Thread: Tackling my 1st air leak

Originally Posted by Stuart02

I have different symptoms but I don't want to start a new thread, and to be fair this is my first leak.

There's a short sharp hiss of air comes from the front left over bumps, or if I just grab the guard and give it a lift. Even up on offroad height it doesn't hiss unless provoked. The car's not dropping overnight and looking at the nanocom things seem normal. The occasional "suspension fault" is coming up which doesn't affect driving and disappears on restart.

Am I likely to be up for a new bag (read $1300 strut) or is there anything more simple (cheaper) I could hope for? It's not like there's many moving parts to repair... If it is the bag, does it make the car dangerous to drive? I guess if I imagined hard enough it is a bit soft in that corner (original strut with 213000kms on it while other 3 have been replaced).

Thanks in advance

$1300 should get you 2 new complete air struts delivered within 3 business days direct from the UK from Duckworths.

Are they original struts? If so at coming up to 7 years old the shocks are probably nearly worn out anyway.

Guessing you've done the spray bottle check of the air lines to check nothing's being pinched...

Originally Posted by Stuart02

I have different symptoms but I don't want to start a new thread, and to be fair this is my first leak.

There's a short sharp hiss of air comes from the front left over bumps, or if I just grab the guard and give it a lift. Even up on offroad height it doesn't hiss unless provoked. The car's not dropping overnight and looking at the nanocom things seem normal. The occasional "suspension fault" is coming up which doesn't affect driving and disappears on restart.

Am I likely to be up for a new bag (read $1300 strut) or is there anything more simple (cheaper) I could hope for? It's not like there's many moving parts to repair... If it is the bag, does it make the car dangerous to drive? I guess if I imagined hard enough it is a bit soft in that corner (original strut with 213000kms on it while other 3 have been replaced).

Thanks in advance

That is an interesting leak, sounds like it is under a fold in the bag. Don't worry the car will warn you if dangerous, with a red instead of yellow fault light and a "Do not exceed 30mph (50 km)" or similar IIRC in the dash display.