front air susspension leak (easy fix)

[turborich]

Well my front air struts are only a year old and since it has been cold the car will drop about 3/4 of the way overnight in the front. Yesterday I pulled the tires and started to spray a soapy solution on the bags, no leaks period. I then sprayed the solenoids and hoses, also no leaks. So I figured that it must be an internal solenoid leak so I popped them both off, pulled the little foam filter thingy off and put in two drops of air tool oil the luburcate the inside seals and then put it back together. This morning she was still raised up. So... If your susspension leaks down slowly and your bags are in good shape, this may be your problem. A very easy fix!

 

[mespock]

Thanks great idea

 

[unity]

When non leaking - the bags will still lower when cold a bit. This is because eh bags get heated up by brakes and engine heat. The hot air in the bags cools and they drop a bit.

 

[turborich]

When non leaking - the bags will still lower when cold a bit. This is because eh bags get heated up by brakes and engine heat. The hot air in the bags cools and they drop a bit.

This is true, but not to the point where the car is almost on the ground and it takes the pump well over a minute to pump just the front back up I personally dont think the air ride is really that hard to work on at all. I have thought about converting to coils but I decided to stick with the air ride.

Well now her air leak is fixed as well as new rear shocks and brakes. She is good to go now.

 

[unity]

Your right, but in your original post you said it dropped just .75 inches, which is not really all that much.

I agree, the air-ride is rather easy to work on. Although I just blew yet ANOTHER dryer right off the compressor. It froze up. I just replaced it two weeks ago. Apparently there is a lot of water in my system somewhere before the compressor. Amazing what a little air-pressure can do