Thread: 2001 Discovery 2 suspension

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off roading, not raging, sorry

Off Road Mode is very useful when off road. Replace both air springs and keep the good one as a spare.

Thanks for advice, funny thing is this morning I went up to car and both sides at rear down, took the car to garage to prepare for conversion to coils and when driving there really bad bumpy ride.
On leaving the garage I noticed the suspension had pumped itself up and appeared ok.
Took it for a little drive and seemed fine. I have since been out and done maybe 50kms and all ok?????
Any ideas???
For now I will keep existing bags

I could be wrong but i believe there may be some o-rings in the system that could be leaking ?

Originally Posted by pauldouglas

Thanks for advice, funny thing is this morning I went up to car and both sides at rear down, took the car to garage to prepare for conversion to coils and when driving there really bad bumpy ride.
On leaving the garage I noticed the suspension had pumped itself up and appeared ok.
Took it for a little drive and seemed fine. I have since been out and done maybe 50kms and all ok?????
Any ideas???
For now I will keep existing bags

That's exactly how the SLS behaves with a leaking bag, the bag has the ability to seal itself intermittently and when the engine is running the compressor keeps them inflated despite of the leak which can make it to exceed it's duty cycle or wear out prematurely, replace both bags ASAP, i'm 99.9% that this will fix things....or convert it to coils if that's your wish but IMO it's a shame to downgrade a D2 this way

I understand what you are saying but prior to it re-inflating when I drove it there was nothing just flat back end feeling all the bumps. Now when car is running and suspension is up I can't hear compressor running continuously.
Does this mean you think the bags have temporarily repaired themselves and will go again?
If so I suppose the same question coils or bags???
Thanks again for feedback

Replace BOTH rear airsprings. They usually fail around the rolled part of the spring. Depending on the angle of the dangle as to exactly where the roll is currently sitting will determine whether it leaks or not. Usually a slow leak that the compressor keeps up with ... for a short time ... then your thrashing the compressor

Keep the SLS as its a much nicer ride and makes the D2 self levelling when you add weight in the rear.

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Originally Posted by pauldouglas

I understand what you are saying but prior to it re-inflating when I drove it there was nothing just flat back end feeling all the bumps. Now when car is running and suspension is up I can't hear compressor running continuously.
Does this mean you think the bags have temporarily repaired themselves and will go again?
If so I suppose the same question coils or bags???
Thanks again for feedback

I'd keep it as bags.

My D2 is a factory coil car, I wish I had SLS.