[SILVERSURFER03]

Called you i have a pair fact.......ones

[Blackmobile]

It looks by your account that after market shocks will fail just as OEM shocks will. With that said, you might as well go with the set that fits your wallet.

[Stranger in the Black Sedan]

Wow. I hate sensatracs. I had one blow in a few thousand miles on a car I used to own. It lost everything and was a limpy. I wondered why the car all of a sudden handled so sloppy (it was a front strut). Your sensatrac should be lifetime warrantied. They should honor it through whomever you bought it from

Steve

[ctrlraven]

Called a local Ford dealer and they can get me new OEM shocks for $68 each and have them in one day so I'm just going to replace both.

Thanks Brian for the heads up about the used ones.

[ROB502]

I had both go out in the rear and one strut in the front within 15K all covered under 3 and 36. Potholes of SC are rough.

[ctrlraven]

Now that's crazy right there.

I talked to the shop next to me and they ordered the rear shocks for me at cost price and will have them tomorrow afternoon for me so just one day without the MM.

[RoyLPita]

Which did you get?

[ctrlraven]

Motorcraft ASH-1152 #7W3Z18125H Got them this afternoon as promised and installed them in between client. Took the car out for a spin and could feel the difference right away, guess the Monroes have been going bad for a while now. Pulled the passenger side off and it was starting to weep just a little bit but the driver's side was toast I could compress it by hand and it wouldn't rebound at all.

[tjg442]

Well, opp's, looks like reply a little late !!! Same thing!!!, yup, dealer the way to go

[tjg442]

how many miles ? mine was at 79000 !

[ctrlraven]

I was going to get the Monroe Serve Service duty front struts but I think I will just talk to the guys next and get them to order me Motorcraft struts instead. Car is daily driven and slightly raced so I don't need anything major. Also avoid shipping fees and have them the next day :)

I forget when I replaced my factory ones I want to say in the 60-70k mile range and the car has 123k miles on it now.

My factory ones weren't bad but I wanted the rear to be stiffer.