Is it normal for there to be air coming from the small holes underneath the top crown when compressed? Mine sounds like a ball pump when I compress it and it feels pretty crappy.
dorado question
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Tighten the thingy under the adjuster knob on the top of the right leg, mine came loose in Whistler and sounded like the same thing.
Thanks for the reply and the advice. That thing is as tight as can be and the air is coming from the four small holes underneath the crown. Also, the adjustments (both compression and rebound) are totally locked up and refuse to budge. Bummer, maybe it's time to go right back to Manitou. This sucks becasue I just got it back from them and it was like this when I received it. Ah well. Thanks again.
have you tried burping the fork? I know air builds up in forks and you need to undo the top caps and let the air escape... thats probably what it is.
No, I haven't tried that yet but it sounds like a great idea. I'll definitely give that a try. Thanks a bunch for the info.
did it work?
Yeah, it totally worked. I popped the top and fiddled with the knobs a bit more and presto! works like a charm. Thanks a bunch for the great idea. Weird how that happens. I'm a 
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Air is still escaping from the small holes underneath the crown when the fork is being compressed but everything else seems to be cool. This is my first experience with a dorado. Is the air coming out of those holes under compression normal? It sounds like a ball pump.
I never heard that from mine... get ahold of Orven on here... he posts the tech talk stuff re: dorado's and would probably know.
Yeah, I sent him a pm. Thanks again for the advice. I don't think that's normal either and, overall, the fork doesn't feel very good. It's not very smooth. My fox vanilla rlc felt MUCH smoother and I don't believe that's the way it should be. Anyway, thanks agian for the advice. It's nice to be able to actually turn the adjustments again 
how long have you had them? i know for about the first 30 hrs or so of riding they feel really stiff and slow to rebound, don't worry this is just the forks initial bedding in period basically they will bed in and perform a lot better the more you ride them
Thanks a bunch for the info. They are starting to feel better already. Now if it would just stop raining . . .