EAS _ FL Valve stuck - pah!

wammers said:

Highly likely to be height sensor giving false reading due to water ingress or bad contact on plug.

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kooky_guy said:

That's what I was hoping. I'm amazed at just easily affected by rain these systems are.

I can do a day off roading going through thick mud and water with no EAS problems, yet a bit of spray on the road has caused a fault numerous times!

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kooky_guy said:

Thanks for that Wammers.

I think I need to replace them both anyway - one of them is quite a bit out of step with the other which makes it very hard to set the suspension heights properly as it keeps going out of range.

Just wondering if it's worth spending anything more on it at the moment.

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wammers said:

You have a known problem then. Either sort it or live with the bump stops now and again.

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kooky_guy said:

Hi Guys,

Had an EAS fault while stuck in traffic this morning which progressed to a hard fault. - Blimey the ride is uncomfortable on the bump stops!

Anyway, when I got to the office, I stuck the EAS Kicker on and had two faults -
FL can not lower
FL valve stuck

Presumably, if the valve was really stuck then the car wouldn't have been able to drop to the bump stops, at least not on that corner?

I'm guessing it's just the water, but could water in the height sensor give this error?

It reset ok and went back to normal height, but I'm nervous that it will go again on the way home.

Any thoughts?

Guy

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Datatek said:

Odd that Guy, mine has faulted twice like that on exactly the same piece of road each time while stuck in traffic
As long as I stay off that piece of road which is a steeply cambered S bend it's fine. I'm sure it will turn out to be either the sensor or the connector. Can't get it into the garage to check at the moment as the MR2 is awaiting an alternator.

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wammers said:

Perhaps you could combine forces and order two sets of front sensors for a bigger discount.

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Datatek said:

The sensors are less than 3 years old so I hope it's not the sensor

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wammers said:

Well don't know Keith. You say on sloping road in traffic. So when you slow and axle pressure is equalised one sensor drops or lifts and gives an out of range reading. Possible i suppose.

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Datatek said:

Certainly strange Tony, not been back over that road for 2 weeks and it's been fine on the lanes

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