Clabs
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Hi folks
I am looking for some advice regarding an EAS fault on my 1999 4.6HSE. The car actually developed this fault earlier this year but unfortunately, I too developed a serious fault so the car has not really been looked at whilst I recover.
Originally, the car was taking a LONG time to reach normal height with the compressor running a lot and being quite noisy. I replaced the seals in the compressor and the car then (and still does) reach the desired ride height quite quickly though nowhere as quick as when I bought the car 10 years ago.
The problem now is that when I switch the car off, the car sinks down quite quickly. It doesn't sink straight down like all the air is being dumped in one go through a leak - it drops in about 5 small stages, stopping each time for about 5 seconds. When the car is dropping there is some clicking going on from the valve block/compressor area, and when that clicking stops, the car stops dropping.
I have checked around for any obvious leaks and cannot find any but to my mind, it seems like the valve block is receiving spurious commands to tell it to lower the car.
Any ideas where I should start looking? All the other faults I seem to read about revolve around failed compressors and general leaks.
Any help much appreciated.
Best regards, Mark
I am looking for some advice regarding an EAS fault on my 1999 4.6HSE. The car actually developed this fault earlier this year but unfortunately, I too developed a serious fault so the car has not really been looked at whilst I recover.
Originally, the car was taking a LONG time to reach normal height with the compressor running a lot and being quite noisy. I replaced the seals in the compressor and the car then (and still does) reach the desired ride height quite quickly though nowhere as quick as when I bought the car 10 years ago.
The problem now is that when I switch the car off, the car sinks down quite quickly. It doesn't sink straight down like all the air is being dumped in one go through a leak - it drops in about 5 small stages, stopping each time for about 5 seconds. When the car is dropping there is some clicking going on from the valve block/compressor area, and when that clicking stops, the car stops dropping.
I have checked around for any obvious leaks and cannot find any but to my mind, it seems like the valve block is receiving spurious commands to tell it to lower the car.
Any ideas where I should start looking? All the other faults I seem to read about revolve around failed compressors and general leaks.
Any help much appreciated.
Best regards, Mark