The leaning tower of landy

[ososlo]

My wife isn't that heavy so why does my D3 2.7 Se settle down on its bags on the passenger side overnight?

I have had the agent put his computer on it and no faults registered although I do get the slow air rising message occasionally.

I have put her away tonight in off road height to see if she sinks..but she will sink in access mode or normal.

I must admit she does not get used often as I prefer to knock around in my 300tdi Disco..

Thanks
Graeme

[gghaggis]

Sounds like an air leak? Try disconnecting the battery overnight to remove any other possibility (faulty electronics etc) and see which bags are lowered in the morning.

Cheers,

Gordon

[ososlo]

Thanks Gordon,

I have done as you suggested and I put the car up to off road height and measured the centre of the rims the the edge of the mudguards and then disconnected the battery.

She sank 20cm on the left hand front and rear wheels.

The problem I now have is that I bought the D3 from a Toyota dealership which also provided a 3 year extended warranty...you can see where this is going!!!!

The local Toyota dealership want/are required to do the work but I am of course nervous as hell about letting them loose on her.

I am in a small town 3 hours from the nearest Landy garage and do know the head mechanic.. I have talked to him and told him I don't want an apprentice let loose on her and have offered to be there when they work on her , but of course i am a health and safety issue!

They intend to spray soapy water along the system looking for leaks and of course if they find something they will have to order in parts...

I assume it is not electrical, as in sensors, so it shouldn't need calibration ...what do you guys think would be the most likely cause?

I am going to have to talk my way into the workshop so I can show them how to put her into extended mode by tricking it so they can see things better...I'm surprised they found out how to take the hand brake off when i took it in to show them yesterday!

Any hints?

Thanks
Graeme

[400HPONGAS]

20 CM ? 200MM ?8 inches? ,then it must be on the stops or bloody close to them !
Well at least the cross-link/axle Valves arent bypassing !!!So it does this with all the fuses in as well ? Cant see how it can drop this much without bringing the other side down as well on self levelling .You might have "soft rods" that grow and shrink based on Ambient Temp !! (complete rubbish I know ) Definately let us know what you find !!!

[ososlo]

Duh...I mean 20mm!

[400HPONGAS]

Well thank you very much !!!!!!!!
20mm NOT 20CM !!!!! Now that changes the game alltogether . For 20mm ,you really dont have much of problem , standard recalibrate should do it !!!
And make sure you find some of that elusive "Flat Ground"

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Do you really need all these
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[400HPONGAS]

Sorry Pedro ,whats is the allowable amount of Exclamation Marks ?

[ososlo]

Ha thanks for your exclamation...oops explanation..

I will try that at the Landy agent...I will be up that way next week..I have only heard the compressor going once so I guess that is normal...I just didn't want the compressor going flat out trying to keep up with a leak.

We are bringing the D3 back to Oz this winter and are going to do the big lap so obviously want everything sorted beforehand.

Thanks

ps I will wipe soapy water around tomorrow anyway...we have a tropical cyclone remnant here at the moment and I won't be going outside..a good day to play with the truck

[400HPONGAS]

ososlo, when you have a close look at the air suspension functional diagramatic.its extremely hard to see how its possible to get exactly the same size leak over the same period for both Front and rear axle sets. I can understand how 1 end might have a minor leak ,and then the ECU attempts to level it .The Probability of both ends having the same leak at the same place at the same time ,nah , 1000 x 1000 x 1000 to 1 .