EAS Front Corner Drop

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Another up date.

Took car for spin, and she leveled up. A quick raise and drop and all is fine. (Still will do the sensor). However, although she does not drop over night (assuming then the bags are ok), the EAS box in the car (where the pump is), seems to be making a pumping noise most of the time!!! That can't be right can it....?
 
Another up date.

Took car for spin, and she leveled up. A quick raise and drop and all is fine. (Still will do the sensor). However, although she does not drop over night (assuming then the bags are ok), the EAS box in the car (where the pump is), seems to be making a pumping noise most of the time!!! That can't be right can it....?
If it's pumping all the time, there is a leak. If you look at the side of the EAS box nearest the engine, towards the bulkhead, you will see a small cylinder sticking out, unscrew it and see if there is air leaking out. If there is air leaking out, the diaphragm has failed. Check out Wammers "How To"
 
If it's pumping all the time, there is a leak. If you look at the side of the EAS box nearest the engine, towards the bulkhead, you will see a small cylinder sticking out, unscrew it and see if there is air leaking out. If there is air leaking out, the diaphragm has failed. Check out Wammers "How To"


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Another up date.

Took car for spin, and she leveled up.
A quick raise and drop and all is fine. (Still will do the sensor). However, although she does not drop over night (assuming then the bags are ok), the EAS box in the car (where the pump is), seems to be making a pumping noise most of the time!!! That can't be right can it....?
What did you do ?
 
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If it's pumping all the time, there is a leak. If you look at the side of the EAS box nearest the engine, towards the bulkhead, you will see a small cylinder sticking out, unscrew it and see if there is air leaking out. If there is air leaking out, the diaphragm has failed. Check out Wammers "How To"

Thanks hun. Will check that next weekend whilst sorting the sensor. I did notice that the relay under the passenger seat had been messed with, was wonder whether is was stuck on? I
 
AFAIK that's a delay timer relay. Data'll be along to correct me shortly but I think when parked it checks around all the sensors every 6 hours minutes to see if the car is level. If it is not, if one corner is down for example, as it can't very well pump it up with the engine off it lets air out of the other 3 to level the car. This is why people with leaks will find their cars level but down on bump stops if they leave it overnight. A variation on the theme is where the car appears to have lowered slightly overnight but not to bumps and pops up once the engine is started. This will happen if its a very slow leak OR if you park on an incline (it just lowers the others enough to level the car) so bear that in mind! If you remove the relay when you park up for the night and there is a leak on one corner and your parking space is level, only the corner with the leak will be down in the morning which is a quick way to work out where to start looking. I also second the advice to read through Wammer's how-to, it will keep you from going in circles. For example in your case if there are no leaks and the sensor proves to be ok, you might need to look at the datapack which is a little box of circuits that sits in the EAS box and acts as a go-between for the EAS ecu and the valve block to interpret readings and transmit commands the valves.

Also Keith you're right L-R readings across an axle are never identical but on mine they are as close as dammit. I imagine over time things like slightly uneven tyre pressures or even tread wear will introduce slight variations and even RAVE allows for a range of +/- Xmm as opposed to fixed values. I've put a lot of work into my EAS over the last few years and am very pleased with it at the moment, it really does a good job when well maintained!

As for Hawkeye, it allows you to force inputs, run the compressor, open and close valves and reset calibration to factory pre-set defaults. Keep in mind Hawkeye is made by the same guys that did/do the official LR Testbook and T4 used by their dealers, its really not as bad people make it out to be in here sometimes!
 
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AFAIK that's a delay timer relay. Keith will be along to correct me shortly but I think when parked it checks around all the sensors every 6 minutes to see if the car is level. If it is not, if one corner is down for example, as it can't very well pump it up with the engine off it lets air out of the other 3 to level the car. This is why people with leaks will find their cars level but down on bump stops if they leave it overnight. A variation on the theme is where the car appears to have lowered slightly overnight but not to bumps and pops up once the engine is started. This will happen if its a very slow leak OR if you park on an incline (it just lowers the others enough to level the car) so bear that in mind! If you remove the relay when you park up for the night and there is a leak on one corner and your parking space is level, only the corner with the leak will be down in the morning which is a quick way to work out where to start looking. Do however read through Wammer's how-to, it will keep you from going in circles.

Also Keith you're right L-R readings across an axle are never identical but on mine they are as close as dammit. I've put a lot of work into the EAS over the last few years and am very pleased with it at the moment, it really does a good job when well maintained! As for Hawkeye, it allows you to force inputs, run the compressor, open and close valves and reset calibration to factory pre-set defaults. Keep in mind Hawkeye is made by the same guys that did Testbook and T4 which is the official dealer kit, its really not as bad people like to make out in here sometimes!

Every six hours Rash.
 
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