Afternoon all,
I had my ACE front pipes replaced by my trusty indy lad down the country and now I have no leak at the front ram - great. However the big problem is now I have no ACE working at all, but the light comes on amber, then red, then off at start up as usual.

He is having a look at it again on Wednesday but I am losing faith and would like to know is there a bleed procedure or something else that is needed to be done?

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

DaveJ

Usually the ACE system bleeds itself if everything is OK.... didnt u remain without fluid before u replaced the pipes? ... is there enough fluid in the system now?

The best thing is to read the fault code ASAP cos it could have many causes.... untill then make sure that u dont drive it without fluid in the reservoir otherwise u'll loose the pump(if u havent already) and it's expensive.

Thanks for reply, the reservoir was never emptied as when the minor leak started, I kept it topped up, never dropped below half way.

Had the Hawkeye on it this morning and no faults reading or stored and the g's are reading ok when driving as are all the other inputs. Ran through the bleed procedure twice on it and you could feel it kicking alright and now it does drive a bit better, we will run the procedure a couple more times tomorrow probably. I would have thought that running the procedure once would have been enough.

Any other thoughts?

If no fault codes, enough fluid, the bleeding procedure is working throuh Hawkeye but the ACE acts like it's not working then the only explanation is that the guy who replaced the pipes could have mixed them up at the valve block(happened to me with the rear pipes)...in this case the system will not recognise a fault but the actuators will work oppositely and the car will roll in curves.

Try to look under an other disco fitted with ACE... see the disposal of the pipes and compare it to yours... im just 50% positive but i think the pipe connected to the upper side of the valve block is going to the rear side of the actuator... but it might be the other way around that's why u have to look ... or wait untill a smarter guy than me tells u more.