Other what have u done on ur disco today

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private penguin said:
I will continue to keep going with my Air until i get it right - even though it completely baffles me!

The latest

- No signs of a leak.
- If i leave it in normal road height overnight the back left corner drops to the bump stops. Sometimes it can take all night. Yesterday it did it after being parked for 2 hours (with a trailer on)
- If I leave it in raised "ORM" height, it stays up for days on end. I had a hire van for a few days so deliberately left it parked up in ORM and it stayed up for 5 days without dropping at all (measured before and after)

I have never seen it "drop" - so no way of telling if its dropping suddenly or gradually over a period of time. That said, i've never noticed it "half dropped" which makes me wonder if its suddenly opening a valve and letting all the air out!
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After you've locked it, can you see it drop at all? Mine used to drop about an inch after locking it, and then depending on what colour soxs I had on the next day, it might have dropped even further, or it might have stayed exactly how it was. No real pattern to it dropping at all, which is why I've changed to coils for the time being. If I decide to go back to air, then It'll be two new bags and heights sensors at the same time.
 
Not noticeably, no.

At the moment I can live with just remembering to put it into ORM before leaving it for the night.

I couldn't do the switch to coils... i use the disco on-road a lot so wouldn't want a lift (and all the handling issues that it introduces) but also use it off road and use the air suspension to stop the towbar acting as a plough. Also use it from time to time to hitch and unhitch trailers.

Unfortunately tinkering time is going to be pretty limited now until at least August, so it will have to wait until then!
 
private penguin said:
Not noticeably, no.

At the moment I can live with just remembering to put it into ORM before leaving it for the night.

I couldn't do the switch to coils... i use the disco on-road a lot so wouldn't want a lift (and all the handling issues that it introduces) but also use it off road and use the air suspension to stop the towbar acting as a plough. Also use it from time to time to hitch and unhitch trailers.

Unfortunately tinkering time is going to be pretty limited now until at least August, so it will have to wait until then!
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hope it doesn't sound daft, is there any possibility that maybe a pipe moves when the different heights causing a very slow leak

i.e. bubble testing in both normal and off road height

assume the pressure is higher on off road height than normal height, could the extra pressure keep the valves closed, but when u put it into normal height, pressure is lower so maybe the air sneaks past the valve seals

is the silica ok

are there different wires going to the valve that controls the normal and off road heights, could there be a bad wire

just ideas , hope u manage to find it
 
private penguin said:
I will continue to keep going with my Air until i get it right - even though it completely baffles me!

The latest

- No signs of a leak.
- If i leave it in normal road height overnight the back left corner drops to the bump stops. Sometimes it can take all night. Yesterday it did it after being parked for 2 hours (with a trailer on)
- If I leave it in raised "ORM" height, it stays up for days on end. I had a hire van for a few days so deliberately left it parked up in ORM and it stayed up for 5 days without dropping at all (measured before and after)

I have never seen it "drop" - so no way of telling if its dropping suddenly or gradually over a period of time. That said, i've never noticed it "half dropped" which makes me wonder if its suddenly opening a valve and letting all the air out!
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its usually an air bag leak ,i get similar complaints regular and its the air bag every time
 
New inlet manifold gasket, new FPR.

Hell's own job getting the bottom back bolt to thread for the oil cooler (the one that also secures the pipe clip), nearly died of sunstroke getting that b****er in. Water ingested, hallucinations have stopped, no harm done.

Quite a few inlet manifold bolts were loose - very loose. Seems like a common thing, wonder why it happens?
 
Been out gathering covert firewood :D

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Being an ex tratterer I'm not used to carpets and leather seats but it's nice to have a wide rear door :)
 
Replaced rear brake pads (looks like a sticky caliper) fixed the tailgate strap, effed about with the gearstick so it's not got more play than a wobbly thing, adjusted handbrake and replaced an ARB bush on the front (With the wrong effing one)

Now all that's totally buggered is a flappy anti roll linkage on the back, noticed a missing bolt on one of the chassis-cross-member bits and a particularly half-arsed weld on a chassis bodge plate.

Oh, and the spigot bearing, dear god how that noise pains me.
 
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