Installing my new Konis - quick help?

[bimmerd00d]

I believe it's supposed to be oil. At least that's what it is for the stock Boge struts. I left the existing oil in mine.

[John B.]

I had the same question when I installed a set of Konis so I called Koni USA & asked them. The tech was aware how bad the instructions & said a light oil was fine.

[Mobius]

I had the same question when I installed a set of Konis so I called Koni USA & asked them. The tech was aware how bad the instructions & said a light oil was fine.

Excellent. Thanks.

Pretty sure I'm using the Mobil 1 10-30 that's sitting unused in my garage though - oughta be fine.

[Dash01]

Could it be that the snowflake symbol represents something to do with pouring antifreeze into the strut for heat dissipation?

For what they charge for Koni struts, you'd think they could afford some decent instructions in various languages, including English, even though hardly anbody on the whole planet ever speaks in that rare tongue.

[Mobius]

Could it be that the snowflake symbol represents something to do with pouring antifreeze into the strut for heat dissipation?

For what they charge for Koni struts, you'd think they could afford some decent instructions in various languages, including English, even though hardly anbody on the whole planet ever speaks in that rare tongue.

Seriously - does it really cost that much to have a damn translator translate the instructions into maybe 4 languages?

The kicker is that these ARE english instructions; see the words "new" and "original" in the pictures above? If they can use words to differentiate between the struts, you'd think they could bother to put "30-weight oil" or what have you next to the little measuring cup...