Thread: One corner drops overnight - to bumpstops

I suspect your car may be drunk.

If its only one corner, sounds like the air spring itself.
Try spraying some soapy water around the air spring & run it through its height settings, you may be able to see where!

HTH. Cheers.

Originally Posted by sniegy

If its only one corner, sounds like the air spring itself.

If it is a punctured spring, can they be repaired? Bet they ain't cheap...

Sounds like you have a lazy arse in the garage

Originally Posted by Leo

but since last weekend it's been dropping down to the bumpstop on the drivers side rear corner.

Disconnect the battery ( over-night ) and see if it still drops.
If it doesn't , it isn't a leak.

More likely a leak at the valve block or tubing to the bag than the bag itself. Pump it up, remove the rear passenger wheel and check for leaks (with soapy water) around the valve block located on the rear strut tower.

Cheers,

Gordon

Originally Posted by Neil P

Disconnect the battery ( over-night ) and see if it still drops.
If it doesn't , it isn't a leak.

Removing the power eliminates all the questions of computers and wakeup etc, so that if one corner is down, the problem is what I call mechanical - and that is much less difficult to figure out than electrical.

Assuming mechanical, then the air is probably leaking from:

a) the air spring, which is possible, but not common, and to my knowledge, there is no repair, only replacement.

b) the air line between the block valve and the air spring. This seems to be the most common as due to rubbing/vibration, a pin hole/crack has developed.

c) the connection of the air line into either the air spring or the block valve. A soap solution can be squirted on to the top of the rear air spring fairly easily. It is not so easy however to get at the rear block valve but with the vehicle lifted, it may be sort of at least seen.

d) the block valve leaks internally - not all that common, but possible and fortunately, the block valve is fairly easy to replace, (once you get to it). Also if there is an internal leak, with the battery disconnected, I am not certain just where the air would exit that releases say from the air spring back to the compressor located exhaust valve - an interesting question that is. It just may be that if your Sport does not drop, the problem is with the block valve.

Seems like the car fixed itself, or sobered up. Been ok since I made the post on Tues. Sometimes I think LR program this kind of stuff into the ecus to give the cars 'character'.

No idea what could have caused the initial issue, though haven't yet checked for leaks - going to leave well alone as long as it's working ok.