Member Since: 02 Nov 2017
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 20
Suspension fault
Hi all. I’m in a bit of a situation. My car has been standing for 3 1/2 months due to a problem with the steering pump overhaul. Anyway, my problem is the suspension has dropped and won’t rise. The max it can be driven is about 30mph, as it bounces, uncontrollably. Has anyone got any ‘tricks’ I can try to get this moving? Note, the compressor works to about 17psi.
Many thanks in advance
11th Mar 2024 1:32 pm
loanrangie
Member Since: 18 Jun 2017
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 699
jack it up so its off the bumpstops and let the compressor fill the bags bit at a time.
12th Mar 2024 10:40 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14129
Hi
May I also plse add that ur compressor should produce up to around 250 Psi, so may need an overhaul or leak in the system
just wondering how you measured the 17psi, was that with a direct connection from the pump output into a pressure gauge?D3 4.4 V8 2005 sadly now gone
Freelander 2 i6 HSE now gone was a very good 4x4
Triumph TR8
12th Mar 2024 4:09 pm
Globetrotter448
Member Since: 21 Mar 2017
Location: Londonderry NSW
Posts: 1818
Was it holding up before "storage"? What year is it? might be a good time to overhaul the compressor and valve blocks. Check whether the tank is rusty and leaking.
14th Mar 2024 9:43 am
D3faf
Member Since: 10 Aug 2022
Location: Devizes
Posts: 25
With the compressor running trying to pump spray everything with fairy liquid solution and look for bubbles. This will help id the area you need to be concentrating on.
However at 17psi it's not going pump anything up. So I would start with that.
14th Mar 2024 11:11 am
von Horst
Member Since: 27 Dec 2022
Location: aneby
Posts: 127
I make a habbit of driving it for a few minutes every day or else the suspension starts playing up imediately!
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