Looking for a little guidance..

[96_Lincoln_LSC]

Well, Spent Thursday night replacing the power brake booster, Spent Friday letting my back recover... Spent Saturday replacing the Drivers side seat track only to find the plastic base for drivers seat cracked in half too... FUBAR! anyway went and braced the plastic in several differnt locations.. now stronger then original... yea! after the slice and dice on my hands and arms from thursday and Saturdays events, I then had to replace the Air Ride compressor and Fuel filter since I was in there any way, also remove the air silencer cone from under the Filter box, Car seems a bit more peppy!

Side note, the compressor is working fine, however the original issue is not resolved! The car pumps up fine and will inflate the bags in less the 30 Seconds, only after I take it on a ride that causes the system to auto lower at speed, I get the check air message, could this be the "SS Relay"?

What doi you all think. Is this a possible symptom? could replacing the relay solve this? I do just happen to have a spare but really didnt want to rip it apart again.. Oh I did hear the Compressor (originally) surge, surge, surge momentary prior to replacing it.. like it would engage for a second, then cut out.. I thought it was the electric motor binding when it got too hot.. that is what it seems like to me. could it just have been the relay crapping out?

 

[slowmkviii]

if this only happens when the car lowers then it shouldn't
have anything to do with the compressor. I think you would
Have a venting problem possibly a bad solenoid or computer
or speed sensor
I would start by seeing if the car vents to the proper park height
at all 4 corners

 

[96_Lincoln_LSC]

if this only happens when the car lowers then it shouldn't
have anything to do with the compressor. I think you would
Have a venting problem possibly a bad solenoid or computer
or speed sensor
I would start by seeing if the car vents to the proper park height
at all 4 corners

It is currently at park height, when I turn on the key, it will engage the pump, and come up to normal ride height. everything will be fine until I get on the highway and then when it lowers itself for highway speeds, when I get off the highway its supposed to raise itself again, this is when I get the Air susspension indicator, I would have to assume its not able to fully inflate the airbags or maybe my next option is to swap out the solid state relay.. I think if its on its way out this may be the cause of failure after warm up. if there is too much of a load on it, it would then fail causing excessive voltage to be sent or maybe not enough voltage to be sent to the compressor. maybe no voltage at all and therefore not allowing the compressor to engage at all.

Now as stated earlier, I did get home last week to hear what I thought was the compressor doing a quick cycle on and off every second or so. just seemed that it would not stay engaged long enough to pump up the system. This is the Main reason for doing the compressor swap to begin with.. I thought the orignal pump may have been worn out and tired and after it got hot there was an issue with it overheating and binding up.

Could the relay be the cause of this action? other then this the car pumps up fine, I forget the test sequence for the air ride system. how to get it in test mode.

***Quick note***
If i allow the car to pump up (4X4 mode) turn off switch for Air susspension, it will stay at that height forever, the bags are all new, replaced within last year.. It will only vent the system if I turn the switch back on and allow it to come back to normal height.

 

[NoLimit95]

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