Hello

I have a 2001 TD5 on which the rear air suspension has failed today. It failed after parking up for an hour when I returned to the car.
On checking FL9 fuse had blown, which I replaced and it blew again. Replaced it a second time and it is not blowing. I have checked the relay and this is working fine.
There is no noise coming from the Compressor.
I have opened the compressor plastic housing and checked that all the connections look OK. ( it looks very very clean so in almost new condition)
Prior to this happening the day before there had been a loose battery terminal connection, which I had originally put down to a flat battery as the car hadn't been used for some time. But on tightening the battery is good.

Beyond this I'm not sure what else to check?
Any pointers please ?


Many thanks

Hi, if FL9 blew twice it's a short on the wiring or the compressor fubar and the short got isolated ... unplug it give direct feed through a fused wiring to the compressor to rule it out

Thanks for the pointers sierrafery, I powered up the compressor as suggested and it was not working. Stripped it out of the Landy and found it to be full of water!! I opened the compressor up and the motor and dried it out cleaned and lubricated it and got it running again. The only really bad part (apart from some surface rust) are the brushes a lot of which had got a little crumbly, so not much left. Anyhow its running for now which gives me time to order some parts....

• What would you recommend as an after market brand compressor that is reliable?
• Can you get replacement brushes for the WABCO Compressor motor?
• Does anyone know where the water would have got in. I checked the air intake pipe behind the light and it was dry. The Landrover doesn't get used very much here as we have been away so has been standing for 5 months unused. Assuming the water could have only come from the air intake pipe?
• Could there be a way to fix some drain in the compressor or in the intake that lets the water out ?

Many thanks again.

I purchased an Asus (german) compressor about 12 months ago. Everything fine. Also around £50.00 less than a Wabco.

This is the cheapest i found https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Air-Comp...085325&hash=item4b42e2e0f0:g:viMAAOSwrjZa8pNj