P38A Eas symptoms..

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Mark Piercy said:
Thanks Tony. I've done this a few times and still getting the dancing Panda!!! I'm going to try again this afternoon.....
;)
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Have you adjusted the orientation of the height sensors themselves with the blocks in so they're not that far out?

The plug to the driver pack sometimes needs the pins nipping up.
 
Grrrrrr said:
Have you adjusted the orientation of the height sensors themselves with the blocks in so they're not that far out?

The plug to the driver pack sometimes needs the pins nipping up.
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Once the target bit counts are reached for the selected height the ECU should stop activating the driver pack. Sensor bit count info goes to the ECU not the driver pack. All the driver pack does is open or close valves as required subject to signals from the ECU. But as said if the driver pack is duff it can upset the ECU.
 
Thanks grrrrrr,
Ok, I got it to run with the diag on it!!!
I changed the USB port and Comms port and although it sat at motorway height by itself, I was allowed to tweek and let it sit and settle at normal height.
I ended up with...
FR 106
FL 100
RR 96
RL 90..
as bizarre as it is..... It seems a lot happier....
Fickle .... Much more polite than Fu**er...:)
 
Mark Piercy said:
Thanks grrrrrr,
Ok, I got it to run with the diag on it!!!
I changed the USB port and Comms port and although it sat at motorway height by itself, I was allowed to tweek and let it sit and settle at normal height.
I ended up with...
FR 106
FL 100
RR 96
RL 90..
as bizarre as it is..... It seems a lot happier....
Fickle .... Much more polite than Fu**er...:)
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Almost there perhaps, maybe, possibly? Coincidental that both right hand side front & rear are 6 pips ahead in the leveling up race. ;)
 
Mark - a smally thought on the difference. Don't you have a RHD car on LHD roads? Mine leans more there (or I'm a scaredy cat - not sure which!). I'm sure our springs are set up for RHD or after 20 years the springs have self adjusted to RHD cambers. I'm sure the wiser men will confirm or otherwise :D

If I drive into my drive way (LHS of the road coming down hill) and turn nose in and stop then my car leans to the rear right, every time. If I drive in going up hill it doesn't do it. If I reverse in it doesn't do it either - P38 fairy at work again I reckon :rolleyes:
 
Seems to have quietened and settled. As long as the compressor isn't running every 10 seconds I'm happy.
It would do 10 seconds off then 30 seconds on and what I thought was continuous was the compressor trying to catch up with the tank and deal with the twitching suspension height!
2.2t fairy!!!:confused::p
 
Mukiwa said:
Mark - a smally thought on the difference. Don't you have a RHD car on LHD roads? Mine leans more there (or I'm a scaredy cat - not sure which!). I'm sure our springs are set up for RHD or after 20 years the springs have self adjusted to RHD cambers. I'm sure the wiser men will confirm or otherwise :D

If I drive into my drive way (LHS of the road coming down hill) and turn nose in and stop then my car leans to the rear right, every time. If I drive in going up hill it doesn't do it. If I reverse in it doesn't do it either - P38 fairy at work again I reckon :rolleyes:
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There are no springs:rolleyes: The height sensors set the height and if working correctly the EAS will always try to compensate for weight distribution but with ignition off cannot raise a corner that is low when you stop although over time it will still level down.
 
Mark Piercy said:
Thanks grrrrrr,
Ok, I got it to run with the diag on it!!!
I changed the USB port and Comms port and although it sat at motorway height by itself, I was allowed to tweek and let it sit and settle at normal height.
I ended up with...
FR 106
FL 100
RR 96
RL 90..
as bizarre as it is..... It seems a lot happier....
Fickle .... Much more polite than Fu**er...:)
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If you mean standard height when you say normal, those bit counts are a little low for standard height. Looks more like motorway height. Maximum and minimum bit counts for front and rear at standard height are 95 to 150 front and 85 to 130 rear. FR 106 and FL 100 are far to close to minimum. You must do each height in turn setting bit counts minutely for each up or down adjustment then measuring the distance from centre of wheel to arch and adjusting as needed. THEN write to that height. Then do next height and so on. As for comments made about road camber by others. The car is set up on a level surface to be level. If the car is driven on a road either left side or right side with a 5 degree camber the car WILL lean 5 degrees to right or left as the case maybe. It will NOT level itself to account for the camber.
 
I did think they were low but then i thought it sat high originally.
having a 6 bit offset seems to have settled it right down.
what im going to do is reset all the heights and follow the advice you all have given.
thank you for your continued help and patience guys, it has made a difference to help me understand the green bus a little more.;)
 
Datatek said:
There are no springs:rolleyes: The height sensors set the height and if working correctly the EAS will always try to compensate for weight distribution but with ignition off cannot raise a corner that is low when you stop although over time it will still level down.
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Oh yes - hahahaha what a pillock I am :D:D:D It was a late night and I was full of codeine (shut my self in a room and into the naughty corner) :oops::oops::oops:
 
wammers said:
If you mean standard height when you say normal, those bit counts are a little low for standard height. Looks more like motorway height. Maximum and minimum bit counts for front and rear at standard height are 95 to 150 front and 85 to 130 rear. FR 106 and FL 100 are far to close to minimum. You must do each height in turn setting bit counts minutely for each up or down adjustment then measuring the distance from centre of wheel to arch and adjusting as needed. THEN write to that height. Then do next height and so on. As for comments made about road camber by others. The car is set up on a level surface to be level. If the car is driven on a road either left side or right side with a 5 degree camber the car WILL lean 5 degrees to right or left as the case maybe. It will NOT level itself to account for the camber.
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Wammers I was having a blonde moment mate :D:rolleyes:. Suitably embarrassed to be honest :D
 
Well a new hissy fit!!
Came off the motorway,
the wading height light comes on,
The front goes up but not the back...
I pulled over, turned off the ignition completely only to hear the compressor running??
I had to unplug the compressor to stop it and sit and wait... Ten minutes later of turning on and off the ignition. The system settled down the height I wanted and the compressor ran as it should.
I then spent 2.5 hrs stuck in the Bordeaux traffic without any problems at all???.:eek::confused:
 
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