L322 Air Suspension Diagnostic Help

AC7X said:

Evening all,

2005 RR Vogue 3.0 TD6

I just bought this RR with a "slight leak" in the nearside front air suspension bag. The car beeped a bit but it did level itself out when driving and I figured I'd probably have to get the bag replaced at some point. The message was "Suspension fault max speed 30mph".

My wife drove the car about 100 miles home. When we got back she mentioned that it had threw up an error like "air suspension will activate when cooled". I've gone out to the car today and it seems to be siting at the lowest setting on all four corners. On starting her up the dash says "vehicle lifting slowly" but it never comes back up to normal height.

I'm guessing the air leak has caused the compressor to overwork and it has burnt itself out, causing all corners to become flat? Am I on the right path here?

The ride is now very rough. The tyres don't touch the bodywork, there is maybe a few centimetres gap. Is it safe to drive?

Anything I can do to resolve this issue or does it need to go into a specialist? Rough idea of cost to repair leaky bag and replace/refurb the compressor?

Finally, can anyone recommend a good LR mechanic near Edinburgh?

Thanks

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Mark Piercy said:

^^^what he agreed to

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Datatek said:

Off work early today

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Mark Piercy said:

Not at all. Been to the machine shop with the à 2.2tdci transit head. Egr valve cooler failed and the engine was overheated twice blowing the gasket on number cyl ... Some pickup on the exhaust camshaft on three bearing surfaces to boot.... Arze of a job.....

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Datatek said:

FWD? Sounds a ball ache. Much simpler on the tddi, no cooling Pleased to hear you are hard at work

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Mark Piercy said:

Rwd fuurd ranger this thing has blocked my garage unfortunately.. While it's in here I can't move the bugger out to do anything else.. So I'm part time back on the ground outside until the ranger has gone

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Datatek said:

That's tough at this time of year, You need a micro tractor and a small boy, the tractor to pull the bugger out and the boy to steer

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Mark Piercy said:

I agree, I also could do with a bloody winch to pull it back in... That's the hard part... Actually I all ready have the tractor.. It's a green one ...

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Datatek said:

With a micro tractor, you can fit push bars on the front.
It the Ranger has a tow hitch, and your P38 has one, you could make up a double ended tow bar to move things in and out where the have a hitch. Can be done with the tow rings on a car without a hitch,

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