MOT Fail - Leaking Shock Absorber

we used to get told it had to be leaking to the extent that it was dripping off the bottom of the shock and yup those particular regs are a fooking mess.and yup again if it had got cleaned then the tester could have to pass it(a punter did precisely this to me years back and got himself an advise that said"this has been cleaned and is very obviously unrepaired and is just as bad as when i failed it but i now am forced to pass it"quoting the previous fail no etc as a reference for whichever poor sucker he was clearly going to try to foist it off onto.i further informed the guy that i had forwarded the same concerns to the ministry on the messaging system we had at that time quoting his name/reg etc to further cover my arse.he seemed unhappy.......

If I remember I'll post a picture of a good example leaking front shock tomorrow after work. 

Brill that would be a good eye opener. Maybe moving forward if I post things may see if any of you pros have a few pics resting on your phone to learn from

Busted. 




If you can zoom in and look at the strut itself you'll see just how much leakage has occurred. It is down to the individual tester to decide what decision to take, but in this shocker any tester worth his/her salt would fail it. 

Thanks for showing this, very good to see the worse case lol.

So I've had a shocking day of it today 




This is a front shocker. As can be seen damp dirt all round the land area and starting to proceed down the leg. Because its damp and no actual fluid can be seen exiting the shocker I pass and advise these as a misting of oil.

Moving on...

WHO failed ? it and repaired it I'll bet your boss failed it You repaired it and Put a retest on it before your boss  went home whilst your boss we're at home tossing it off