EAS Not going up

Hi everyone,

Been a while since I posted here.
I've just bought a 2001 Vogue in pretty much perfect nick, service up to date, Air bags and compressor replaced about 20k ago.

When taking off this morning all was fine, went down to motorway height no problem. Coming off the motorway I noticed it didn't go back up again. Parked it up to go shopping and at return it still wouldn't rise. Dropped it down to access mode thinking it might rise from there....wrong! Now it's stuck there. It never dropped while sitting. Checked the compressor and it doesn't seem to run. No error messages just the light blinking.

Any ideas?

Got any diagnostics?

I have a generic code reader and the Torque pro app
Compressor runs when bridged at relay

try the compressor off the car to check it does actually run

Need to check the thermal switch. Wammers how to at the top of the forum.

Nickpen said:

try the compressor off the car to check it does actually run

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It runs when bridged at the relay

domino said:

Need to check the thermal switch. Wammers how to at the top of the forum.

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Will have a look cheers.

Nanocom, easunlock, bridge relay etc all bypass the thermal switch so testing it directly is a must!

Grounded the orange wire and the pump jumped into life again. When ground from orange wire removed and reapplied it takes about 5 minutes for the compressor to kick in again. This is normal?

Pump should run as soon as wire makes contact if you're running it direct. Sounds like thermal switch on its way out. Cheap as chips and not difficult if you have a soldering iron.

Why was it getting so hot? Might be worth doing a leak check and maybe refurb the pump cylinder while you're about it.

Grrrrrr said:

Pump should run as soon as wire makes contact if you're running it direct. Sounds like thermal switch on its way out. Cheap as chips and not difficult if you have a soldering iron.

Why was it getting so hot? Might be worth doing a leak check and maybe refurb the pump cylinder while you're about it.

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Why was what getting so hot? I never mentioned anything getting hot lol

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Why was what getting so hot? I never mentioned anything getting hot lol

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Thermal switch!

If it has gone then it has probably overheated, most likely from running too much. Guess it could just be old.

Grrrrrr said:

Thermal switch!

If it has gone then it has probably overheated, most likely from running too much. Guess it could just be old.

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or the sleeve is worn and it's not putting out much air.

Kurt has a nrew pump for sale