# 1989 Mercedes 560SL Fluid Leak at Rear Wheel

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-mercedes-560sl-fluid-leak-at-rear-wheel/25832>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** fluids, leaks, s-class\
**Created:** [January 31, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-mercedes-560sl-fluid-leak-at-rear-wheel/25832 "2009-01-31T17:29:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BruceMN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@BruceMN](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BruceMN)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-mercedes-560sl-fluid-leak-at-rear-wheel/25832/1 "2009-01-31T17:29:00Z")

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I had a 1991 560SEL, which had a hydraulic component to the suspension system. Is it possible that the SL has a similar system?

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**Author:** ![DavidKelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@DavidKelly](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DavidKelly)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-mercedes-560sl-fluid-leak-at-rear-wheel/25832/2 "2009-02-02T19:56:32Z")

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Whether the 1989 did or not my first thought was a leaking shock absorber.

A friend drove a 1992 Toyota 4WD pickup truck 450,000 miles before giving it to a nephew. At 300,000 miles it started dripping clean oil on his immaculate driveway. Then it stopped. And 6 months later started again from the other side. Thats when he found the problem was the OE Bilstein shock absorbers.