Thread: Melbourne - spare SLS airbag sitting in the shed for short term loan?

If I were you, I'd be establishing for sure it is the bag.
Easy enough to do. Put the car in off road mode and get under with a spray bottle of soapy water. Check the bag, fitting and as much of the air line as possible.

I tried diagnosing the air leak but of course there was no air bleeding out at that time. Then drove the car to the shops, came back to the right suspension bottoming out. Drove home, engaged the suspension lift, squirted soapy water everywhere, no leak. An hour later, suspension hadn't dropped.

Now keeping a bottle of soapy water in the car, but I feel it's unlikely to be a hose leak if it's inconsistent...?

Ritter mentioned something about leaks on the airbag itself being likely to not manifest all the time depending on the angle the car is parked on...?

When my rear airbags started leaking I took them out, reconnected them to the airline and pumped them up, found the leaks, then patched them with a bicycle tube repair kit. I think I had 3 patches on each one. They lasted 2 months while I waited for new one's to arrive from England.

You need to take them out to find the leaks, I used soap and water on them in position and found nothing, only after I took them out were the leaks obvious, they were in the bottom inner fold

Originally Posted by tzioup

Ritter mentioned something about leaks on the airbag itself being likely to not manifest all the time depending on the angle the car is parked on...?

They got that right at least. And it indicates that it's probably not the lines. As Benny says, it's probably in the "folds" where they chafe. A tyre patch could very well hold there. They are really not hard to get out, but give the area a good wash down first...... Or wear a face shield.