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something wrong with my air struts
Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:46 PM
for some reason when im all the way up. the car wont stay up it constantly drops all the way, and when i hit the switch it goes up fast but when i hit the switch it goes down real slow.. also i have bags in the front and i want the car to sit lower, not sure what i to do



Re: something wrong with my air struts
Monday, March 23, 2009 3:30 PM
it sounds like you have a slight leak on a hose or some thing




Re: something wrong with my air struts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:28 AM
either something is stuck in the valve or your have a short some where in your wiring.



Re: something wrong with my air struts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:13 AM
Mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle, spray on EVERY fitting, or connection you have in your air line, from the tank to the valve to the bag. If theres a leak it will bubble, if not then you either have a chunk of something inside the diafram of the valve, or water got in there from not having a water trap and corroded the valve. IF this doesn't help, check all of your grounds, and make sure there are no shorts in your wiring. Are you using a big plexiglas 10 switchbox from say suicidedoors, etc? If you are all 4 of them I had did they exact same thing from the switches sticking due to poor quality craftsmanship.



Re: something wrong with my air struts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:24 PM
AWD GS wrote:either something is stuck in the valve or your have a short some where in your wiring.


I agree with this, if it is "dumping", it is either a valve or wiring issue.




Re: something wrong with my air struts
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:41 PM
Twisted Cav(sdwndr2) wrote:Mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle, spray on EVERY fitting, or connection you have in your air line, from the tank to the valve to the bag. If theres a leak it will bubble, if not then you either have a chunk of something inside the diafram of the valve, or water got in there from not having a water trap and corroded the valve. IF this doesn't help, check all of your grounds, and make sure there are no shorts in your wiring. Are you using a big plexiglas 10 switchbox from say suicidedoors, etc? If you are all 4 of them I had did they exact same thing from the switches sticking due to poor quality craftsmanship.


Oh that brings back some bad memories... going 70+ mph and having one of those "fancy" little 10 switch boxes fail on you ripping off pieces of the rear bumper due to a $3.00 toggle switch... NOT GOOD.





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Re: something wrong with my air struts
Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:57 AM
If you have even a small piece of dirt in your Valve, it can cause a small leak. You can taek apart your valves and clean the Rubber diaphram if you notice that it is not leaking from any of the fittings.

I found a VERY small piece of dirt in my valve before, it was causing the rear left to drop for no reason. Once I cleaned it, Problem solved.



Re: something wrong with my air struts
Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:11 AM
same thing happen to me the other day getting ready to go to work in the moring and went to rasie the car and my rr valve dump was stuck open, so i took it off and took it apart and cleaned it out and was fine after ward..



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