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. Secondly, while examining my forks I found that if I shake them, something inside rattles. Pretty annoyed, I've had them for maybe 4 or 5 years, but have ridden them very little, externally they are in mint nick. Well out of warranty, shame as I had great opinion of Marzocchi before. They still work, just damping isn't too great. Will ride them for now and if I get alot of use out of the bike will replace them.

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When were they last serviced? IN the UK I would service forks a very very maximum of 150hours of riding (or 2 years, whichever is earliest). Fox dictate something daft like 15hours of riding (once a week for most people!) in order to 'keep up' with the terms of their warranty.
I strip/clean/bleed damper carts/fresh open bath oil/lube seals every 3 months, and then new seals and O rings throughout every year. Tis normal.

Rattling is most likely the shrink wrap on the spring/helper spring/bottom out spring (or whatever) has disintegrated allowing the spring to catch on the lowers/uppers. So makes a nasty noise under compression and sounds/feels like it is loose internally. Bit of shrink wrap to replace is all it needs during next service.