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Thats the first ive heard of a shock failing and leaking oil into the airbag.
My understanding of the system is that theres a front control valve block and a rear control valve block, then valves at each wheel. If the compressor dessicant ends up in the system as dust, it blocks the valve blocks and lines. You should be able to clear out the lines with compressed air.
Re shock, id be going back to the supplier and make a warranty claim.
Fit the new compressor and service / rebuild the old one for a spare.
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I understand there is a central, a front and rear block. No valves at the shock themselves. In the front and rear there is a left, right, and crossover valve to allow for the raising or lowering of an independent corner, and cross link to allow air to move from one side to the other for cross-link scenarios. The central one is used to either provide pressurised air to a corner from the tank or to exhaust gas when lowering. Various valves can be opened at any one time.
Common valve block faults include leaking internally in the block or to atmosphere. As the system will see the lowering of a corner over time it will compensate by lowering the opposite corner to match, lowering and end of the vehicle evenly, rather than lopsided.
That’s enough, there’s more than enough about this on the internet and this forum.
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Thanks guys. Its one of those things where it was working fine before the compresor failed and so i wasnt sure what caused it. There is a lot on the internet about the air system itself (i could easily find how to remove the front valve block) but I couldn't figure out what was causing the front springs to play up as there was no sign of deasicant getting into the airlines, and wanted to see if oil from the shock could be the culprit.
Plan at this stage is to pull out the front valve block and inspect it before putting the new compressor in. Once ive determined if the failed airbag has anything to do with it i will be calling the supplier and making a warranty claim.
Thanks again
Dan
